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Then Again. Maybe I Won’t
: Support Systems)
OBJECTIVES: To familiarize students with support systems in the home, school, and community.
To aid students in diagramming their own support systems.
MATERIALS: Support personnel in school (i.e. social worker, psychologist, counselors, nurse, referral office staff, administrators, security guard); support personnel from Hill Health Center; copy of support system diagram
PROCEDURE:
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1. Invite the support personnel to visit the classroom and discuss their services.
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2. Allow for a question and answer period.
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3. Distribute a copy of the diagrams.
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4. Have students list the names of those persons to whom they might turn to in crisis situations.
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5. Extend the support system by writing the names of people the primary supporters might refer them to it they are unable to help.
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6. Ask students to draw a heavy line on the diagram mapping the support route they took when they had a problem.
Sample activity sheet
(figure available in print form)
SPIN-OFF ACTIVITY: CREATIVE WHITING
Begin by asking students to name traits they observed in Joel. Ask them to support their answers with examples from the story. Explain that the author dose not tell us what happened to Joel in military school, but we can draw conclusions based on things we know about him.
