Survivor: The Freshman Edition
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Implementing the Unit
Estimated Time: 2 weeks
Student Knowledge / Skill Level: Beginning high school level
Prerequisite Courses or Experiences: Before beginning this inquiry unit, make sure all of the students in the class get to know about each other. Select activities that begin with students getting to know each others’ names and move on to knowing about their families and their interests and talents. Use the Kagan Smartcard set entitled "Classbuilding" for activities to help students know each other. The more the students and teacher know about one another, the more respectful and tolerant of each others’ differences they will be, building group cohesion, reducing discipline problems, increasing the desire to be in school, and being motivated to participate and learn.
Pre-assessment: None
Materials Needed: Access to printing facilities.
Facilities: Access to word processing, publisher software, and a printer and scanner for a final project with a high-quality appearance. Students may use computer-generated art or create their own art for the manual by scanning it into a file where they are producing their manual.
Business and Industry Resources: Business and industry leaders in your community may be able to reinforce the need for specific personal qualities and academic success in the workplace.
Other Local Assets: A school counselors and a librarian will be necessary to coach students.
