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Reflect and Create: Owning Your Life

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Lesson Plan

Reflect and Create: Owning Your Life

Reflect on mindset and possibilities

This lesson provides students with an opportunity to reflect on a guest speaker's presentation about owning one's life and changing one's mindset. Through creative activities and discussions, students will explore the importance of giving back to the community and personal takeaways from the presentation. This lesson is important as it encourages self-reflection, creativity, and community awareness, helping students internalize the message that anything is possible with the right mindset.

Audience

High School and Middle School Students

Time

45 mins

Approach

Game-Based Learning, Active Learning

Materials

Blank microphone template, Blank t-shirt template, Discussion Questions, Reflection Worksheet, and Exit Ticket

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Briefly recap the key points from the guest speaker's presentation.
  • Explain the objectives of today's lesson: reflection and creative expression.

Step 2

Discussion

10 mins

  • Use the Discussion Questions to guide a conversation about the presentation.
  • Encourage students to share their thoughts and listen to others.

Step 3

Creative Activity

15 mins

  • Distribute the blank microphone and t-shirt templates.
  • Instruct students to design a piece of the microphone or t-shirt that reflects their own creative and entrepreneurial aspirations, inspired by the guest speakers.
  • Encourage creativity and personal expression, drawing on themes from the speakers' backgrounds in art, fashion, and entrepreneurship.

Step 4

Worksheet Completion

10 mins

  • Hand out the Reflection Worksheet with specific questions about the presentation.
  • Allow students time to write their reflections and thoughts.

Step 5

Exit Ticket

5 mins

  • Distribute the Exit Ticket for students to summarize their key takeaways.
  • Collect the exit tickets as students leave the class.
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Discussion

Reflection Discussion

A guided discussion to reflect on the guest speaker's presentation.

What was the most impactful part of the presentation for you?

Encourage students to think about specific moments or messages that resonated with them.







Why is giving back to the community important?

Discuss the benefits of community involvement and personal growth.







How can changing your mindset make anything possible?

Explore examples of mindset shifts leading to personal achievements.







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Worksheet

Reflection Worksheet

A worksheet to help students reflect on the guest speaker's presentation.

What are three key takeaways from the presentation?

Think about the main messages the speaker conveyed.







How can you apply the speaker's message to your own life?

Consider personal goals or challenges you face.







Describe a time when you changed your mindset and achieved something.

Reflect on past experiences where a positive mindset helped you succeed.







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Quiz

Exit Ticket

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