First Week of January

ADAPTABLE: Being able to work with others to reach a goal, even if it requires change

Vs. Being rigid, unwilling to respond to changing circumstances

• SUGGESTED READING:
  Miss Nelson is Missing
  The Alfred Summer
  The Value of Sharing and the Story of the Mayo Brothers
  I Claudius
• MOVIES:
  Apollo 13

FAMILY ACTIVITY:

• Help clean up the decorations from the holidays.
• Talk about the year ahead and how you can work to make this the best year ever.
• Take this chance to make a list of things your family does together and discuss ways to make them more enjoyable.

CLASS ACTIVITY:

• Discuss how important cooperation is in your students' daily lives. Good topics of discussion include the workings of a sports team.
• Have your students put on short skits showing people cooperating to deal with a major change.

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:

• Discuss why the willingness to change is essential for a democratic government and society to function.
• Discuss why adaptability is essential for a business to function?
• Under what circumstances is it wrong for a person to adapt to cooperate with another person or an organization.

"Help one another, listen to one another, and love one another." -Anonymous

"United we are strong; united we will win." -Slogan on an Allied poster during the Second World War

"He must learn to cooperate . . . to obey my orders without question." - "Prime Minister Jim Hacker" in the BBC comedy program Yes, Prime Minister

"We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." -Benjamin Franklin

Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day

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