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Middle School Connections

True Calling

Classroom Activity

Career Exploration

Explore Student Results

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TEACHER FACING SLIDES

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Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Connections:

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Students continue to develop self awareness skills as they reflect on personal identity, their developing interests and setting their minds toward growth.

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Career Readiness Connections:

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Students further career awareness, career exploration and critical thinking skills as they relate careers to their individual interests, skills and aptitudes while investigating the changing world of work.

Student Learning Connections

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Materials to Prepare:

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  • Video: TEDTalk: Why Some of us Don't Have One True Calling

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  • Paper or Digital Copy of One True Calling Graphic Organizer

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  • Student Facing Slides (Slides 7-11)

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Before Instruction:

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  • Make sure each student participating has completed their YouScience Brain Games (Assessments) at least 12 hours prior to beginning this activity.

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Facilitation

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  • Use the Intro Discussion Question as a bell ringer activity or journal entry.

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  • Provide Paper or Digital Copies of the True Calling Graphic Organizer for each Student.

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Creativity Extension

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  • Provide materials or access to graphic design program to create business cards.

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STUDENT FACING SLIDES

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TRUE CALLING

Intro Discussion Question:

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When you were younger, how did you answer the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

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TEDTalk: Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling

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Discussion:

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Are you more of a "specialist" or a multipotentialite"?

Why?

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Activity:

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  1. Login to your YouScience account/results

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  • Complete the True Calling Graphic Organizer.

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Creativity Extension:

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When I Grow Up Business Cards

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  1. Create a business card that reflects how your younger self answered the question…

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”What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?”

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  1. Create a business card for the Innovative Career Option you created on the True Calling – Graphic Organizer.

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TRUE CALLING