Guest Teacher Plans
YouTube Leadership & the 8 Essentials
Length: 1 Day (50-60 minutes)
Description: Students watch three YouTube videos about teens who demonstrate the 8 Essentials of Leadership. Students reflect on what they watched and apply the 8 Essentials.
Resources:
- Handout w/Links (7th Grade)
Motivation Monday (or Anyday) TedTalks
Length: 1 Day (50-60 minutes)
Description: Students watch a variety of TedTalks to extract and reflect on messages of motivation.
Resources:
Share It Forward: The Power of Social Media to Spread Kindness
Length: 2 Days (50-60 minutes each day)
Description: Students watch three YouTube videos about teens who demonstrate the 8 Essentials of Leadership. Students reflect on what they watched and apply the 8 Essentials.
Resources:
Strengthening Growth & Commitment
Length: 5 Days (50-60 minutes each day)
Description: Students participate in a series of activities centered around personal growth and commitment. Character Strong Curriculum is required to implement these lessons.
Resources:
- Student Handout
- Character Strong Lessons:
- Day 1: Fixed vs. Growth Mindset - Paper Football Activity (Advisory Lesson, Grade Nine, Year 1, Lesson 12)
- Day 2: Defining Commitment (Leadership Lesson, Unit 7, Lesson 31)
- Day 3: Commitment Videos & Discussion: (Leadership Lesson, Unit 7, Lesson 32)
- Day 4: The Commitment Initiative (Leadership Lesson, Unit 7, Lesson 33)
- Day 5: Commitment Research (located in student handout)