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Twentieth Century American Fiction, Biography, and Autobiography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 85.03.02

Unit Guide

Literature and the Special Education Student: A Multi-Media Approach

Barbara Banquer and Amy Aledort

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Appendix C—Optional Activities

I. Photographic Self-Portrait :
____ ____ Make a collection of photographs of yourself. Ask your mother or father for each of the following:
____ 1. a photograph of yourself as a baby
____ 2. a photograph of yourself as a young child (aged five to ten)
____ 3. a current photograph
____ ____ What do you remember about yourself after seeing each picture? How have you changed? Make a chart like the one below and compare your pictures:

First picture Second Now

1.

2.

3.

What do you think your picture will look like five years from now? What will it look like ten years in the future? What will you be doing—working, going to school, raising a family?

II. Person al Time Line:
____ ____ *We suggest that this activity be demonstrated and developed with the class as a group, using the chalkboard, before asking students to do it on their own.
____ ____ On an unlined piece of paper draw a line like the one here. (The teacher could provide a mimeographed copy).
*____________*
____ 1. Fill in the year you were born.
____ 2. Fill in your earliest memory. How old were you? (Some suggestions: the birth of a sibling, an accident, a death, a move from one part of the country to another).
____ 3. Fill in the year you started school. Is there anything special that you remember?
____ 4. What other important events do you remember? Meeting a special friend, learning something new and difficult, a first love?
____ 5. Where are you now on your time line?
____ 6. Where do you see yourself five years from now?
____ 7. What might you be doing in ten years? twenty?
III. Making Choices — A Values Clarification Exercise :
____ ____ Every day we make choices. What will you wear to school today? What will you have for breakfast? Who will you sit with at lunch? What will you do after school?
____ ____ As we get older we are usually expected to make more choices, and more significant ones. Will you finish school? Will you go to college? Will you get married? If you have children, how many? What kind of job will you choose? What is more important, having a car or your own apartment?
____ ____ The following questions, from Simon, Howe, and Kirschenbaum’s book, Values Clarifi cation, asks students to rank choices in order of their preferences. Here are several examples that could be used. This activity could come as an introduction to a particular discussion, could be divided into small sections and be used as a homework assignment, could be used to conclude a particular activity or discussion, or could be used as a quiet-time activity at the beginning or end of a class period. Students could also be encouraged to develop their own questions and list of choices of answers.
____ 1. Where would you rather be on a Saturday afternoon?
____ ____ ___ at the beach
____ ____ ___ in the woods
____ ____ ___ in a discount store
____ 2. Which would you most like to improve?
____ ____ ___ your looks
____ ____ ___ the way you use your time
____ ____ ___ your social life
____ 3. How do you have the most fun?
____ ____ ___ alone
____ ____ ___ with a large group
____ ____ ___ with a few friends
____ 4. If someone’s parents were in constant conflict, which would be better for them to do?
____ ____ ___ get divorced, and the father leave home
____ ____ ___ stay together and hide their feelings for the sake of the children
____ ____ ___ get divorced, and the children live with their father
____ 5. If you had two hours to spend with a friend, which would you do?
____ ____ ___ stand on a corner
____ ____ ___ go to a movie
____ ____ ___ go for a walk
____ ____ ___ go bowling
____ 6. If you suddenly inherited money and became a millionaire, would you

___ share your wealth through charities, educational trust funds, etc.?

___ continue in your present job and activities

___ really live it up?

7. Which would be your job preference?

___ hard and dirty work at $80 per week

___ clean and easy work at $40 per week

___ dirty but easy work at $60 per week

8. Which do you most want money for?

___ to buy your own food and clothing

___ to go places on your own

___ to feel independent

9. Which would you prefer?

___ a short, exciting life with a peaceful death

___ a long, dull life with a peaceful death

___ a long, exciting life with a painful death

10. In which of these situations would you be most likely to take some action?

___ a car is parked with its headlights on in broad daylight

___ a dog has scared a kitten up a telephone pole

___ some big boys are trying to tie tin cans to the tail of a dog

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	First picture	Second	Now
1.
2.
3.
	What do you think your picture will look like five years from now? What will it look like ten years in the future? What will you be doing—working, going to school, raising a family?

	___ share your wealth through charities, educational trust funds,	etc.?
	___ continue in your present job and activities
	___ really live it up?
7. Which would be your job preference?
	___ hard and dirty work at $80 per week
	___ clean and easy work at $40 per week
	___ dirty but easy work at $60 per week
8. Which do you most want money for?
	___ to buy your own food and clothing
	___ to go places on your own
	___ to feel independent
9. Which would you prefer?
	___ a short, exciting life with a peaceful death
	___ a long, dull life with a peaceful death
___ a long, exciting life with a painful death
10. In which of these situations would you be most likely to take some action?
	___ a car is parked with its headlights on in broad daylight
	___ a dog has scared a kitten up a telephone pole
	___ some big boys are trying to tie tin cans to the tail of a dog