ESLR #2: Practical ideas and suggestion to meet this goal:

1. Effective Citizens who:

- Contribute to society and work cooperatively with others.

1) Participate in various local community groups- Boys/Girls Scouts, 4-H, PAL Program

2) Volunteer at: library, hospital, coaching teams, humane society, Character First Assemblies, animal shelters, schools, retirement homes, Meals on Wheels or a local food bank

3) Basic home chores: taking care of younger siblings and pets

4) Using key characters in literature, discuss important traits and virtues

5) Participate in peer tutoring or tutoring for other families

6) Provide meals, yard care, etc. for families and friends in need

7) Some students sent boxes of supplies to service men in Iraq

8) Community Service Projects: i.e. organize a food or toy drive for needy families in the community or in our school

-Gather, analyze, and apply information to real life situations.

-Demonstrate basic life skills (i.e. seeking employment or college admission).

1) Take ROP Courses

2) Job Shadowing

3) Finding housing, jobs

4) Filling out housing, employment applications

5) Fathers Matter (organization)

6) Writing resume

7) Applying for College

8) Managing Money

10) Grocery shopping and Preparing Meals

11) Encourage students to register to vote.12) Party Planning on a given budget

13) Keeping an appointment calendar

14) Time Management Responsibilities

15) Direct families to the guidance site, online, and to information/events associated with college or graduation

16) Provide families with work permit info.

17) Point out to families that concurrent college enrollment dovetails well with a home schooler’s schedule

18) CPR and 1st Aid Classes from Red Cross

19) Telephone skills (Assigning various projects where students need to use the telephone such as calling insurance companies to find the best rates)

Curriculum Suggestions: Taking Charge of Your Life, AGS Life Skills, Exploring Careers, Careers in Focus, Harvey Crumbaker 3 Binders of Life Skill Activities, Wieser Careers Series- Help with resumes, explore different careers, Kids In Between, Building Life Skills Curriculum (Wieser), The Ring of McAllister from Kaplan Publishing is a mystery for those studying for the SAT; 5) Life Choices for Boys, Life Challenges for Girls, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens with Workbook (Borders), What to Expect When You Are Expecting and What to Expect The First Two Years, Division of Independent Study- Exploring Foods;

Great Source – American Government –text - order with Activity Book (has some cool

ideas that can be individualized) and Teacher’ Guide (has study guides and Quizzes by section); Nasco – Family and Consumer Sciences – catalog; Janus Life Skills series - eight soft cover texts - “basics”; Walch – Consumer Skills “Survival” individual workbooks in several subjects – “basics” ; Highly Opinionated Guide to Literature for Children- this has an index with various topics including virtues, “Second Step” for behavior management: negotiation skills and empathy; “Kids for Saving Earth”http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org