Extension Activities
Responsible Decision Making | Grades 9-12
Learning Goal 1: Considers ethical standards, social and community norms and safety concerns in making decisions.
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Benchmark 1: Demonstrate ability to consider personal responsibility, social norms, safety concerns, and ethical standards in making decisions.
Take it further — integrate!
As part of vocabulary in ELA, or in social studies, discuss (and/or possibly do reports or respond to journal prompts about) the meaning of “personal responsibility,” “ethics” and “norms.”
Assign reports that ask students to learn about a figure in history who showed personal responsibility and ethics. Ask how their sense of responsibility and ethics affected their decisions.
Ask students to write essays, in language arts or social studies, about how they behave responsibly and ethically.
When developing shared classroom rules in any class, discuss personal responsibility, ethics and norms, and how they shape our behavior toward one another.
Benchmark 2: Assess lessons learned from past experiences and mistakes when making decisions.
Take it further — integrate!
Ask students to create a visual map of a decision they made, describe the outcome, and identify potential areas for improvement.