HS.41 Understanding the Use of Time (PowerPoint)
This is a National FFA LifeKnowledge lesson plan (HS.41, “Understanding the Use of Time”) that teaches high school students about time management. Through an interest approach using items representing daily hours, case studies, and a personal activity-prioritization exercise, students define time management, identify its benefits, and learn and apply time management strategies such as prioritized to-do lists and planners.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define time management.
- Identify the benefits of effective time management.
- Identify and apply time management strategies.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Overhead projector
- Transparencies
- Copies of Assessment HS.41.Assess—one per student
- Copies of Activity Sheets HS.41.AS.A–B—one per student
- 24 small items, such as seeds, macaroni, or paper pieces, etc., per student
- A cup or small container for each student
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Grow?
- Precepts
- I4 Balance personal and professional responsibilities.
- Key Terms
- Management, Time, Time Management
- Resources
- Blanchard, Kenneth & Johnson, Spencer. 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.
Downloads & Links
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.