Tools for Citizenship and Life:
Teaching the Lifelong Guidelines
and LIFESKILLS to
“Grow Responsible Citizens”
HET Webinar
June 17, 2010
Sue Pearson
IMPLEMENTING THE LG/LS
LONE RANGER
TEAM
One teacher ~
One class
Grade level
Loop group
COOL SCHOOL
DECISIVE DISTRICT
Whole school implementation Entire community participates
of LG/LS
Why These?
The Lifelong Guidelines were
selected based on the
behaviors one wants in a
spouse, child, co-worker,
neighbor & fellow citizen.
Lifelong Guidelines and
LIFESKILLS are the cultural
parameters and expected
behaviors for students
AND adults in an HET
school/classroom
LIFELONG GUIDELINES
Trustworthiness: To act in a manner that makes one
worthy of confidence
Truthfulness: To act with personal responsibility and
mental accountability
Active Listening: To listen with attention and intention
No Put-Downs: To never use words, actions and/or
body language that degrade, humiliate, or dishonor
others
Personal Best: To do one’s best given the circumstances
and available resources
Personal Best is
defined by
19 LIFESKILLS
LIFESKILLS
•INTEGRITY: To act according to what’s
right and wrong
•INITIATIVE: To do something because it
needs to be done
•FLEXIBILITY: The ability to alter plans
when necessary
•PERSEVERANCE: To keep at it
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 9.13
LIFESKILLS
•ORGANIZATION: To work in an orderly way
•COOPERATION: To work together toward a
common goal or purpose
•PROBLEM SOLVING: To seek solutions
•PATIENCE: To wait calmly
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 9.13
LIFESKILLS
•SENSE OF HUMOR: To laugh and be playful
without hurting
others
•EFFORT: To do your best
•COMMON SENSE: To think it through
•CURIOSITY: To investigate and seek
understanding of one’s
world
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 9.13
LIFESKILLS
•RESPONSIBILITY: To do what’s right
•CARING: To show/feel concern
•COURAGE: To act according to one’s beliefs
•PRIDE: Satisfaction from doing your
personal best
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 9.13
LIFESKILLS
•CREATIVITY: To think outside the box
•RESOURCEFULNESS: To respond to
challenges in creative ways
•FRIENDSHIP: To make and keep a friend
through mutual trust and caring
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 9.13
IT’S STANDARD PRACTICE!
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What are the Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy?
What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States?
How does a person become a citizen?
What are important rights in the United States?
What are important responsibilities of Americans?
What dispositions or traits of character are important to the
preservation and improvement of American democracy?
• How can Americans participate in their government?
• What is the importance of political leadership and public
service?
• How should Americans select leaders?
STANDARDS~NSS-C.K-12.7
CREATIVITY
WHY SHOULD A RESPONSIBLE
CITIZEN PRACTICE CREATIVITY?
• Problem-solving strategies are needed everywherein the home, on the job, while at play, with friends,
neighbors and strangers. Being creative helps to find
a variety of ways to problem-solve.
• Our government needs help from its citizens in order
to plan, develop, make changes, follow-through,
deliver and prepare for the present, as well as the
future. We can help by thinking of a variety of
solutions to common/uncommon plights and
problems. (e,g, oil spill in Gulf)
HET ACTION PLAN
GROWING RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS
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Definition
What it is . . .
What it’s not . . .
Why practice . . .?
How do you
practice?
• What does it look
like in real life?
• What does it look like
in school?
• How do I practice. . .?
• Signs of success.
• Signs that more
practice is needed. . .
• Curriculum
Connections
• Home Connections
IN A NUTSHELL
DEFINE/
USE IN CLASS
LIFE LINGO
T-CHART
MUSIC
REAL
WORLD
CONNECTIONS
SCHOOL
CONNECTIONS
LITERATURE
ROLE
PLAYING/
SKITS
VIDEO/DVD
CLIPS
PROJECTS/
INQUIRIES
COMMUNITY
OUTREACH
CREATIVITY
To generate ideas;
to create something original or
redesign through imaginative skill
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY~T-Chart
Looks Like
Sounds Like
Feels Like
Something new
and different
“WOW! That
will solve our
problem!”
Praise-I can be
a problem
solver!
Unique solution
and/or product
“That’s perfect!
You are so
creative!”
Self-fullfillment
CREATIVITY ~ T-Chart
Does not look
like
Something
copied from
someone else
Does not sound
like
“That’s a dumb
idea! Been
there, done
that!”
Does not feel
like
Being a
worthwhile
person with
good ideas
Thinking Outside the Box
HOW TO PRACTICE CREATIVITY
• Generate a wealth of ideas
• Keep an open mind-don’t be judgmental!
• Learn to use mindmapping (Inspiration,
PowerPoint, http://bubbl.us
• Try outlandish ideas
• Learn about other creative people
• Think outside the box!
• Remain optimistic!
CREATIVITY PRACTICE
Without letting your pencil leave the paper, can you draw
four straight lines through the following nine dots?
TOWN HALL MEETINGS
• Hold Town Hall Meetings as needed but
definitely one a day at the beginning of the
school year.
• Provide an arena for teaching/practicing the
LG/LS.
• Develop an understanding of self-who I am as a
person as compared to who I could be!
• Build community-a safety net for practicing the
LG/LS
• Develop collaboration skills
• Provide community outreach projects
“WHERE IN THE WORLD?” BOARD
• Map of the world
• STEWARDSHIP: a responsibility to take care of
something one does not own
• LEADERSHIP: An attitude which influences,
motivates, and enables others to contribute
toward the effectiveness, success, and engagement
of others thus creating sustainability through
example.
• CITIZENSHIP: Working towards the betterment
of a community in which one lives through
participation, volunteer work and efforts to
improve the lives of all.
• Identify people/places where LG/LS are being
used.
NEWS FLASH!
We have taken the word “life” from Lifelong
Guidelines and LIFESKILLS and combined it
with “lingo” (the specialized vocabulary of a
particular field or discipline) to form a new
way to recognize use of the LG/LS.
Say hello to
“Life Lingo”!
“Life Lingo” in 3 Steps
• Say the student’s name
“Deshawn, . . .”
• Identify the “life” action he is using.
“Desahwn, you are using creativity when you.
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• Note the action that is taking place.
“Deshawn, you are being creative! You found
a unique answer to solve the problem your group
was having on the project.”
CREATIVITY KEY POINT
Creativity is thinking of new
ideas, finding unique ways to
do or make things, and solving
problems. (K-2)
CREATIVITY KEY POINT
Being creative involves being an
innovative thinker, a unique
problem-solver and a producer
of new processes/products. (3-5)
CREATIVITY KEY POINT
Creative thinking involves imagining familiar
things in a new light, digging below the
surface to find previously undetected
patterns, and finding connections among
unrelated phenomena. (6-8)
CREATIVITY~KEY POINT
Creativity is an essential capacity for success for
everyone—so essential that one could even
say that it’s the non-violent means of
survival. Whether in a family, classroom,
business (sole proprietorship, partnership, or
global mega corporation), community, or
nation, creativity is the basis of survival and
ability to thrive. (9-12)
CREATIVITY INQUIRIES
K-3
• Choose five items from the scrap box. Design a tool that will
help your teacher in the classroom. Draw a picture of it and
label any parts. Share you creative idea with a partner.
Listen as your partner explains her tool. Give them to the
teacher to try. (BK, VL, ML, S)
K-3
• Listen to the book Where the Wild Things Are. Use your
imagination to draw a “wild thing”. Give it a name and write
two actions it takes. With a partner, share drawings,
sentences and actions your “wild thing” does. Add your
page to the “Wild Thing” class book. (S, VL, BK, N, ML)
CREATIVITY INQUIRIES
4-8
• Enter the LEGO Smart contest. Follow the rules.
Explain your entry to someone else who is entering.
Ask for feedback. Offer to give feedback to this
partner. Send your creation into the LEGO company
for judging. Share any responses/awards your
receive with your group. (LM, S, VL)
Creativity Inquiries
4-12
• Go to: http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm.
Take the MI inventory. Determine where your
creativity is most developed at this time. Select one
MI to develop further and identify 5 ways you can do
that. Select the best inquiry to build that MI and
complete it. Share your accomplishment with a
partner. (VL, ML, N)
LIFESKILLS in SCIENCE
• Used by great scientists (e.g., Albert
Einstein, George Washington Carver).
• Study the known and to discover the
unknown.
• Doing scientific experiments and in using
laboratory materials/equipment.
• Find solutions to problems or answers to
scientific questions.
• Think of new and unusual
solutions/products.
LIFESKILLS in SOCIAL STUDIES
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Solve social problems.
Resolve conflicts.
Enact legislation.
Use/non-use by elected officials/public figures.
Could change outcome of momentous events –
Gulf oil spill (responsibility/common
sense/creativity).
• Stand up for one’s civil rights and for one’s
beliefs.
LIFESKILLS in LITERATURE
• Stone Fox-John Gardner
• Charlotte’s Web-E.B. White
• My Side of the Mountain-Jean
Criaghead George
• The Outsiders-S.E. Hinton
• Biographies
APPLICATION of LG/LIFESKILLS
• Cards-Mother’s Day, Father’s Day
• Contests-McDonalds/Lego/Robotics
• Notes of Appreciation
• Business cards
NON-USE of LG/LIFESKILLS
• Demonstrate the LG/LS in several
ways
• Reflection journal
• Create/Monitor personal plan
• Design posters-use photo of child on
one that is difficult for him/her
• Actions (verbs) posted on desk
ORGANIZING YOUR SOUL
YEAR
WEEK
TODAY
CARING
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
11 Year old Olivia Bouler-NY
• raised an estimated
$80,000 by sending her
sketches and paintings of
birds to people who donate
to organizations helping
with relief efforts in the
Gulf of Mexico spill disaster.
INITIATIVE
EFFORT
PROBLEM SOLVING
CARING
RESPONSIBILITY
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
8 year old NJ boy saves
5 year old from
drowning!
CARING
RESPONSIBILITY
EFFORT
COMMON SENSE
FRIENDSHIP
COURAGE
FRIENDSHIP
Actions speak louder than words!
you
count
me
“You can count on me.”
CREATIVITY KILLERS!
FEAR: When the child's world is chaotic or when he is
afraid, he will not like novelty. He will seek the
familiar, staying in his comfort zone, unwilling to leave
and explore new things.
DISAPPROVAL: “That’s a dumb idea! That will never
work! Don’t take that apart. Don’t get dirty. Don’t!
Don’t! Don’t!" Children sense and respond to our fears,
biases, and attitudes.
ABSENCE: The absence of a caring, invested adult
removes two things essential for optimal exploration: a
sense of safety and the capacity to share.
HOME CONNECTIONS
•Send letter home naming the current
LG/LS being studied.
•Offer suggestions for teaching/reinforcing
this LG/LIFESKILL in real life.
•Invite parents to send examples of their
child using the LG/LIFESKILLS
•Ask parents to model this LG/LS and to
point it out when in use.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
•Submit articles about “Growing respnsible
Citizens” to your local newspapers/TV
stations.
•Invite community members to share their
stories with students
•Post LG/LS posters in local places (library,
grocery stores, houses of worship, hospitals,
etc.
LEGO Creativity Contest
• Lego education has something free to offer 10,000 new
contestants for its 2010 LEGO Smart Creativity Contest
• The contest requires a LEGO Smart kit and free kits are now
available to the first 10,000 NEW, registered and qualified
contestants.
• If you're a teacher, home educator, after-school program
director or otherwise working with K-12 students in the
education field, register at:
http://tinyurl.com/39vt92y
CREATIVITY RESOURCES
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
US Government Web Sites-Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html
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Animals
Agriculture
Arts/Recreation
Business/Money
Careers
Communities/People
Computers/Internet
Crime & Justice
Transportation
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Education
Environment
Foreign Affairs
Geography
Government & Law
Health & Safety
History
Science
Defense/National Security
WEBSITE: Learning to Give
EDUCATES youth about philanthropy,
the civil society sector, and the importance
of giving their time, talent and treasure for
the common good (knowledge),
DEVELOPS philanthropic behavior and
experience (skills), and,
EMPOWERS youth to take voluntary
citizen action for the common good in their
classrooms, their lives and their
communities (behavior).
http://www.learningtogive.org/
CREATIVITY
Without letting your pencil leave the paper, can you draw
four straight lines through the following nine dots?
"Never doubt that a
small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens
can change the world;
indeed, it's the only thing
that ever has."
Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
HET RESOURCES
http://www.books4educ.com/lifeskills.htm
LG/LIFESKILLS RESOURCES
http://www.books4educ.com/lifeskills.htm
LG/LIFESKILLS RESOURCES
http://www.books4educ.com/lifeskills.htm
LG/LIFESKILLS RESOURCES
Barbara Lewis ~ www.freespirit.com
Integrating the Arts
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