Making goals is easy, but how do you achieve them? Guide young decision makers into reaching setting and reaching their goals with a step-by-step guide. After answering questions about what they'd wish for or accomplish, learners write out the steps they'll need to reach each desired goal.

Concepts

goal setting, academic goals, career goals, making decisions

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Apply the lesson to a unit on career goals, academic goals, or personal goals
• Use at the beginning of the year to celebrate and plan New Year's Resolutions

Classroom Considerations

• Resource is designed for high schoolers, but would be more appropriate for upper elementary or middle school learners
• Consider adding more focused questions for pupils to focus their writing

Pros

• Versatile for use with multiple units about goal setting
• Provides worksheets for each of the steps
• Differentiates between short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals

Cons

• None