The Giver: Pre-Reading Activity: Choices

How many choices do you think you make daily?

• About 10 choices

• 10,000 choices

• 100 choices

• Over 35,000 choices

Briefly write about a time you followed what others were doing instead of deciding for yourself.

Kid President said there are four choices for making choices. What are they?

• Be awesome, be a good friend, be a leader, be a world-changer

• Impulsive, do nothing, follower, and be thoughtful

• Impulsive, good, bad, and thoughtful

• Be the next Kid President

What is an example of a choice you recently made that had a big consequence?

Would you willingly give up your right to make decisions for yourself?

• Yes, I trust others to decide for me.

• Absolutely not.

• It depends on the decision that needs to be made.

• I can't decide!

What if we, as a society, collectively decided to allow others to make all of our decisions for us? Do you think this would have positive or negative results? Explain your reasoning with examples.