Decision Making – Strategies for Efficient Time Use (all, IA)
This is a National FFA Organization LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.43) that teaches students strategies for efficient time use. Students learn to define efficient time use, identify strategies for accomplishing goals (setting goals, prioritized to-do lists, calendars, being realistic), and develop a personal plan for managing multiple activities using goal planning and weekly planner activity sheets.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define efficient time use.
- Identify strategies for efficient time use in accomplishing a goal.
- Develop a plan for efficient time use for multiple activities.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing Surface
- Overhead Projector
- Transparencies HS.43.TM.A–D
- 1 Copy per student of HS.43.Assess
- 3 Copies per student of Activity Sheet HS.43.AS.A
- 1 Copy per student of Activity Sheet HS.43.AS.B
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Grow.
- Precepts
- I4 Balance personal and professional responsibilities.
- Key Terms
- Delegate; Efficient; Efficient Time Use
- Resources
- Blanchard, K. & Johnson, S. The One Minute Manager. New York, New York. Berkley Books, 1981. Covey, S.R., et al. First Things First. New York, New York. Simon & Schuster, 1994. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed. Springfield, Massachusetts. Merriam-Webster, 2001.
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Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NSS-EC.9-12.1Productive Resources — Understand choices made by individuals, firms, or government officials have long run unintended consequences that can partially or entirely offset the initial effects of the decision.