Social Problem-Solving Skills - Grades 9-12
Evaluate consequences from a personal and civic perspective to inform decision-making.
Situate self in any social context as a means to determine a response.
Evaluate how societal conventions may influence the perspectives of individuals
Evaluate consequences from a personal and civic perspective to inform decision-making.
- Model integrity, ethical leadership, and effective management in making decisions.
- Analyze how individual perspective affect decisions.
- Analyze decisions with regard to civic roles and responsibilities.
| - Discuss with students the connection between their academics and future life goals.
- Have students evaluate their postsecondary plan to align to postsecondary and career goals.
- Provide planners for students to meet deadlines, goals, etc.
- Teach students a formula for making good decisions (e.g., identify the problem, consider the alternatives, make a choice, try it out, re-evaluate).
- Review the PA Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for adolescents. Identify a pertinent issue and discuss with students strategies they could use to address the issue.
| - Utilize Sean Covey's
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in classroom discussions and lessons.
- Have students' interview professionals in a field of interest for a short paper on why they entered that profession and what decisions they have to make daily.
- Involve students in youth vote and have them identify a cultural/civic group that addresses common good.
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Situate self in any social context as a means to determine a response.
- Respond with personal integrity in various social contexts.
- Apply teamwork and leadership skills in a work setting.
- Apply strategies to motivate, encourage, and build trust with others.
- Demonstrate a willingness to teach/assist others in order to improve a team.
| - Ask students to participate in an integrity analysis to help determine if behavior aligns with their personal core principles. Reflect on results and how they will influence career choices.
- Encourage students to participate in leadership programs that align with postsecondary and career goals.
| - Use current events to have students analyze how the context of that event influenced the outcome.
- Assign student teams a research project about what community resources are available and applicable in specific situations. Include information about the educational or workplace training required to serve in those professions.
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Evaluate how societal conventions may influence the perspectives of individuals
- Acknowledge diversity and respect cultural differences.
- Evaluate how societal and cultural norms and mores influence personal interactions.
- Evaluate the impact of diverse perspectives for the purpose of engaging others.
| - Have students participate in culturally sensitive conflict resolution/mediation training
| - Use literary text to analyze how characters respond to setting.
- Use informational text to analyze current international news and how situations and culture reflect the point of view.
- Assign students a short research paper in which they compare the outcome of a social issue from various perspectives.
- Evaluate text from the perspective of how society impacts action (e.g., Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story).
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