Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.2D Grade 8 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.2 - Integrated Skills

 

Strand: D -   Character Development

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will analyze how character development can be enhanced and supported by individual, group, and team activities.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TEAM PROBLEM SOLVING - Write the following statement on the board: “Two heads are better than one.” Ask students what the statement means. Explain that they will “put their heads together” to solve a problem. Show an open-ended video vignette (e.g., “Cooling a Hot Situation” or “Triggering Positive Health Choices” from Met Life or any of several Project Alert videos). After the video, divide the class into small groups, and allow approximately 20 minutes for each group to discuss and solve the problem portrayed in the vignette. Students write an ending to the vignette based on group discussion. View the ending of the original video and discuss the following:

      -        What criteria were used to write the ending?
-        Was the group’s ending similar to the commercial video ending? Why or why not?
-        What other choices did the character(s) have?
-        Was problem solving easier with a group? Why?
-        How did you reach a decision?

 

      Variation: Provide students with an unfinished story. Students create an ending to the story, showing how the teen used effective decision-making and communication skills to solve the problem.