The materials here were created by Stacie Lindsey, a social studies teacher at West Bloomfield (MI) High School; by Janet Faber, a teacher in Waterford Public Schools; by Andy Dickman, a middle school computer teacher at McCormick Catholic Academy in Port Huron, Michigan; by Kim Droscha from Powers Catholic School; by the POOT developers; and by graduate students in EDU 527 at UM-Flint. Andy, Janet, and Stacie created these materials for their classes that participated in POOT in the fall of 2004. Thanks to all of them for allowing us to share!

From Stacie:

Character research log with suggested questions (MS Word)

Resume writing guidelines (MS Word)

Resume rubric (MS Word)

Set of questions used as a mid-simulation progress check (MS Word)

Assignment around writing and defending a "good post" (MS Word)

Email ettiquitte (MS Word)

Fishbowl debate notesheet (MS Word)

Fishbowl self-evaluation sheet (MS Word)

From Janet:

"Web Quest" for students beginning to explore the POOT website (MS Word)

From Andy:

POOT Introductory presentation (PowerPoint)

Mid-simulation presentation (PowerPoint)

POOT unit plan (pdf)

From Kim:

A worksheet to help with making initial contacts with other characters. (PowerPoint)

From the POOT developers:

A list of online resources about the ban (MS Word)

"Stand Up," a classroom activity for exploring characters' positions (MS Word)

A short practice scenario about encountering a homeless person (MS Word)

"Cheat Sheet" (suggested questions) for an in-character press conference (MS Word)

From UM-Flint graduate students:

A Quick Reference for students: how to use the POOT website (PDF), by Julie Rice.

A "memoirs" activity for helping students learn about their characters (MS Word), by Cathy Murphy.

A "Reader's Gude for Playing a Fictional Literary Character" (PDF), and a POOT-related art criticism lesson for secondary students, by Josh Holnagel.

POOT-related art activity ideas (MS Word), by Wendy Grosvenor.

A "scientific" approach to POOT (MS Word), by Shannon Fuller.

The idea of "groupthink" as it applies to POOT (Powerpoint), by Chuck Millstead.

A character research guide for students (outside website), with a teacherm guide (MS Word). By Dessalee Cook.

An activity for making a simple movie about one's character in Windows MovieMaker 2, with a MovieMaker template. By Jeremy Harber.

An art-based activity for character research (PowerPoint), by Nick Lange.

An overall unit plan for participating in POOT (MS Word), by Eric Monroe.