The “tens” have been focused on “Decisions – Action or Apathy“.
They have read over 70 books and published reviews at Mrs. Worobec’s STJ Library blog.
They have library cards and had the opportunity to go to The Vermilion Public Library.
They attended Lakeland College Performing Arts production of “Opening Night” written by Norm Foster in the Vic Juba Community Theatre.
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We must constantly make decisions in daily life. Some decisions are simple choices while others affect people’s entire lives. Furthermore, every decision has consequences and often there is not a clear alternative. Decisions involve weighing alternatives and considering the consequences. This is an opportunity for students to examine values, beliefs, and pressures that surround decision making.
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
Write an essay based on literature you have studied in which the author examines decisions involving weighing alternatives and considering the consequences. What idea(s) does the writer develop regarding decisions involving weighing alternatives and considering the consequences?
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Read the first scene of Julius Caesar(or here or here).
Recall class discussions on the “Four Postulates.”
Recall class discussion on Stoicism and Epicureanism.
What is the Feast of Lupercal? Why would it have any appeal to an Epicurean? A Stoic?
Are Marullus and Flavius more Epicurean or Stoic in their response to the citizens’ preparations for Caesar’s victory parade?
How do the citizens behave throughout the scene? Initially are they Stoic or Epicurean? How do they leave?
Predict Caesar’s response to Marullus and Flavius driving away the vulgar herd.
Who killed Pompey? What is a Triumvirate? Why was the First Triumvirate “unofficial”? Who forms the Second Triumvirate?
What other questions can you raise about Act 1, Scene 1?
Read, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. Discuss the novel with the following focus: How and why must we act upon our knowledge, values, and abilities for the well-being of others?
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Consequences
How do we live with the consequences of our decision making?
Related Questions:What are the consequences of an important decision that you have made recently?
What are informed decisions? What are uninformed decisions?
What role does foresight play in our decision making? What are the advantages and disadvantages of hindsight?
What is the effect of making a decision when we are uncertain of the consequences? What are the consequences of making decisions which go against what other people think? What price do we pay for each decision we make?
What role does emotion and feeling play in our decision making?
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When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
Piggy, Ralph, and Jack make, or do not make, significant decisions in the first 3 chapters of Lord of the Flies. What are the common decisions they are learning to make? What are some of the mistakes they have made related to their decision making? What decisions have they made, or not made, to reinforce their fate? What values are revealed by the decisions they have made? According to Jack, Piggy, or Ralph, what is worth fighting for?
Perhaps you’d like to discuss the little’uns, instead. How have the decisions of others affected them? What role does emotion play in their decision making? Can their “going along with the crowd” be justified?
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