Learning Coach — 29.2 Making Choices

Objectives

Students will:

Recognize that people must make choices because they cannot have everything they want.
Draw a picture from the story in the lesson reflecting its message.

Skills Needed

Students must be able to:

Know about the story of Johnny Appleseed.

Materials Needed

Students will need:

Colored pencils or crayons

Keywords

choices
Johnny Appleseed

Learning Coach Notes

In their Social Studies notebook, have your student write about strategies they can use to help them make choices.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

What lesson does the story teach?

You've learned why you sometimes have to make hard choices. In "Johnny Appleseed and His Choice," Johnny had to choose whether to save his trees or keep his family warm. This type of decision is called a moral dilemma.

In many other stories, a character is presented with a moral dilemma, and the character usually learns a lesson. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is an example of a story that teaches a lesson. Borrow the book from your local library, or find it online.

What lesson did you learn from the story?