Stick to Our Resolutions

How would you really react in a new or challenging situation? Create a useful tool that helps you and your classmates think about how to handle real-life dilemmas.

• 1.

  With a Crayola Marker, draw a human silhouette on posterboard. Cut it out with Crayola Scissors.

• 2.

  On one side of a full sheet of posterboard, trace around the silhouette. Flip over the silhouette so it faces the first one and trace around it. Fill the silhouettes and background with marker color. Some techniques to try: Follow the facial contours and keep following these lines.

• 3.

  Create matching relief shapes (flat on the back) with Crayola Model Magic®. Add accent colors on top with bits of Model Magic. Air-dry the shapes overnight.

• 4.

  Cut several cards from posterboard. Color one side to match your poster background. Use Crayola Fine Line Markers to write a situation that you would like to discuss on each card. It could be an ethical dilemma, a question about good manners, or any event with several possible solutions. You might have been involved in something similar, or can imagine it happening to you.

• 5.

  Attach the card with hook and loop fastener tape between the two faces. Use Crayola School Glue to attach the Model Magic shapes on the poster.

• 6.

  Brainstorm with your classmates about the best way to handle each of the situations you identified. Role play several solutions to see how they work in real life. You’ll be prepared to stick to your resolutions if the situation comes up!

Benefits

• Students design a discussion tool to facilitate class brainstorming of solutions to dilemmas and difficult situations
• Students write situations that they imagine or may have faced that could be resolved in a variety of ways.
• Students orally present an issue related on the card, process the viewpoints of others, and express their own feelings about situations.

Adaptations

• Take the poster home. Suggest that your family create its own cards for discussion.
• Write personal responses in your journal.
• Create one-act plays about how they think your peers might react to the situation on a card.
• Assessment: Students will be successful if they are able to complete a conversation about the topic provided. They take turns, practice good listening skills, and express themselves so others understand their meaning.