MATERIALS Active Listening Handout LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Say: We spend more time listening than any activity except breathing. 2. Ask the group to briefly share out the different things they listen to throughout the day. If students say “people talking” push them to break it out into the different things people talk about… READ MORE >
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MATERIALS Rock Leaf Stick That will be passed around by the group LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Invite students to gather in a circle. 2. Pass the items around one by one (or all together) using the follow prompts: Rock: Something I rocked at, or am proud of, during the expedition was… Leaf: Something I… READ MORE >
MATERIALS • Student generated a list of leadership qualities from a previous lesson. You may have done this activty with students during the Introducing Leadership lesson. LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Explain to the group that you’re going to look back on some of the ideas they came up with during the pre-work lessons on… READ MORE >
MATERIALS Giving and Receiving Feedback Handout LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Have the group circle up. 2. Review or create expectations or agreements for peer feedback. This is an important step—and may take a bit of time. Use the Feedback Handout as a guide for this step. You can print and hand out the resource… READ MORE >
MATERIALS Writing paper for each student Cup or container for each group Question Bank Discussion Prompts (for the facilitator) LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Explain to students that they will take part in a reflection routine with several phases: Phase 1: Introduction to the Prompt Phase 2: Group Discussion (refer to any group discussion norms… READ MORE >
MATERIALS Paper Drawing Supplies (i.e. Markers, colored pencils) LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Students should fold the paper in quarters. 2. Instruct students to use each ‘square’ for a leadership trait that they know about themselves—and that they exhibited it on the expedition. 3. Students should sketch/draw their ideas and examples in each square. 4…. READ MORE >
MATERIALS Music to play in the background Paper (for the written variation) LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Circle up the group, with a chair in the middle of the circle. 2. Explain to the group that this activity is a way to acknowledge the positive qualities that each member of the group brings. 3. Have… READ MORE >
MATERIALS Long rope, yarn, or string LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Gather students to stand in a circle. One student starts by holding a roll of rope/yarn. 2. Ask students to share a personal strength that they recognize in themselves. This could be something that they saw in themselves on expedition. 3. Once a student… READ MORE >
MATERIALS “River Stones” such as paper plates or vinyl spots. Boundary markers such as tape or rope. LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. In advance, randomly distribute enough “river stones” between two lines spaced about 20 feet apart. 2. Place “river stones” close enough so that people can step from one to another easily. If you… READ MORE >