MS.57 Finding Opportunities to Make Positive Change
This is a LifeKnowledge middle school lesson (MS.57, “Finding Opportunities to Make Positive Change”) that teaches students about being a change agent and following a six-step change process to make positive changes in their lives. Through an interest-approach commercial activity, partner teaching (“Little Professor Moment”), guided scenarios, and a worksheet, students learn to define a change agent and apply the steps of the change process. The lesson includes transparencies, a student worksheet, and a written assessment.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define a change agent and list three examples.
- Identify the steps of the change process.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Transparencies
- Overhead projector
- Assorted markers or crayons
- Student notebooks or journals
- MS.57.AS.A—one of the cards per group
- MS.57.AS.B—one per student
- MS.57.TM.A
- MS.57.TM.B
- MS.57.TM.C
- MS.57.Assess—one per student
- Unit
- Stage Three of Development—DO
- Problem Area
- How Do I Make Things Happen?
- Precepts
- C5: Persuade others to commit
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Essential Learnings, 2003.
- Key Terms
- Change agent; Change process
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.12Applying Language Skills — Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.