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Personal Development And Career Planning Curriculum Grade 9/10 Unit PlanPersonal Development And Career Planning Curriculum Grade 9/10 Unit Plan
Publisher
New Brunswick Department of Education
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
28 days
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Year
2002
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Personal Development And Career Planning Curriculum Grade 9/10

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What is the difference between a proactive person and a reactive person? Scholars explore the topic, and many others, with helpful lessons, discussions, role play activities, and games. Each activity supports one of the key principles from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

personal growth, honesty, goal setting, stress management, time management, active listening, making decisions, collaboration, interpersonal communication

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Play excerpts from the audio version of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens to reinforce key concepts before lessons
  • Demonstrate active listening by having individuals give a partner verbal instructions for completing a task, such as creating a paper airplane

Classroom Considerations

  • Expects familiarity with and access to Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
  • Some activities require additional materials, including balloons, string, a flip chart, and collage materials 
  • Many activities require print-outs from the appendix of the book

Pros

  • A variety of activities appeal to different learning styles, including kinesthetic and visual
  • Includes lots of optional activities for lesson extension

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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