Students identify decisions. Ask students for examples of some decisions students their age often make, for example, watching television or playing on the computer instead of doing homework. Ask students to write one minor and one major decision they made last week on a piece of paper. All people use some kind of decision-making process, even though they may not be aware of it. Review decision-making steps.
More choices mean a better chance of making the best decision.
Read the following scenario to students and guide them through the decision-making steps. Ask students for suggestions for each step and record student responses on the transparency. Twelve year old Dinorah rides with her older sister, Stephanie, to church every Sunday. After church, Dinorah usually talks with her friends and winds up walking home, because Stephanie has already left in the car. Dinorah always asks Stephanie to wait for her after church because the walk home is long, and it is often cold and rainy.