AHS.25 Selflessness Toward Others (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge lesson (AHS.25, “Selflessness Toward Others”) is an Advanced High School character/leadership lesson from the National FFA Organization that teaches students the meaning of selflessness, contrasts it with selfishness, and explores the impact of leading a selfless life. Through commercial-style examples, note-taking, and group scenario activities, students examine how putting others first benefits both individuals and communities.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define and list characteristics of selflessness.
- Identify the difference between selfishness to selflessness.
- Identify the impact of leading a selfless life.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Advanced High School
- Materials
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- Writing Surface
- Projector
- AHS.25.TM.A
- AHS.25.TM.B
- AHS.25.TM.C
- AHS.25.TM.D
- AHS.25.AS.A-one per student
- AHS.25.Test-one per student
- AHS.25.Assess-one per student
- Blank Sheet of Paper-one per student
- Scenario Cards-one per group
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development-WE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Build High Performing Teams?
- Precepts
- K2: Live a Compassionate and Selfless Life
- Key Terms
- Selflessness, Selfless, Selfish
- Resources
- Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kierberger, "Chicken Noodle Soup for the Teenage Soul," Deerfield Beach, Florida, Health Communications Inc., 1997. National FFA Organization's "Essential Learnings" materials, 2003.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.2Understanding the Human Experience – Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions of human experience.