Pickers' Life-Altering Decisions

by Gary Antilla (2008, MarCo Products, 20.95)
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This book is a series of ten stories and accompanying activities that present these life-altering topics in a non-threatening, acceptable way. Each topic includes: a story to be read to or reproduced for the students to read, a picture story activity which allows the leader to read the story and the students to draw or write answers to pertinent questions. The students use their answers to retell the story. Also includes comprehension questions to be answered orally or in writing and a Pickers’ Puzzle to be used as an additional comprehension activity. The mix-and-match components of this program provide leaders with a variety of approaches that makes every lesson interesting and informative. Illustrations. Grades 4-8. [8.5” x 11”...112 pages]

Help Me Decide!: Learning to Make Good Choices

by Anne & James Boyd (2000, Good Year Books, 13.95)
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Here are 40 real-life scenarios that challenge kids to think critically about their own behavior and that of their classmates—and then help them to decide how to change it. The activities that accompany each scenario will help your students discover that they have behavior options, that they can learn how to set behavior goals, and how they can develop strategies for reaching those goals. Grades 6-8. [8.5” x 11”...188 pages]

If Anybody Asks Me…:1,001 Questions for Educators, Counselors, & Therapists

by Larry Eckert (1998, Wood 'N Barnes Publishing, 14.95)
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Over 1,001 questions that will give youth, ages 12-18, an opportunity to make some decisions—quite possibly for the first time—about a wide range of crucial, yet everyday issues confronted by today's adolescents. Discussed in a group setting, these questions will allow participants to let their peers knnow what they believe in, as well as find out where their friends stand on some poignant issues. Grades 6-12. [4.5” x 6.5”...148 pages]

The Teens' Solutions Workbook

by Lawrence Shapiro (1996, Ctr. for App. Psychology, 23.50)
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A great collection of worksheets to focus the student on the problem at hand and ways to alleviate the situation. The idea behind these activities is to help the student use solutions that they have already found, and to use them on the problems that presently bother them. The student is pointed toward ways they can make their life better, rather than on the things that have made it bad. [8” x 11”...58 pages]

Making Allies, Making Friends: A Curriculum for Making the Peace in Middle School

by Hugh Vasquez, et al. (2002, Hunter House, 29.95)
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More than 30 innovative classroom sessions address diversity (racial, ethnic, and sexual) and violence issues. Each session includes a warm-up exercise, theme information, value clarification, and an experience or activity. Journal writing, critical thinking about history textbooks, role-playing, storytelling, poetry/rap, and whole-school research projects are just some of the tools presented. Grades 6-9. [8.5” x 11”...224 pages]

What Do You Think?: A Kid's Guide to Dealing with Daily Dilemmas

by Linda Schwartz (1993, Learning Works, 12.99)
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This book presents children with common situations, and then addresses their thinking regarding many possible approaches. It encourages kids to look at issues from more than one perspective and develop the skills they need to resolve conflicts at school, at home, and within themselves. Great discussion topics! Grades 4-8. [9” x 8”...184 pages]

You Decide!: Making Responsible Choices

by Jean Bunnell (1998, Instructional Fair, 13.99)
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The activities here apply decision-making skills to situations relevant to your students’ lives. Students learn to identify their choices, weigh the pros and cons, look at the overall picture, recognize their own personal feelings and anxieties, and find alternatives. The goal is to help students become better prepared for the decisions they must eventually make. Grades 6-8. [8.5” x 11”...124 pages]

What Would You Do?: A Kid's Guide to Tricky & Sticky Situations

by Linda Schwartz (1990, Learning Works, 12.99)
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This book promotes critical thinking. It describes more than 70 different tricky and sticky situations that your students might encounter when they are at home, in school, or out on their own. Grades 2-6. [9” x 8”...184 pages]

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