Internet Programs – HS.73 – Strategies to Include Others on Teams
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.73) teaches high school students strategies for including others on teams. Through discussion, an inclusion/exclusion simulation activity, and a poker-card participation game, students explore why inclusion matters, the consequences of excluding people, and specific strategies to make team members feel included.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- List and describe three reasons to include others on teams.
- Describe the consequences of excluding others from teams.
- Describe strategies used to include others on teams.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Deck of cards
- Copies of HS.73.AS.A—one set per class
- Letter size envelopes—one per student
- Copies of HS.73.AS.B—one copy per class
- Post-It notes—one per student
- Transparency and projector
- HS.73.TM.A
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development—WE
- Problem Area
- How Do We Play as a Team?
- Precepts
- B5: Participate effectively as a team member.
- Key Terms
- Include, Exclude, Strategy
- Resources
- Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leader Within You. Nashville, Tennessee. Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993. Newstromm, John and Edward Scannell. The Big Book of Team Building Games. New York, New York. McGraw-Hill, 1998.
- Evaluation
- Written test
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills