Discuss the latest issues from today's headlines!

GRADES 5 - 10

Based on the award-wining series, Decisions, Decisions 5.0, Decisions, Decisions Current Issues uses an authentic, 5-step decision-making process to drive structured debate on present-day topics. Students role-play a community leader faced with a difficult decision. Through engaging videos, advisors present different sides of the issue. Students work cooperatively to consider the options and prioritize goals...all within just one class period!

MEETS STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
Your students will:

	Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose a solution, and evaluate the consequences of the solution
	Develop causal reasoning skills
	Separate fact from opinion
	Know the political, social, and economic institutions that characterize significant aspects of Western civilizations
	Communicate to work effectively with others, seeking solutions through discussion
	Use responsive listening skills, including paraphrasing and summarizing
	Defer judgment until a number of ideas or solutions have been generated
	Critique ideas and explain why the chosen solution is optimal
	Acquire content-specific vocabulary

PRODUCT FEATURES

	Multiple viewpoints are presented via live-action video
	Handouts list and define key content vocabulary for each title
	Short format that is perfect for one class period
	Quiz and answer key, testing content retention, for every title

Decisions, Decisions Current Issues consists of the following CD-ROM titles:

• Cloning
• Energy and the Environment
• Death Penalty
• Gun Control
• Genetically Engineered Food
• Juvenile Crime

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	Each CD-ROM title includes reproducible advisor memos, quiz and answer key, and a comprehensive Teacher's Guide.

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