Pass out Handout 1 . Ask the students to read Code of the West silently while you read aloud. Ask the students to read Rules of a Mining Company silently while you read aloud. Explore with the students how the rules accomplished that purpose. Ask the students if they know of any groups today that have rules to accomplish their purposes.
Examples are their school, classroom, Scouts, Campfire, swim teams, etc.
Finish by asking the students to share one thing they learned today. Code Of The West Do not shoot a person in the back. Do not shoot anyone without warning him first. Do not shoot an unarmed person. A buffalo hide belongs to the person who kills the animal.