AHS.26 Mobilizing Others to Action
This is an Advanced High School LifeKnowledge lesson (AHS.26, “Mobilizing Others to Action”) from the National FFA Organization on leadership, focusing on how to motivate, empower, and persuade others to take action. Students explore the importance of creating desire and motivation, define key terms (empowerment, persuasion, motivation, coercion), and compare persuasion techniques through discussion, mime skits, and a mock news interview activity.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe the importance of creating desire and motivation in others.
- Define empowerment, persuasion, and motivation.
- Identify methods for empowering and motivating others.
- Compare persuasion techniques.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Advanced High School
- Materials
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- Writing Surface
- Overhead Projector
- AHS.26.TM.A
- AHS.26.TM.B
- AHS.26.TM.C
- AHS.26.Assess—one per student
- Unit
- Stage Three of Development—DO
- Problem Area
- How Do We Create and Accomplish Our Vision?
- Precepts
- J6: Persuade others
- Key Terms
- Coercion, Empowerment, Motivation, Persuasion
- Resources
- Kouzes, J. M. and B. Z. Posner, "The Leadership Challenge," San Francisco, Josey-Bass, 2002.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills