Does Popularity Matter?
MATERIALS Ability to show TEDtalk Writing/Notetaking supplies LESSON STEP BY STEP 1. Instruct students to divide their paper in half and sketch an image of a “popular” person on one side and a “likeable” person on the other. 2. Students pair-share their ideas. Ask: What are the differences between them, what are the similarities? 3…. READ MORE >
Choose Your Own Adventure
HANDOUTS
Rock, Leaf, Stick Reflection
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 >
Revisiting Leadership
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 >
Feedback
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 >
Teammates Consult
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 >
Reflection Squares
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 >
Spiders Web
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 >
Question Bank
QUESTION BANK Personal Process – What was your favorite meal/campsite/view? – What did you miss most while you were out there? – When was a moment from the expedition that you were proud of yourself? – What do you want to remember from your expedition? – If you could re-live one moment, what would it… READ MORE >