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 * Today's Objective**: To cultivate the positive character trait of **adaptability.**


 * Essential Questions/Topic Starters**: An Indian proverb states, //"If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile."// (In Arkansas rivers, maybe you should make friends with the cotton-mouth snake.) What does this proverb mean in context to the word Adaptability.


 * Class Format:** Journalizing, Whole-group discussion


 * Time Allotment**: One 15-Minute Session


 * Today's Activities**:
 * 1 minute
 * Define **Adaptability** (and write or display definition on the board). Definition: To put yourself in harmony with changed circumstances.
 * 2 minutes
 * Discuss the Essential Question: An Indian proverb states, //"If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile."// (In Arkansas rivers, maybe you should make friends with the cotton-mouth snake.) What does this proverb mean in context to the word Adaptability.
 * 5 minutes - Journalize
 * Journalizing: A chameleon, a highly specialized lizard, can in some cases change color to adapt to his surroundings. Being willing to change can save a chameleon's life. In your journal, write about and experience where you had to become a "chameleon" to adapt to your surroundings or circumstances. Was your choice to adapt a positive or negative experience. Explain.
 * Remaining Session
 * Whole-group Discussion: Discuss experiences and identify times when adaptablity lead to positive experiences and results.
 * Homework: Be ready and willing to adapt as necessary to the changes in people and circumstances that arise in daily life.

**Key Terms**: Change, Adaptability
 * Quote:** "//Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation." - Mahatma Gandhi, Political and Spiritual Leader of India//


 * Resources:** [|Martin J. Marrazo][|,][|Quotations by ThinkExist]

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