Select a Dream - Lesson 1

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I eagerly want to make a town where there are full of nature in this town when I grow up! - Taiki Shimizu - Japan	Module 2 - Select a Dream Lesson 1

Welcome!

Now you have been excited about defining and planning promotion on your dream. So this is the time. How do you think others will like your plan? Or do you think that you might change your ideas on the best dream when you see what others have defined?

In Module 1 you decided on a dream. In this first lesson of the Select a Dream module you are going to:

Make contact with those who appear to share your dream
-other I Have a Dream participants (look at their dream pages)
-other youth whom you found in the Registration archives and are able to contact (you identified them in module 1)
Promote your dream to these identified potential partners
Discuss common themes with those whose dreams seem similar

Teachers, coaches and youth! Remember to register for the program. ! If you have registered your Dream project in previous modules, you don't have to do it again.

The activities and discussions below are suggestions. Use these as a guide for completing the program. You may always substitute other activities that are more suitable for your needs.

Lesson plan:

Go through data collected from the Registration archives of the last 6 months (Module 1 Lesson 1) and find those who share a similar dream.

Are they similar enough? Talk about this within your team.
Highlight the places where you have themes in common.
How many show interest in similar or same dream? Does it look like something that the Kidlink participants are interested to participate in? Are you supplying a project that there is high demand for?
Make contact with these youth through their KidPages.

Look at webpages made by any I Have a Dream teams.

Make note of those that catch your eye.
Record KidMail addresses of those who could be potential partners.
Contact those whose dreams are similar if they meet your requirements for potential partners.

Write a persuasive letter promoting your dream and suggesting that these teams join you in your dream plan.

Discuss the elements of such a letter.

persuasive writing is clear and orderly
persuasive writing is vivid (appeals to senses and is rich in tone)
persuasive writing is based on facts and reasons
persuasive writing is dramatic (build suspense and engages the reader's feelings)

Define your goals clearly in an attractive way
Define well what you seek in a partner
Let it be clear to your potential partners what your time schedule is both concerning the total activity as well as how much time spent pr. week.
Let it be clear that you want to work in best ways for every partner in the project. Every partner should get respect and be able to work on the project on equal basis.

Define and discuss the qualities you want to see in potential partners and their dreams. Some qualities might include:

Their answers to the four questions seem to suggest deep thinking and not a hastily written answer.
They have a real concern for others .
They possess an awareness of the problems of the world.
Discuss the qualities in an I Have a Dream KidCom room.

Send your persuasive letter to those who meet your criteria as potential partners.

Send to kids you find in the Registration archives.
Send to I Have a Dream participants by using the I Have a Dream KidCom rooms.
Send to kids in KidCom Kidcafe.

When reading the first feedback you get to your persuasive letter, do you think you should refine some things in your promotion?

Make more pictures?
Add music?
Correct things that might lead to misunderstanding?

Read and print the persuasive letters you see in the I Have a Dream KidCom rooms from other I Have a Dream participants.

Post the letters on a bulletin board for all in your local team to see.
Discuss what you like in their promoting material.
Can you learn something from it?
Identify those who respond positively to your promotion letter.

Examine letters of those who responded positively to your invitation to partner.

Do they have the qualities that you identified for potential partners?
What talents might they bring to your team?
Would their partnership add a global element to your team?
Do they share the same commitment to the dream as your team does?
Are they multicultural in theme?

Eliminate those dreams that are too dissimilar to yours.

Skip those with totally different topics from yours.
Skip those that are not global in nature.

Rank remaining dreams and decide which to negotiate with.

Make two columns and list/identify pros and cons for each dream.
Total the points and rank.
Narrow the potential partners to an agreed number of teams.

Remember to answer all letters you get, whether you decide to negotiate with them or not.

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