Peanut Butter

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Peanut Butter Jelly Studies

• Jessica Tyner
• Mentored Inquiry Lesson Plan

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Course Overview

• Peanut Butter Jelly Studies encourages students
  to ask some of the most pressing questions of our
  time. With the high increase in PBJ addictions
  in the past twenty years, Peanut Butter Jelly
  is one of the most highly debated, controversial
  issues in our society. Through research,
  observation, service learning, and reflection,
  this course aims to encourage students to apply
  their skills and knowledge to take an active role
  in understanding, preventing, and educating
  others on the most wide-spread addiction since
  Soilant Green.

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Community Building ActivityCheck-In

• Fostering a sense of community, belonging, and
  value in each and every student is key to helping
  make everyones experience the best it can be.
  Taking time to connect with one another is not
  only a way to build community, but it also helps
  foster two University Studies goals
  communication and the diversity of the human
  experience.

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Balloon Breaker

• As an avid icebreaker-hater, I one day came
  across one that I actually enjoyed. It involves
  no name games or memorization, but serves as a
  kind of structured check-in. Also, its easy to
  tweak it so it can related to both particular
  subjects or ideas discussed in class as well as
  University Studies goals.

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UNST Goal Review and Practice

• UNST goals should be consistently reviewed and
  put into practice. They are key skills for
  success both in college and beyond. On a
  different note, when students evaluate UNST
  mentor sessions, they are asked how mentor
  session correlates with UNST goals. Many
  students find this difficult to gauge and it
  makes it easier if you outline this for them and
  put it into practice in every session.

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Todays Goal Diversity of the Human Experience

• Its best to relate each goal to the class
  focus. For PBJ studies, there are many avenues
  that lead to diversity. How do different people
  make PBJs? What effects their preferences?
  Crust or no crust? These are key questions that
  can help us appreciate our differences and share
  our experiences and ideas with others.

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Documentary Short

• This controversial documentary short illustrates
  just how deep the PBJ addiction is. Some of the
  testimonies youre about to see may not be
  suitable for a young audience.

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Overview of Main Class

• Some students feel comfortable asking questions
  in mentor session regarding Main Class, while
  others are not. By splitting students up into
  mini groups and asking everyone to participate in
  answering the texts questions, this opens up new
  avenues for not only clearing things up for
  students, but helping student learn from each
  other.

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Tasks For Next Week

• By creating a checklist of to do charges, it
  not only helps students stay on track, but helps
  hold them accountable for their responsibilities.

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The Last Bite

• This presentation has been brought to you by
  Jessica.
• The documentary short was acquired by an
  underground operation who reports that no animal
  was hurt in the making of the film.
• Any bad British accents were not digitally
  enhanced or altered. It is the filmmakers policy
  not to interfere with the addicts or their poor
  choices on late Saturday nights.