ADVISORY CURRICULUM

Overview

This Advisory Lesson Suite has been created to provide affiliates with options for teaching 21st-century Skills. The suite contains 18 lessons, and topics were selected based on affiliate input. Each lesson contains a core activity, which is project-based or activity-based. 

• Setting Goals 

• Self-Awareness

• Mission and Purpose

• Mental Health

• Core Values 

• Bully Prevention 

• Celebrating Diversity

• Determining Priorities  

• Effective Communication 

• Examining Biases 

• Experiencing Self-Efficacy 

• Identifying Personal Assets 

• Leadership 

• Power and Privilege 

• Self Talk 

• Task Management 

• Time Management 

• Understanding Systems 

Overview

In this unit, students will learn about stress, the causes and effects of stress, and methods for managing stress. This unit is designed to provide students with a structured space to discuss and learn about stress while building their stress management toolkit. Each lesson has a core activity during which students are actively engaging with content and activities about stress. The unit culminates in an infographic project, in which students will create an infographic that teaches a general audience about a stress reduction technique. While many causes of stress are rooted in systemic inequities that require systemic solutions, students will be able to experience relieving and accessible strategies for responding to stress. 

Resources: 

• Facilitator Guide

• Curriculum-based BIT 

• Unit Lesson Plans 

Overview

In this unit, students will reflect on, discuss, and learn about developing interpersonal relationships in in-person and online contexts. Students in modern society experience interpersonal connection and relationship development in person with their friends, family, peers, etc, and increasingly, young students also need explicit support and instructions about engaging with others online. 

Resources

• Facilitator Guide 

• Curriculum-based BIT 

• Unit Lesson Plans