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Life Road Maps

Purpose: reflect on choices and events that have shaped your identity Due Date: next class meeting The task: design a map of your life that shows important events, choices, people, situations, and decisions that have made you who you are today. Your map will: y Include your entire life, start with the date of your birth and end with the first day of school this year y Include green lights what helped you progress along your path? y Include stop signs has something hindered you? (i.e. an injury, death of a loved one, etc) y Include yellow lights or yield signs what has given you some pause (i.e. fight with a friend, getting sick, etc.) y Include other road signs such as: road blocks, bumpy roads, frost heaves, roads merging, etc. Get creative! y Include a date for each event/choice/decision y Include at least 15-20 events/decisions/choices Your map will: y be on large white paper (I will provide this for you) y be in color y show effort and creativity (this is not something that you should only spend a hour on!

Our first step will be to brainstorm some events and choices in class together! Please let me know if you have any questions! I do have sample maps that you can take a look at if you need some inspiration!