Advocacy: How to Change the World
A 60-minute leadership lesson plan built around the “Kid President – How to Change the World” video, in which students identify the tactics people use to avoid or dismiss issues and explore positive ways to influence change and advocate for causes. Using an accompanying worksheet, students contrast “wrong” and “right” approaches to creating change and reflect on how they could use advocacy. It is designed to work as a leadership lesson, a supplement to ag communication curriculum, an FFA project reflection, or officer team development.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify tactics used by individuals and groups in communication.
- Discuss and discover positive ways to influence change.
- Discover opportunities in advocacy.
- Time required
- 60 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "How to Change the World" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access to play the video in real-time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
- Resources
- FFA.org; Kid President – How to Change the World (a work in progress) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7gDsSKUmU
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Leadership lesson 2. Supplement to an ag communication curriculum 3. Reflective exercise for FFA project development 4. You could also add FFA officer team development
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.01Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the agriculture, food & natural resources career cluster.
Common Core – Math Practices
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.