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Week 10 Plan:

Class Meeting:
Monday, November 20th, 4:00-6:30pm ET on campus and in Zoom.

1. Discussion activity based on assigned reading (Botelho & Rudman).
2. Small group activity on Developing a Vision for Life.
3. Pair or small group discussions to extend ideas around Theme 3 (and addressing the individual requirements involved in this theme's Written/Creative Product).
4. Scheduling of upcoming work-in-progress presentations (early ones Nov. 27th, whole class on Dec. 4). See Theme 3 work-in-progress requirements.

Assignments Due Next Week:

1. Readings:
Weeks 10, 11, 12: choose one item each week from the list below:

• de la Garza, V. (2009). pages 19-45 from Children's Story: Per-se-vere (a children's story presented as a portion of the capstone project developed by a past graduate of the Critical and Creative Thinking program)
• Giorgis & Johnson, 2001, Children's Books: Creativity
• Lamb (2001). Chapters 1-4 from The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children
• Lickona (2004), Help Kids (and Adults) Take Responsibility for Building Their Own Character (from book Character Matters)
• Lindqvist (2003), Vygotsky's Theory of Creativity
• Marsh (2010), read pages 29-37 from Childhood, culture, and creativity: a literature review (Section 3 on "Multimodal communication, culture and creativity").
• Paley (1986), On Listening to What Children Say and additional Interview with Vivian Gussin Paley
• Rochat, P (2003), Five levels of self-awareness as they unfold early in life
• Sethi (2009), Kids, take charge (Video, TEDIndia)
• Sudbury Valley School (web site), read about The Sudbury Model and the Frequently Asked Questions about the school. Read at least one other item from the Articles section of the web site according to your interest.
• USDOE (2005), Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen

2. Read all posts on the Theme 3 discussion page. Add comments below any of the original posts if you have substantive ideas to share or responses to the author (and read any comments that are added by others to your own post/s). Continue to use the Theme 3 discussion page to share ideas as needed during the upcoming weeks.

3. Continue with weekly entries in your Literature/Arts Reflection Journal.

4. Continue developing work toward your Theme 3 Written/Creative Product. Prepare as needed for upcoming work-in-progress presentations, taking note of the requirements (including being ready to go if you will be giving your presentation next week, Nov. 27th).

Brief notes on remaining class meetings:

• Week 11 (Nov. 27): Early work-in-progress presentations and dalogue around Theme 3; discussion of written assignment on "Manifesto for Creative Living and Lifelong Learning"
• Week 12 (Dec. 4): Remaining presentations
• Week 13 (Dec. 11): Evaluating the course experience; extending learning beyond the semester.
• Week 13 evening (Dec. 11, 7:00pm): CCT combined class meeting with presentations from students in various courses