Grade Levels: Third and Fourth

Subject:  Social Skills

Learner Outcomes:
Students will:

• develop an understanding for what it means to be responsible and relate it to their everyday life.
• practice and become comfortable with ways to act responsibly in various situations.
• prepare a PowerPoint presentation on what it means to be responsible and share it with others.

Materials: chart paper or newsprint to record students' ideas, markers, pencil and paper

Technology Tools/Courseware:  Computers equipped with a word processing program such as Microsoft Word and program such as Microsoft PowerPoint

Teacher Notes:  Teachers may choose any or all suggested activities.  Students should be familiar with computer programs before starting presentations.

Procedures:
Session 1

• After completing the book Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, teacher and students should discuss the ways in which Abbie proved to be responsible and the outcomes of her actions.
• With the students discuss and list reasons why it is important to act responsibly, responsibilities they might have, and ways of showing responsible actions.
• Discuss what the consequences of acting or not acting responsibily might be in certain situations.
• From this session any or all of the next sessions may be developed.

• Place the students in small groups. Review the list on being responsible that they had prepared the previous session.
• Have each group pick different situations in which they should act responsibly and have them role play the situation.  The students may choose their character to act in either a responsible or irresponsible way.
• Discuss each of the groups' presentations, allow students to suggest other ways the characters could have handled the situations they were acting out.

• Have students create a personal list of things they can do to act responsibily.
• Students may then prepare a personal checklist using a word processing program.  This sample checklist may be downloaded to each students individual computer folder for them to fill in the information and print off.  It may also be printed and copied so each student may have a hardcopy to complete.
• After a given amount of time have students report on their progress.

• Using available clipart or computer draw programs, have students prepare a presentation using a program such as Microsoft PowerPoint or HyperStudio.  The students may work in groups or individually depending on time and availabilty of computers.
• Instruct the students to pretend that they have been given the task of speaking before a large group of people and telling them about ways they can be responsible.  To make their program more interesting they have been directed to prepare a slide show to be presented with a computer and projection device.
• Have students decide on what they want to share and prepare a sketch of what they are going to say and show on their slide.
• Students will then need to select font, background, clipart and any sound they choose to use.
• Once these have been decided on, students will then be premitted to prepare their slides according to the software program they are using.
• Once all slides are finished the they will all be store in one file for a presentation to be shared with the class, other classes, PTO, or where ever there may be an opportunity.

Enrichment Activities: Students may print off slides and compile a class book.

Evaluation/Assessment: Teacher may evaluate on completion of activity and work with cooperative groups.  A Cooperative Group Score Sheet may be used to arrive at students' grades.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives (IGOs):
Health-
Skills Development - 3.1, 3.22, 4.1
Relationships - 4.1

National Standards:
Life Skills - 1, 4, 5

References: Microsoft PowerPoint

Created By:  Cathy Orndorff,  Connie Williams, Carol Young, Wiles Hill School