Curated OER
Power
Middle schoolers analyze people's sources of power: resources, organization and numbers. They determine when and how power is exercised by analyzing specific examples.
Curated OER
The Wildland/Urban Interface Dilemma
Students examine all sides of the issues surrounding wildland fire. Groups assume the roles of different people who must decide what to do about a fictitious wildfire. They have a discussion to analyze the issue. A good, real life...
Curated OER
Communication 1: The Basics
Students identify the differences between assertive, aggressive, passive and manipulative behaviors. They relate each behavior to a relationship they have with a family member.
Curated OER
"The Circuit" and the Civil Rights Movement
Students compare and contrast concepts of the civil rights movement to the concepts presented in the short story, "The Circuit." In groups, they sort a series of ideas written on index cards into two categories - rights and freedoms. ...
Curated OER
How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Students complete essays reflecting themes in Things Fall Apart. They use Microsoft Word to revise, edit, and complete their essays. They complete their dialectical journals for Things Fall Apart.
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Dealing with Growth and Change
Students discuss the right and wrong actions of a young Navajo boy. Using that information, they compare and contrast his culture to their own. In groups, they create a newspaper or poster showing the cultural contributions of the...
Curated OER
Community Bus Tour
Second graders take a bus tour to discover different businesses, schools, and other buildings located in the community. They then learn about the different types of technology that is used in the community.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Choices and Consequences
Activity explores the concepts of "choices" and "consequences".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Choices & Consequences
We all have tough choices to make especially when it comes to peer pressure. Play this interactive game against other contestants to see how well you make good choices. Check out the links on the right to learn even more about peer...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Choices Have Consequences
Learn how to handle grievances without getting angry or using violence.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Castro's Legacy and the Future of Cuba
Through the use of handouts and online resources, students will explore the reaction to Fidel Castro's decision to resign as Cuba's president, examine the future of Cuba, and consider the international response to Castro's resignation...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: A Nuclear North Korea?
Through the use of videos, this lesson explores the consequences for the United States and the world of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Government Failures/public Choice Analysis
This video teaches the concepts of Government Failures and Public-Choice Analysis. In the real world, government failure may occur so that government decisions do not represent the majority. Public-choice analysis is the branch of...
Other
Positive Choices: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Class Activity
The aim of this activity is to teach learners the steps involved in effective decision-making/problem-solving. This skill is a useful skill for students to learn, as it will assist learners to consider all the options that are available...
PBS
Pbs Bloodlines: Making Precedent
Excellent site where students are challenged to read several case studies and make choices about what they would do in the situation. After they choose they are presented with some of the consequences that their decision may produce in...
Other
Santa Clara Univ.: Framework for Ethical Decision Making
A discussion on how to recognize a moral issue and how to make decisions that are ethically sound.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Students explore how patterns and contrasts in language (diction, imagery, figurative language) reveal central ideas in texts and develop various motifs (light vs. dark, dreams vs. reality, high vs. low, etc.) in Romeo and Juliet. They...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Tips to Support Decision Making
This video and tutorial is for parents and teachers. As parents, we know there are consequences for our actions. But children develop their decision-making skills over time. Learn how to support your child's problem solving and...
Other
Guidelines for Teens: Thinking About Sexuality: Activity
As a teen, making considerations about sexual activity can be quite complicated. There are numerous issues to be aware of that have both physical and emotional implications. The article is well written and quite comprehensive.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Choices in War: What Would You Save First? (Lesson Plan)
A instructional activity for examining instances of lawlessness, specifically looting, as a result of war.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Young scholars use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of choice. The idea that the best things in life are free is widely expressed as a maxim by people who know nothing of its origin. They know it's true through...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Roll Red Roll: Transforming a Culture of Silence Preventing Sexual Violence and Rape
When you witness an injustice, remaining silent or acting as a bystander is an active choice that is an impediment to justice. In this lesson students will have the opportunity to examine the consequences of remaining silent specifically...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Roll Red Roll: Lesson Plan Clips
When you witness an injustice, remaining silent or acting as a bystander is an active choice that is an impediment to justice. In this lesson students will have the opportunity to examine the consequences of remaining silent specifically...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Choosing Earth's Climate Future
Students focus on the three interconnected choices global society faces as Earth's climate continues to change -- suffer, adapt, and mitigate -- to analyze and predict current and future impacts to Earth's systems. Using videos excerpted...