Lesson 2: Making the Impact of Our Personal Action Sustainable
This lesson, “Making the Impact of our Personal Actions Sustainable” (TCTL.3.2), is part of the Today’s Challenges; Today’s Leaders curriculum. It helps students identify the steps needed to make their personal actions sustainable by tying actions to their values, creating an action plan with short-, intermediate-, and long-term goals, managing time, and involving accountability partners. Students complete a series of worksheets to develop and commit to a sustainable personal action plan.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Determine how to make personal actions sustainable.
- Develop a sustainable personal action plan.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- TCTL.3.2.AS.A (one copy per student)
- TCTL.3.2.AS.B (one copy)
- TCTL.3.2.AS.C (one copy)
- TCTL.3.2.AS.D (one copy per student)
- TCTL.3.2.AS.E (one copy)
- Purpose
- The purpose of this lesson is to help students identify what steps need to be taken to make their personal actions sustainable.
- Connection Questions
- 1. What other areas of my life would benefit from creating a sustainable action plan? 2. How can I use what I have learned to impact my family and community? 3. How can I help others make their personal actions more sustainable?
- LifeKnowledge Connections – Precepts addressed
- Action A3. Plan Effectively; Vision C1. Contemplate the Future, C2. Conceptualize Ideas, C4. Adapt to opportunities and obstacles from multiple perspectives; Character D2. Accurately assess my values, D5. Practice Self-discipline; Awareness E1. Address issues important to the community; Decision Making N2. Demonstrate problem-solving skills
- LK Lesson Suggestion
- HS.2 – Defining Personal Growth; HS.13 – Understanding responsibility and accountability; HS.18 – Vision and personal success; HS.45 – Goal-Setting Strategies; HS.48 – The role of mentors and coaches; MS.15 – Setting Goals; MS.46 – Identifying Planning Skills
- Resource
- National FFA Organization. (2011). LifeKnowledge Materials. Indianapolis, IN: National FFA Organization. National FFA Organization. (2011). Reaching New Heights. Indianapolis, IN: National FFA Organization.