Learning Goals
Students will be able to explain Odysseus’s choices in Gillian Cross’s retelling of The Odyssey by identifying intentions, actions, immediate consequences, and later consequences.
Students will be able to analyze how pride, loyalty, courage, and leadership influence Odysseus’s decision-making in selected episodes from The Odyssey.
Students will be able to compare multiple possible choices Odysseus could have made and predict who would be helped or harmed by each option.
Students will be able to synthesize evidence from The Odyssey and a community leader interview to define a real middle school decision problem as a clear How Might We statement.
Students will be able to define and justify a user-centered decision-making strategy that helps younger students pause, evaluate options, and choose responsibly.
Students will be able to prototype and revise an interactive choice-and-consequence pathway based on feedback from peers, community partners, and test users.
Students will be able to communicate an evidence-based recommendation for a younger audience using ethical citations, clear reasoning, and respectful language.
Students will be able to reflect on how Odysseus’s mistakes, revisions, and reputation changes inform their own growth in empathy, responsibility, and decision-making.
Products
Youth Leadership Advisory Article
Each student writes a research-based article for younger students explaining what Odysseus’s choices teach about responsible decision-making. The article uses evidence from The Odyssey and one community leader interview, includes a counterargument, and offers specific advice with ethical citations.
Heroic Choices Toolkit Station with Interactive Decision Pathway
Each team creates and facilitates a station for the Heroic Choices Leadership Lab that includes an Odyssey case study, a realistic middle school dilemma, a choice-and-consequence pathway, and a decision strategy. Teams test the resource with an authentic audience, gather feedback, and revise the toolkit before the final event.
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