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All contents of the presentation are taken from the lesson plan document authored as part of The Good Project by Lynn Barendsen, Courtney Bither, Shelby Clark, Wendy Fischman, Howard Gardner, Kirsten McHugh, and Daniel Mucinskas.

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Lesson Goal:

You will be able to demonstrate sensitivity to opportunities for and obstacles to doing good work.

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Assessment:

You will be able to reflect upon the opportunities of others, and articulate ways to make the most of these opportunities. You will identify obstacles in the work of others, describe strategies to overcome these obstacles, and methods to prevent similar obstacles in the future. Additionally, You will be able to identify and articulate their own experiences with opportunities and obstacles. Written reflections can be collected and added to your Good Work Portfolio.

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Opener: Recap

Quiz:

  • What are the strands of the good work?
  • What is good work?
  • What values are common in those who do good work?

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Activity 1: Opportunities for Good Work

  • Read There’s No “I” in Team as a class
  • Collect Opportunities and Obstacles worksheet.
  • Group according to your birth months (3 groups)
  • Divide the class into three groups.
  • Each group to identify all of Jesse’s opportunities, using the following questions as prompts: (7 minutes)
    • Name each of Jesse’s opportunities to do good work.
    • How can he make the most of these opportunities?
    • What does he do well?
  • Share out the results of these individual discussions. (3 minutes – each group 1 minute)
  • Add opportunities worksheet to the document

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Activity 2: Obstacles to Good Work

  • Group based on the first letter of your name.
  • Each group to identify all of Jesse’s obstacles, using the following questions as prompts: ( 7 minutes)
    • Name each of Jesse’s obstacles to doing good work.
    • How might he overcome these obstacles?
    • How can he prevent these kinds of obstacles going forward?
  • Share out the results of these individual discussions. (3 minutes – each group 1 minute)
  • Add the obstacles worksheet to the Good Work portfolio.

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Personal Examples:

  • Consider either an opportunity or an obstacle they’ve encountered in trying to carry out good work.
  • You should spend 5 minutes writing about this example using the following questions as a guide:
    • Name this opportunity or obstacle.
    • How did you make the most of the opportunity, or, how did you work to overcome this obstacle?
    • How might you try to encourage or find more opportunities?
    • How could you prevent these kinds of obstacles in the future?
  • Add this to your Good work portfolio.
  • Volunteer to share-out the results of your reflections.

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Home Assignment: Personal Examples

  • You should consider the opposite position of what they explored in class (e.g., if you wrote about an obstacle, you should write about an opportunity for homework).
  • Use the following questions prompts as above.
      • Name this opportunity or obstacle.
      • How did you make the most of the opportunity, or, how did you work to overcome this obstacle?
      • How might you try to encourage or find more opportunities?
      • How could you prevent these kinds of obstacles in the future?
  • Add this reflection to the Good Work portfolio.

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