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5553902-457200002020-2021 Leaders UNITE curriculumInternational Preschool of RaleighFall SemesterDate:Activities:Objectives:Notes:Day 1: Discussion: What is a LeaderActivity: Drawing a LeaderIntroduce students to the idea of leadershipGet students thinking about who is a leader in their livesFacilitators should steer students in the right direction for their first introduction to leadership. Stick to key words that they will touch on again throughout the semester Day 2: Discussion: What Makes a Good LeaderActivity: SuperheroesTo teach students that teamwork is a big component of leadershipStudents discuss what makes a good leaderFacilitators can mention some points that came up in the previous session’s discussionFor the activity, each group only gets one large piece of paper, so they will have to learn how to shareDay 3: Activity: Find Someone WhoReflection: Reflection QuestionsTo expand more on the idea of teamwork—showing students that everyone has unique experiences and strengths that they can bring to a team, and that it is a leader’s job to encourage people to use their unique strengthsEvery student gets their own worksheet, but the facilitator will write down the answers on his/her copy to keep track for the whole class Day 4: Discussion: Leadership in a Team SettingActivity: Creating Your Own LanguageReflection: Reflection QuestionsTo work on teamworkTo give students the opportunity to reflect on how different people stepped up as unspoken leaders during a team activityThe language cannot be a real language (ex. Spanish, French)It can be verbal or just through hand symbols or sounds (if they don’t think about those two ideas, mention this to them) Facilitator should leave a bit more time at the end for the reflection questions, since this will be the first day doing reflection questions. Facilitator should pay attention during the activity too to trends in leadership, so he/she can steer students in the right direction for the reflection questionsDay 5: Discussion: What Makes a Good Leader (second time doing this question)Activity: Your Favorite AnimalPublic speakingCommunicating ideas clearlyDuring discussion, look to see how students have broadened their definition of leadership or consolidated information they learned over the past few sessionsFor the activity, focus on the actual speaking portion. If there is not much time left, only give students a few minutes to draw the animalsDay 6: Activity: YAS (You Are Special…) Leadership! (full session activity)Students learn how to encourage one another and empower a groupStudents learn to appreciate one another’s unique qualitiesAt the end, students will give these cards to their classmates/teachers that they wrote the cards forDay 7: Activity: Leadership in MoviesReflection: Public Speaking Reflection QuestionsCommunicating ideasThinking about unspoken leadershipLearning how leadership is incorporated into many daily activitiesIf students cannot think of movies, pull up a few music videos from Disney movies and ask students to watch and then discuss how leadership and/or teamwork were being used in the music video/movie clip you find onlineDay 8: Activity: The Newest AppReflection: Reflection QuestionsWorking on public speaking Also working on teamwork Learning how to work with people you do not know as wellFacilitators put students in groups of 2-4 randomly, so students work with someone they do not usually work withAfter all of the presentations, students will have the chance to ask other groups questions about their appsIf students don’t seem to know what an ‘app’ is, tell them to make a computer game or video game insteadDay 9:Activity: MuralReflection: Reflection QuestionsTeamworkSharingWorking together for a common visionIf there isn’t one big piece of paper, glue a few pieces of paper together so students can sit on all sides and draw at the same timeDay 10: Activity: Story PiecesReflection: Reflection QuestionsTeamwork Thinking outside of the boxTeaching students how to build off of one another’s ideas Teaching students how to communicate their ideasEncourage students who go first to create a good starting to the story, and those who go last to create a good endingEncourage students to express their ideas clearly so others know how to continue the story when it is their turnDay 11: Activity: Show and Learn (full session activity)Reflection: Reflection QuestionsLearning how to explain instructions to someone who has never done something beforecommunicationLearning about our team members Helping people see that everyone’s unique talents are important to a teamIf students do not have the supplies with them for their talent (ex. Don’t have a soccer ball but want to show their soccer talent), then they will prepare something to say about their talent and act out their talent to the class without props (ex. Show proper soccer ball kicking form without actually using a soccer ball)Day 12: Activity: Halloween CostumesReflection: Reflection QuestionsTeamwork Day 13: Activity: The Tallest TowerReflection: Reflection QuestionsTeamworkTime constraintsThinking outside of the boxThe tower should remain standing without someone holding it up Use blocks from the classroom, but if no blocks or similar supplies are available, use paper towel rolls or something similarDay 14: Activity: Toy TalkReflection: Reflection QuestionsPublic speakingCommunicating ideasDay 15: Activity: It’s Dance Time!Reflection: Reflection QuestionsTeamworkStudents can chose to perform 30 seconds or 1 minute of any of these songs: they do not have to do the whole songDay 16: Activity: Time for Thanks(giving)Encouraging positivity among the studentsShowing that leadership also involves positivity and encouraging team membersSeat students in a circle so they can speak to one another and hear each other, make eye contact, etc.Day 17:Activity: Leadership ScenariosReflection: Reflection QuestionsLeadership in daily livesTeamwork Unspoken leadershipThinking like a leaderDay 18: Activity: Christmas GiftsShowing students that leaders should take the time to genuinely get to know and learn about their team members and their interestsShowing students that sometimes you have more in common with other members of your team than you thinkDay 19:Activity: A Leader Is… (Creativity Project) (full session activity)Finalizing students’ understanding of a leader and leadershipAllowing students to showcase their own unique talentsIf students are younger/not independent, feel free to do this activity in small groups instead of individually Notes about curriculum: Feel free to add any school/community projects to the curriculum as a Leaders UNITE day (ex. Recycling initiative, volunteer work in the community, setting up something that will benefit the school.) ................
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