Curated OER
Friday Forum (Day 5)
Students evaluate their performance in different debates about the laws of Michigan. They write a letter to an editor of a newspaper sharing their opinions. They write journal entries as well.
Curated OER
Observation
Students practice observation skills by discussing physical attributes of family artifacts. They determine what characteristics of an object are considered important details.
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 lesson!
Utah Education Network
Uen: Choices and Consequences
Activity explores the concepts of "choices" and "consequences".
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...
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...
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.
Other
Positive Choices: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Class Activity
The aim of this activity is to teach students the steps involved in effective decision-making/problem-solving. This skill is a useful skill for students to learn, as it will assist students to consider all the options that are available...
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.
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...
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...
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in order to save lives? Were the consequences worse than the waiting for a surrender of Japan? Read this discussion of the decision to drop the bomb, find out about the possible motives...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy and the Environment
An experiment illustrating how people's decision to drive instead of using more environmentally friendly means of transportation can lead to negative consequences. Students develop policy recommendations to solve the resulting public...
Other
Usa: Chapter 7: Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 7 outlines the manipulation of U.S. economy and role of government as a manager of the economy through fiscal and monetary policy.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Students 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...
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...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Bearstone" Study Guide [Pdf]
Enhance your reading of Will Hobbs's "Bearstone" with the help of pre-reading activities, brainstorming exercises, vocabulary lists, and thought-provoking writing prompts on characters, their choices, and the consequences of their...
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
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.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along
This site helps children learn how to get along with each other and peacefully resolve conflicts and disagreements. It provides different situations and children have to make choices with different consequences.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Save the Stuffed Animal! Push & Pull
Students develop an understanding of the concepts of "push" and "pull" as they "save" stuffed animals from danger using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots. After learning more about the concepts through a robot demonstration, students explore...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Responsibilities of the Teen Parent
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the consequences of teen pregnancy and the life changes that follow that choice. Students have opportunities to work in groups to determine daily schedules and reflect on...