Value Venture Step - Print a child's name in this box and ask students to assist the child in whatever way the student is identified in needing assistance by placing other student names in the boxes below. Copyright © 1995 Gene Bedley Collaborative Group Norms 1. Respect other's ideas and be prepared to learn from others. 2. Cooperate with your group by supporting each idea. 3. Show Compassion for the person who is sharing their ideas by saying "That's a good idea." Be a good listener. 4. Persevere - Spend your entire time focusing on your activity and asignment. Don't let noises and other people get you off course. 5. Positive Mental Attitude - Believe that your group can produce quality work. Give the group your best ideas and energy. Use each minute wisely. 6. Initialtive - Volunteer to write, contribute, draw and/or clarify ideas. If something needs to be done, you be the one. Initiative shows that you are responsible. 7. Integrity - When you evaluate your work be honest with yourself. If you feel you could have done better let your teacher or classmates know. If you gave it your best be proud of your work. Copyright © 1993 Gene Bedley

The Cold Within Six humans trapped by happenstance, in bleak and bitter cold Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story is told Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back, For the faces 'round the fire, he noticed one was black. The next man looking across the way, saw one not of his church, And couldn't bring himself to give the fire his stickof birch. The third one sat in tattered clothes, he gave his coat a hitch Why should his log be put to use to warm the idle rich? The rich man just sat back and thought of the wealth he had in store, And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shftless poor. The black man's face bespoke revenge as the fire passed from his sight, For all he saw in his stick of wood was a chance to spite the white. The last man of this forlorn group did nothing except for gain, Giving to only those who gave was how he played the game. The logs held tight in death's still hand was proof of human sin, They didn't die from the cold without, they did from the cold within. by James Kenney