Project+Sketch

=Project Sketch:=

Big Idea:
Courage

Essential Questions:
(These can and will be modified/added to based upon students' ideas)

What is the true meaning of courage?

Does society reward courage?

Is the end result of courage always good?

Is courage a learned character trait?

Does courage require action?

Can fear live inside the courageous?

Is courage a tangible trait?

Can we promote courage in others?

How does the definition of courage differ amongst diverse people?

Is courage limitless?

Guiding Activities:

 * Please see the page labeled "Guiding Activities" for more detailed explanation, hand-outs, and resources.
 * **Guiding Activity:** Using the flip cam interview teacher, students, parents etc. asking individuals the above questions and other guiding questions you have created on your own. Using Movie Maker create a "compilation" of your interviews or turn it into a vodcast and upload it to Moodle. **Guiding Activity**: Research how society views courage. Also research how different cultures view and define courage. Using your research, create a webquest using wix.com for your classmates to obtain their own research on the subject. (RH)
 * **Guiding Activity:** Explore how diverse groups of people define courage. Use an online polling website and social networking sites in order to gather data from a wide variety of people. Analyze the data using a variety of statistical measures and create a summary of your conclusions using an online presentation website. (DA)
 * **Guiding Activity:** Using on-line sources follow the stories of several people considered courageous in our culture and other cultures. Note how they are recognized and rewarded by their perspective communities. Present your findings in the form of a news editorial or documentary which include the similarities and differences you discover as well as your opinion on your findings. (AJ)
 * **Guiding Activity:** Read first-hand accounts of people who have responded in courageous ways to events in their lives. Watch a movie that reveals people demonstrating courage.
 * Create a bulleted list and document the following;
 * Identify the reasons why they acted courageously.
 * Who they influenced by acting courageously.
 * The insecurities or hesitations they experienced. (AK)

The Challenge:
Now that you have completed a wide array of research into what it means to be courageous, create a profile of courage for a person in your age range. Be sure to use a variety of multimedia formats and celebrate/encourage acts of courage in your peer group.