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Electronic SAE Recordbooks – Strategies for Efficient Time Use (PowerPoint)

This is a National FFA LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.43) titled “Strategies for Efficient Time Use.” It teaches students to define efficient time use, identify strategies for using time efficiently to accomplish a goal (setting goals, prioritized to-do lists, planners/calendars, being realistic), and develop a plan to manage time across multiple activities, including delegation. The lesson includes an interest approach, transparencies, goal planning and weekly planner activity sheets, and an assessment.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • 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
  • 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.

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