CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR S.C. TEACHER CADET COURSE | EXPERIENCING EDUCATION, TENTH EDITION
Directions for Bags and Presentations
Presentation: Create a five-minute presentation about your bag, explaining what is inside
and outside the bag that portrays you as an individual of the various groups. Strive for the
following for the presentation:
• clear diction
• audible volume
• appropriate pace
• eye contact with audience
• maintaining attention of audience
• clear explanations of what pictures and words represent about you
Others’ Presentations: While fellow Cadets are doing their presentations, look at the presenter, and listen carefully. At the end of each Cadet’s presentation, write down a couple
unique traits about that fellow classmate. Turn these into the teacher to use in a “Name
That Cadet” quiz later.
Writing Assignment:
Write a four-paragraph paper:
• First paragraph: Introduction about the activity, along with a statement
about why it is important to know one’s self
• Second Paragraph: Description of the items and pictures outside and
inside the bag and what each represents about you
• Third paragraph: Reflection on your oral presentation (e.g. gestures,
facial expressions, diction, volume, pace, ability to hold the attention of
the audience)
• Fourth paragraph: Summary about what you learned about yourself and
fellow classmates
I–1-9
Theme I: Experiencing Learning
Unit 1: Awareness and Reflection
Bags: As a homework assignment, find words and pictures from magazines to decorate the
outside of the bag and perhaps put inside the bag. Also include small items that will fit inside
your bag. Select words, pictures, and items to represent you in the following categories:
• as a member of a personal family
• as a member of the student body
• as a member of an ethnic group (optional)
• as a member of a gender (optional)
• as a member of a larger community (e.g. church, sports, hobbies,
volunteer activities)
• as a Teacher Cadet
• as a complete person