MS.10 Showing Respect (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge lesson (MS.10 “Showing Respect”) is a middle school leadership lesson in which students explore the concept of respect and learn specific ways to demonstrate it toward others. Through a group sorting activity, note-taking, discussion, and a creative “weather report” wrap-up, students examine respectful versus disrespectful behaviors and identify actions that show respect, including common etiquette and observing the rights of others.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Understand the concept of showing respect.
- Identify ways to show respect.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector
- MS.10.TM.A
- MS.10.TM.B
- MS.10.TM.C
- MS.10.Assess—one per student
- Index cards
- Markers
- Sound clip of Respect by Aretha Franklin
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- What Foundational Skills Do I Need for Leadership?
- Precepts
- D4 Respect others.
- Key Term
- Respect
- Resources
- Komives, Susan R., Nance Lucas, and Timothy R. McMahon, Exploring Leadership. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 1998. National FFA Organization's Essential Learnings, 2003.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.4Communication Skills – Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.