Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Preparation for Activity Retrieve participants' Big Questions...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity 8.5" X 11" sheets of paper Color pencils and/or markers Preparation for Activity If you will have time after this activity (approximately 45 additional minutes), and youth want to put their designs on real tee shirts, do the Preparation for Activit...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated For studio set Backdrop made in Session 1 Painter's tape or masking tape Leader Resource 3, WCUU Script - Good Connections Paper for On-Air People's name cards, markers and string or t...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Washable fine-point color markers Leader Resource 1, Circle Possibilities Leader Resource 2, Connection Possibilities A copy of the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources (Session 1, Leader Resource 1 or a poster ...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "Henry Bergh" Preparation for Activity Read and print out the story. Description of Activity Read the story aloud. Then ask: Do you agree with Henry Bergh that people have a responsibility to treat animals well?...

The First Situation is based on "Taking Justice to the Community" by Kimberly French, in UU World, September/October 2002. The Second Situation is based on "Work Camp" by Heather Robb, in UU World, September/October 2002. The Fourth Situation is based on First Situation: Life is unfair....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Glance back over the Riddle and Mystery sessions the group has covered. Post a sheet of blank newsprint. Description of Activity Ask the group to review some topics you have explored in the first...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, Fairest of All and pencils/pens for all participants Preparation for Activity Copy Handout 2 for all participants. Description of Activity This activity asks participants to imagine a fairest-of-all Universe, where all countries and all...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the song and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the song "There Is More Love Somewhere," Hymn 95 in Singing the...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Description of Activity Notable Thoughts is the first Alternate...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Announce that it is WIT Time, when each youth has a chance to consider and say "What I Think." Ask youth to share stories about something unfair that happened to them or to a friend....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Microphone(s), video camera(s) and tripod(s), real or simulated For studio set Backdrop made in Session 1 Painter's tape or masking tape Leader Resource 1, WCUU Script - The UU Advisor Leader Resource 2, Dear Dr. Phayre and a basket to hold cut-up...

Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "UUs in Action" Preparation for Activity Read the story-five real stories of UU activism. Consider adding a true story of your own congregation's social justice work....

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Bag containing three cookies Second bag with enough cookies for the full group Preparation for Activity Decide whether to take a safe or challenging approach to distributing the three-cookie snack: Safe approach: Produce the supply of three cookies...

Based on Hebrew scripture. Have you heard about Job? He had quite a story. You can find it in Hebrew scripture—the Book of Job. Job lived in the land of Uz, and at the beginning, he was a happy man—as he should have been. He had ten great kids and a wonderful wife. He was wealthy, and he was a...

Activity time: 12 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 4, Hopeful People Preparation for Activity Print out Leader Resource 4 and cut up as shown. Description of Activity This activity asks youth to assume roles and report on what a perfect and a rotten day would be like for their...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Optional: Write the challenge question on newsprint, and post. Description of Activity Challenge questions guide a deeper inquiry for especially thoughtful individuals and groups....

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Copy(ies) of the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook Singing the Living Tradition Optional: A recording of the song and a music player Preparation for Activity Decide how best to present the song "We'll Build a Land," Hymn 121 in Singing the Living...

Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Bag or box containing participants' Big Questions notebooks (see Session 1, Alternate Activity 1, Notable Thoughts) Blank notebooks for new participants Pencils or pens Masking tape Preparation for Activity Retrieve participants' Big Questions...