Title: If You Had To Choose, What Would You Do?
Author: Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Illustrator: Brain Strassburg
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Year Published: 1995
Format: Paperback/ ebook
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reading Level: Assisted Reader/ Self-Reader
Reading Interest Level: Elementary- Early Middle School
Topics: Choices
Summary: Throughout this book, there are 25 stories about moral dilemmas and the reader is asked what he or she would do in that situation. Each story is also followed by thought questions, which stimulate great discussions both in the home and in the classroom. The stories are fun for the kids to read and they get them thinking and talking about important moral issues. The book has received excellent reviews and is a wonderful resource for both the home and the classroom.
Extension Activity: Since this book comes with thought questions already included in the reading, I would just further those questions on one of the stories and then have group discussions about their answers. By having the kids work together on their answers and discussing their “why’s”, it allows the children to really understand their own decisions and further analyze them.
