HS.76 Accountability on Teams
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.76) teaches high school students about accountability on teams. Through a Sherlock Holmes-themed mystery-solving activity in which each group must combine all four story sheets to identify who stole the school mascot, students define team accountability, describe its benefits, and create a personal accountability rating system. The lesson includes an interest approach, content/teaching strategies, application activities, an assessment with answer key, and student handouts.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define team accountability.
- Describe the benefits of team accountability.
- Devise an accountability rating system to accomplish accountability success.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Sherlock Holmes-type clothes and props: trench coat, hat, and magnifying glass
- HS.76.TM.A, B, C, D—one for each group of four in the class
- HS.76.AS.A—one for each student
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development—WE
- Problem Area
- How Do We Play as a Team?
- Precepts
- D2: Accurately assess my values.
- Key Terms
- Team Accountability
- Resources
- Bowden, Bobby. The Bowden Way, 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom. Marietta, Georgia. Longstreet Press Inc., 2001. Wooden, John. Wooden, A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court. Chicago, Illinois. Contemporary Books, 1997.
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Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.7Evaluating Data — Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.