Suggestions from “Somewhere Else” Middle School

The following list of ideas comes from Somewhere Else Middle School students, who identified a list of ways they could enter into a social contract with their community. With your group, decide which of these ideas you think represent entering into a social contract for the sake of promoting the common good. Circle or check the number of each activity that your group thinks is playing by the rules in the "game of life" to promote the common good.

1. Hanging out with my friends at the community pool
   
    
2. Doing my homework before playing my favorite video game
   
    
3. Raking the leaves in my elderly neighbor’s yard while she is in the hospital
   
    
4. Wearing my bike helmet and insisting that my younger sister do the same whenever we have to ride together
   
    
5. Participating as a volunteer in our community summer camp
   
    
6. Organizing a pick-up game of soccer
   
    
7. Refusing to smoke
   
    
8. Playing a card game with my grandmother
   
    
9. Sleeping in
   
    
10. Shooting off firecrackers for the local kids
    
     
11. Cleaning up trash in a back alley
    
     
12. Opening a door for someone who is behind me
    
     
13. Keeping my voice down in public places
    
     
14. Pushing my way to the front of the line so I can get home to clean my room