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Packing Your Own Bags:Packing Your Own Bags:A Life Course for Seniors Who Want To Go A Life Course for Seniors Who Want To Go

SomewhereSomewhere

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Where Will You Go? Where Will You Go? Integrated Course Curriculum GuideIntegrated Course Curriculum Guide

PLANPLAN PACKPACK

PERFORMPERFORM

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Creating a Path For SeniorsCreating a Path For Seniors

Packing your own bags is a 16 week course Packing your own bags is a 16 week course for seniors that will lead them through the for seniors that will lead them through the planning and execution of their own planning and execution of their own adventure. By reading literature, viewing art, adventure. By reading literature, viewing art, and studying language and theater from and studying language and theater from cultures around the globe, students will learn cultures around the globe, students will learn practical life skills that will help to clarify practical life skills that will help to clarify their life goals. They will discover what they their life goals. They will discover what they are most passionate about, learn how to are most passionate about, learn how to make choices, be responsible, and achieve make choices, be responsible, and achieve self-awareness. Throughout the course self-awareness. Throughout the course students will map out their greatest goals students will map out their greatest goals and the path they will take to get there.and the path they will take to get there.

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Plan, Pack, PerformPlan, Pack, Perform

All of our seniors are going somewhere.All of our seniors are going somewhere. We want them to have the tools to be able to We want them to have the tools to be able to

make deliberate choices about where to go in make deliberate choices about where to go in their lifetheir life

We want them to bring the appropriate skills to We want them to bring the appropriate skills to their life endeavorstheir life endeavors

We want them to be successful and happy on We want them to be successful and happy on their paththeir path

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Week by Week Lesson OutlineWeek by Week Lesson Outline Week 1- Intro: Ready, Set, Go! Week 1- Intro: Ready, Set, Go! Weeks 2 – 5 - Where will you go? Introduction to Weeks 2 – 5 - Where will you go? Introduction to

differing cultures via literature, art, language and differing cultures via literature, art, language and drama. drama.

Weeks 6 – 8 - What will you bring? Weeks 6 – 8 - What will you bring? Weeks 9 – 10 - What will you do when you get Weeks 9 – 10 - What will you do when you get

there? there? Weeks 11 – 13 - What if you change your mind?Weeks 11 – 13 - What if you change your mind? Weeks 14 – 15 - Putting it all together. Prepare for Weeks 14 – 15 - Putting it all together. Prepare for

portfolio exhibition.portfolio exhibition. Week 16 – Senior exhibitions.Week 16 – Senior exhibitions.

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Desired OutcomesDesired Outcomes

At the end of the 16 week course, students will possess the At the end of the 16 week course, students will possess the

knowledge, skills, and dispositions that will enable them to knowledge, skills, and dispositions that will enable them to

metaphorically and literally pack their own bags for any metaphorically and literally pack their own bags for any

adventure they choose. They will learn how to avoid adventure they choose. They will learn how to avoid

culture shock by examining the arts from cultures all over culture shock by examining the arts from cultures all over

the world. They will learn how to mentor others and be of the world. They will learn how to mentor others and be of

service to their own local community through service service to their own local community through service

learning. Each student will present a final exhibition that learning. Each student will present a final exhibition that

expresses every aspect of their new knowledge, skills, and expresses every aspect of their new knowledge, skills, and

dispositions, and how they have personally interpreted the dispositions, and how they have personally interpreted the

course material.course material.

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Service LearningService Learning• Throughout the course, the seniors will mentor a group of middle school Throughout the course, the seniors will mentor a group of middle school

students from the Sedona area by teaching them mini-lessons aligned with students from the Sedona area by teaching them mini-lessons aligned with the course themes (plan, pack, perform).the course themes (plan, pack, perform).

• The cultural diversity of the Sedona area will be emphasized. The The cultural diversity of the Sedona area will be emphasized. The

mentorship should serve to cultivate a sense of community between mentorship should serve to cultivate a sense of community between participants. participants.

• The mentorship program will allow the students to interact with the The mentorship program will allow the students to interact with the community, and to build relationships with others as they develop life skills. community, and to build relationships with others as they develop life skills.

• The seniors will reflect upon how this experience has deepened their The seniors will reflect upon how this experience has deepened their awareness of community in a meaningful way. awareness of community in a meaningful way.

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Future TrendsFuture Trends

Packing Your Own Bags will prepare students for life after Packing Your Own Bags will prepare students for life after

high school by giving them a personal map to follow into high school by giving them a personal map to follow into

their own future. Through the service learning project they their own future. Through the service learning project they

will learn how to build community. They will learn how to will learn how to build community. They will learn how to

write a resume, audition, interview, problem solve, and write a resume, audition, interview, problem solve, and

express their own views and opinions. Throughout the express their own views and opinions. Throughout the

course of Packing Your Own Bags, students will maintain course of Packing Your Own Bags, students will maintain

both a portfolio containing artifacts, and a digital archive of both a portfolio containing artifacts, and a digital archive of

this portfolio. They will write about future problems that this portfolio. They will write about future problems that

might appear in their path, and come up with solutions for might appear in their path, and come up with solutions for

those times they may be forced to change direction. those times they may be forced to change direction.

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Senior ProjectSenior Project

During the last week of the course, students will During the last week of the course, students will

exhibit a personally designed project that exhibit a personally designed project that

synthesizes all of the work they have created synthesizes all of the work they have created

during the course. This exhibition will be on during the course. This exhibition will be on

display in the lobby area of SRRH for one week, display in the lobby area of SRRH for one week,

and will coincide with a collaborative project done and will coincide with a collaborative project done

by the seniors and the middle school students they by the seniors and the middle school students they

mentored at the middle school. Every senior will mentored at the middle school. Every senior will

also contribute to a group web page which will also contribute to a group web page which will

summarize their exhibition project and provide a summarize their exhibition project and provide a

link to their own digital portfolio.link to their own digital portfolio.

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ConclusionsConclusions

Seniors who have participated in the course Seniors who have participated in the course

Packing Your Own Bags should be ready for their Packing Your Own Bags should be ready for their

journey, and know what they will be bringing with journey, and know what they will be bringing with

them. They will be well equipped to deal with any them. They will be well equipped to deal with any

obstacle that appears on their path, and be obstacle that appears on their path, and be

confident that no matter what happens, they are confident that no matter what happens, they are

completely capable of getting to their destination completely capable of getting to their destination

by themselves. They will have guiding values, life by themselves. They will have guiding values, life

skills, and the street smarts they need for skills, and the street smarts they need for

navigating the highways and oceans of life.navigating the highways and oceans of life.