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Resourcefulness Requires Initiative

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Resourcefulness Requires Initiative. Being resourceful means applying my knowledge and skills to solve problems creatively and independently. It requires that I keep trying even when solutions do not come easily.

 

 

Counting by 7's

Willow is a twelve-year-old genius. Her world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone.

Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montage is a career fireman who lives in a world where thinking is dangerous and books are forbidden.

Flowers for Algernon

Algernon is a lab mouse and Charlie is a mentally disabled man. Find out how a brain operation increases Charlie’s IQ and changes his life and the life of Algernon.

Masterminds

A group of kids living in a Pleasantville-type town connect to some of the greatest criminal masterminds of their time after discovering a dark secret.

Pygmalion

This play is about Pygmalion of legend who falls in love with his perfect female statue and persuades Venus to bring her to life so that he can marry her.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Malawi was a land withered by drought and hunger and where modern science was a mystery. William read about windmills and dreamed about building one to bring electricity and water to his village.

The Book Thief

Liesel is a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding.

The Red Badge of Courage

Deserting his battalion, 18-year-old Henry Fleming escapes into the woods. He finds a group of injured soldiers and is embarrassed the he’s whole. Find out how Henry proves his courage as a man on the battlefield.

The Truth about Truman School

Zebby and Amr create a website about the real Truman Middle School.  They want to say things that the school newspaper would never say.