Students will understand how self-concept and self-esteem are built and preserved and how it relates to the perception of individual strengths and weaknesses.

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Students will use the elements and principles of design learned in this unit to design a room inside of a shoe box.

Students will explore a Hyperdoc to understand the Six Basic Nutrients.  Each Nutrient has an article for students to explore, and an EdPuzzle.  Teachers need to be aware they will need to update the EdPuzzle links (these are currently shared links).  From their EdPuzzle account, teachers should get the assigned links to assign the EdPuzzles to their students, and update these in the hyperdoc.  

Studnet will create a table setting of themselves to describe themselves and their interests.

The Dallas Cowboys use football to figure out decimals and percentages; Agent Know How investigates the library and gets a library card; and New Mexico's famed poet Jimmy Santiago Baca tells how he discovered the power of language while he was in prison and also leads a group of El Paso adult learners in a seminar on the power of writing. Question Man asks "Where do you put the apostrophe?"

Job seekers prepare for filling out applications by creating a personal data sheet; singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow shares thoughts on her writing process and her music; and in "Lifelines," a parent learns how to Downloadable docs her child's illness and treatment by creating a medical bible Downloadable docsing his medical history.

TV411's "Book Club" reads Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; Agent Know How gets the information he needs from the library; and Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a new father of triplets multiply his shopping list. "Lifelines" teaches how to prepare for doctors' visits.

Question Man shows viewers the right way to take a phone message; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a pair of shoppers get the best deal when buying a TV; New York-based pop/rock band BETTY teaches homonyms; a group of job seekers learn how to craft their resume; and "Milestones" puts the focus on Pat Blackwell of Indiana who explains how going to school later in life enabled her to become a nurse and support her family.

Job seekers work on writing noteworthy cover letters; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a shopper deal with diabetes and food labels; and "Dictionary Cinema" shows you how to look up a word that you do not know how to spell.

A young couple from Seattle with credit card debt visits a credit counselor to create a budget, learn how to clip coupons, and manage their money; "America's Smartest Moves," hosted by America's Funniest Videos star John Fugelsang, looks at the fine print on those "too good to be true" credit card offers; in a commercial parody, "Rip Off" looks critically at a television offer; and "Book Club" puts the spotlight on Studs Terkel who reads from his book Working.

Salsa musician and songwriter Ruben Blades talks about his writing process and shares some of his music; "Milestones" goes to El Paso, where a mother enters the Even Start program and learns that she can bring her family closer together by improving her reading and writing skills; and Question Man (Joey Kola) learns some tips for taking tests.

Question Man (Joey Kola) uses the library to find books to help raise his teenage son; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains how to use a glossary when reading a health insurance plan; "Street Beat" gives a tip on figuring out a tip in a restaurant; on "Lifelines", a mother and daughter create a schedule to make sure there's time for homework, chores, and activities; on "Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca," the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shows a group of adults how to keep a daily journal. Plus, a pop quiz about appliances and energy consumption, and "Buzzword" explains the word "stereotype."

Question Man (Joey Kola) visits a rent-to-own store and figures out if it's better to rent or own a washing machine; on "Sports Smarts," WNBA Utah Starzz player Olympia Scott-Richardson shows how she uses a day planner to manage her time and activities; on "Street Beat," NYPD Blue star Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading the newspaper; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a customer estimate the cost of a painting job and how to figure out the take-home pay; and on "Words Behind the Music", singer/songwriter Toshi Reagon writes a song on the spot especially for TV411. Plus, a pop quiz about credit card debt, and "Buzzword" explains the word "analogy."

"Lifelines" shows a couple who are eager to buy their first home how to read a mortgage chart; "Dictionary Cinema" explains how to use a thesaurus; Question Man (Joey Kola) figures out how to understand the graphs and numbers on his utility bill; "Street Beat" gives a tip on evaluating written information; and "Milestones" profiles four Long Beach, CA students who call themselves "The Freedom Writers" and use pen and paper to fight prejudice and intolerance. Plus, a pop quiz about volunteering, and "Buzzword" explains the word "anomaly."

ABC's Good Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on different learning styles on "Straight to the Source"; "Milestones" profiles a Baltimore, MD based steel worker, John Deitsch, and his continuing quest to pass the GED; "Street Beat" offers a tip on how to summarize almost anything; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains how to understand and use the unit price labels on store shelves; and on "Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca," the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shares his own personal learning journey and how he came "into language." Plus, a pop quiz about adults in college, and "Buzzword" explains the word "marginalized."

In the backseat of a stretch limo, Question Man (Joey Kola) gets financial advice from a millionaire; in "Lifelines," an entrepreneurial teenage parent gets help starting up a small lollipop business as he pursues his GED; those math-savvy Calculating Women estimate and calculate their way to an affordable cell phone plan; "Straight to the Source" asks a federal con-buster to reveal the math behind money scams.

A "Lifelines" segment presents strategies for reading comprehension on the GED; a new strand, "Math Behind the Arts," features TV chef Curtis Aikens explaining ratios and cooking; a "Milestones" portrait traces how one man left prison and low literacy behind; TV411's revamped "Book Club" finds out what happens when an entire Midwestern town reads the same novel.

The Calculating Women, TV411's math mavens, offer tips on how to avoid credit card debt; "Milestones" focuses on a New York man who, despite a reading disability, teaches others how to pass motor vehicle exams; Laverne (Liz Torres) dispenses sound advice about reading over-the-counter medicine labels and following prescriptions; on "Sports Smarts," three well-traveled Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a world map.