I Blew It! Learning From Failure
I Can Behave: A Classroom Self-Management Curriculum for
Elementary Students
I'm Telling! A Tatter's Tale
Increase the Peace: Conflict Resolution
I Blew It! Learning From Failure (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1988. 24 min. Order no. 2252-SG ($169.00).
This video helps students understand that failure is a part of being human. The risk of failure is with us whenever we try something new; it is the price we pay for personal growth. If we attempt to guard ourselves against any and all failures, we are probably not opening ourselves to the new possibilities, new skills, or new personal contacts that life offers us.
I Blew It! also helps students differentiate between failing at an activity and being a failure as a person. One unsuccessful experience, or even a series of them, does not turn a person into a human embodiment of failure. The program does not only look at academic failure but examines a range of endeavours in which students may experience failure. Included are vignettes focussed on athletics, interpersonal relationships, and academics.
A four-step process called the "Four A’s" is presented to help students manage their failures: Admit that you’ve failed, Analyze what went wrong, Adjust your actions and attitudes, and Attempt it again. The four-step process is presented in the context of the true-to-life teen vignettes. In each story, the character is shown progressing through the process and using the failure for an opportunity for personal growth. The second half of the program gives students several opportunities to apply what they have learned.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Identity; Personal Self-Knowledge
I Can Behave: A Classroom Self-Management Curriculum for Elementary Students (Print-Non-Fiction). Mannix, Darlene S. Pro-Ed, Inc. (EDR), 1986. 237 p. Order no. ICAN-PE/3200 ($204.75 pbk.).
I Can Behave uses illustrative stories and humour to teach appropriate behaviour. Follow-up activities are provided to reinforce the point of the lessons. Assessment instruments are included to assist teachers in charting behavioural change. The student activities are in the form of ready-made masters. The lessons may be used in small groups or whole class sessions. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Classroom Management; Teacher Reference
I'm Telling! A Tattler's Tale (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1996. 14 min. Order no. 2609-QG ($59.95).
This video clarifies what "tattling" really is and provides young children with strategies to solve situations by themselves, ask themselves questions to determine what to do, and how to determine when telling is the right thing to do.
A teacher’s guidebook and student’s book contain many activities that can be used for extension or reinforcement and practice.
Suggested Use: Classroom Management; Conflict in Relationships
Increase the Peace: Conflict Resolution (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1994. 32 min. Order no. 2491-YC ($189.00).
This video portrays a city setting using scenarios and language many viewers will recognize as straight out of their own lives. The program teaches specific, easy-to-learn skills and effective strategies for conflict resolution. It shows students that by "increasing the peace," they can keep their friends and have some control over their lives.
Suggested Use: Classroom Management; Conflict in Relationships