KSPN Curriculum - The Best and Worst Behaved

Core Values: Citizenship and Personal Responsibility

Students will examine the core values of citizenship and personal responsibility as they showcase athletes who represent the best and worst examples of these core values. This process will be recorded and included as part of a new segment on KSPN's Weekly Review called: The Best and Worst Behaved

Are you a good citizen? What is your personal responsibility to your community, your country, and your world? How important are these core values to you and your peers?

In this learning activity, students will answer these questions as they explore concepts of Citizenship and Personal Responsibility and determine the importance of these core values in their daily lives. Students will assume the role of investigative reporters who must balance responsible journalism while creating interesting, provocative segments for the The Best and The Worst segment on KSPN’s Weekly Review.

Working in small, cooperative groups, students will have the opportunity to survey their peers. They will practice “digital citizenship” as they create vignettes which feature athletes. Finally, they will scrutinize both local and renowned athletes to determine how citizenship and personal responsibility is demonstrated both on and off the “playing field.”