¨ Begin by explaining to the class that they are going to work on their final project. Tell them the percentage of their grade that you will assign to this project and that you will be also grading them on their participation as a member of  the group if they decide to work as a group.

¨ Review the final project: they are to choose to write a one to three page paper about one ethical dilemma, preferably one that they have read about on their own. If the student chooses to work in a group, each member of that group must produce a paper and they may not be identical. Alternately, the group may choose to research an ethical dilemma and develop a board game based on this. Or, if the group has another idea for the board game today, they may talk to you about this idea.

¨ Remind them that they will have to present this to the class and that they may choose to do this as a Power Point Presentation or through another visual means (a play, a mural, and so on). The game will be presented to the class by the group and will be played by the class.

¨ Divide the class into groups that you think will work well together – probably high with middle, middle with low, and so on. Each group should have at least three students. If there are students who wish to work alone, allow for this also.

¨ Explain to the entire class (and write these on the board) the tasks that they have to complete today: selecting at least three dilemmas that they think would be interesting, deciding on one of those dilemmas, and deciding where they will find information about this dilemma. These instructions are the same for each group.

¨ Each group must have your signature on their plan before they can go ahead. You should also note each group’s plan in your own binder.

¨ The following day, they are to get into their groups and begin on the research process. List several sources if they do no seem to know.

¨ Allow them to spend the time researching their dilemma. This may take from two to four days. Help them out with a paper that has “Source” and “Information” listed in two columns.

¨ Check in with each group as they are researching. Help them out.

¨Now they have to prepare their presentations. Help them select, organize, and create this presentation. Remind them that if they put their notes on Microsoft Word (as notes), they can create a Power Point presentation simply by selecting ‘send to’ and ‘Power Point’.

¨ Take two to five days for the presentations. Celebrate when done! Remind the students how much they have learned about their own values and how to explain these to others.

¨ Think about what you want to do. Do you want to work with others? Is it easier for you to work alone? If you do want to work in a group, what are you good at? Volunteer for this part!

¨ Don’t think too much about the last part right now – except to consider putting all your information in note form on the computer to make it easier at the end. You might not decide on how you want to present this information until you decide on the dilemma.

¨ Think about the dilemmas you have taken from the newspaper as you went along. Were any of these really interesting? Were they problems where you thought that you would have solved it some other way? Sometimes the most interesting dilemmas are those where you can argue a lot about the best resolution.

¨ Work hard on your organizational skills. Get the material together as well as you can. Do you need to work on this at home? Get your group’s phone numbers just in case.

¨ Ask your teacher for help if you need it. Or, just ask him/her to look over what you have done.

¨ Remember that your paper cannot look just exactly like the others in your group.

¨ Be proud of yourself!