Tag Archives: Choices

2023 Vol 3: All Roads of Through Run Through Oz

The Wiz in You

Marian Myers, 8th Grade, Northridge Middle School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

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Synopsis: This curriculum unit will focus on teaching self-awareness and how students’ personality, attitudes, interests, values and learning styles can influence career decisions. The first part of this unit involves personal character education. Strategies include self-assessments (https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/identity-charts-0), discovering interests and skills for working with people, working with data, working with things, or working with ideas, interactive notebooks, goal-setting and decision-making activities, role plays, and analyzing real-life scenarios. By integrating character traits like caring, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, citizenship, and fairness into all areas of the school experience, students gain better self-awareness, self-confidence, and the desire to become more socially responsible. Part two of this unit focuses on career exploration of interests and skills (https://www.careeronestop.org/), job market trends, education and training needed, cost-of-living /reality-checks, mock interviewing, completing applications and networking. A gallery walk strategy will provide opportunities for group work to research and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various career decisions. 

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 6: The Art of Fiction: Close Analysis, Style and the Novel

Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood: The Path of Heroes

Angelina McCurry, English, Alexander Graham Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)  Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Human Agency

Analyzing Characters and their Motivations: Are Their Choices Right or Wrong?

Kendra McCall, Language Arts, Reedy Creek Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF)  Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Human Agency

Using Biographies to Understand Choices

Cassandra Black, First Grade, Ashley Park Pre K-8 School

Final Unit (PDF)  Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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