Introduction
There used to be a popular children’s book series called Choose Your Own Adventure. You would start reading a story and then come to a point where you had to make a decision: “If you want to jump off the cliff, turn to page 18. If you want to turn around and go home, turn to page 34.” Then you would turn to your chosen page and read about the consequences of your decision. You make choices every day. Some choices require careful thought, while other choices require very little attention.

In this exercise, you will read about political choices and everyday choices. Then you will think about an important choice you recently made and write about what the outcome might have been if you had made a different choice.

Destination Titles
“Vote-B-Gone,” an animated political cartoon
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/election/cartoons/cartoon.html
“So Many Options”
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/10-05/10-11-05/l02ca030.htm

Directions
Start with “Vote-B-Gone” and view the animated political cartoon. Next, go to “So Many Options” and read the article.

1.	Once you have finished viewing and reading these selections, write about an important choice that you recently made and the possible consequences of a different choice.