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In this lesson, students explore the importance of interests and the link between interests and activities they can do now and when they're adults. They also have the chance to reflect on one of their interests.

Estimated time: 20 to 30 mins

Prerequisites

• Save 3 interests

Discussion prompts

• What are some of your interests?
• How do people get interested in an activity?
• How can knowing your interests help you learn about jobs you might like one day?
• What would it be like if everyone had the same interests?

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In this lesson, students learn to connect what they're learning in school to opportunities outside of school (such as hobbies and chores), reflect positively on the subjects and topics they are learning in school, and identify careers that use their favorite subject on the job.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• Rank 6 school subjects

Discussion prompts

• What's your favorite subject? Why?
• What subject do you find most challenging? Why?
• If you were in charge of the school, what subjects would you make students learn? Why?
• How do you use what you learn in a subject outside of school?

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In this lesson, students will identify strong emotions in others and in themselves, consider why they occur, and explore strategies they can use to respond. They will also reflect on a time they struggled with a strong emotion, how they responded, and what advice they would give to someone else who struggles with that same emotion.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• None

Discussion prompts

• How do you feel today?
• What are emotions?
• How can you tell what emotion you are feeling? Why is it important to notice our emotions?
• How do you know how someone else is feeling?
• Are humans the only ones who show emotions? How do you know?
• Do you ever react strongly to an emotion? What happens? Does everyone respond to their emotions in the same way?
• What if someone couldn’t manage how they react when they have a strong feeling?
• What would it be like if no one showed their emotions?

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In this lesson, students will learn what working in a job means and identify the reasons people work, from meeting basic needs to achieving higher goals. They also have the chance to explore some of their work preferences and reflect on how a career they like could help them meet their work goals.

Estimated time: 20 to 30 mins

Prerequisites

• Like 1 career

Discussion prompts

• What kinds of work do you do at home, school, or elsewhere?
• What does it mean to have a job?
• What are some examples of jobs that grown-ups do?
• Why is it important for grown-ups to make money?
• What are some reasons that people work other than money?
• What reasons are you most interested in? Why?

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In this lesson, students define skills and their importance; link skills with activities at home, in the community, and on the job; explore transferable skills; and reflect on their own skills positively and with confidence.

Estimated time: 20 to 30 mins

Prerequisites

• Save 3 skills

Discussion prompts

• What is a skill?
• How are skills different from interests?
• What skills do you use most at school? At home?
• What skills are you learning at school that would also be important in a job (for example: getting along with others)?

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In this lesson, students learn how to set and stay on track with their goals when faced with various obstacles. They learn to identify the characteristics of a good goal (i.e. achievable and specific), explore potential goal obstacles and ways to overcome them, and reflect on one of their own goals.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• Add at least 1 goal

Discussion prompts

• What is a goal?
• Why do people set goals?
• Is it okay to give up on a goal? Why or why not?
• What goals do you want to achieve by the end of the school year? Over the summer?

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In this lesson, students will explore the skills and habits that can help them succeed at school and identify the benefits of working hard to develop these tools. Students will also reflect on success tools they’ve used in and out of school and connect how these tools can help them do their best in other parts of their lives and eventually at work.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• None

Discussion prompts

• What is a skill?
• How does someone get a skill?
• Why are skills important?
• What is success? What does it mean to be successful at school?
• Why is it important to put in effort at school?
• What skill or habit do you use to help you do your best? What skill or habit would you like to learn or improve?
• What skill or habit would you like to learn or improve?
• How is school like a job?
• What’s the difference between the skills and habits that help you succeed at school and those that help you do your best in other parts of your life?

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In this lesson, students will identify the steps and skills for solving a problem and reflect on a time they solved a problem. Students will learn the importance of brainstorming options, having a flexible plan, and being prepared for setbacks on the path to a solution.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• None

Discussion prompts

• What is a problem, big or small, that you had this week?
• How did you solve the problem, or how are you working on a solution?
• Why is it important to brainstorm different options to solve a problem?
• What do you do if you come up against a setback in your plan?
• Who could you ask for help?
• Why is it important to reflect on how your plan went and what you might change next time?

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In this lesson, students explore the importance of lifelong learning, link learning activities with their perks, and investigate how a commitment to keep learning can help in a career they like.

Estimated time: 20 to 30 mins

Prerequisites

• Like 3 careers

Discussion prompts

• What does it mean to be a lifelong learner?
• Why is being a lifelong learner important?
• How do people keep learning when they're not in school?
• How can we develop a love of learning in ourselves? In other people?

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In this lesson, students learn about the importance of perseverance when faced with big (and small) challenges. They define perseverance and the qualities that help someone persevere, uncover the importance perseverance plays in what they do and achieve, explore ways to demonstrate perseverance, and describe examples of perseverance from their own lives.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• Add at least 1 achievement

Discussion prompts

• What is perseverance?
• When have you persevered to overcome an obstacle or big challenge?
• Do you think people are born knowing how to persevere or do they have to learn it?
• Why do you think some people give up when they face a big challenge? What would help them not give up?

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In this lesson, students will identify types of education and training pathways to prepare for careers, match types of training with certain careers, and understand the importance of preparing for a job.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• Like 3 careers

Discussion prompts

• How do people learn the skills they need for their jobs?
• How does someone decide which learning path is right for them?
• If you could choose a learning path right now, which would you pick? Why?
• For many careers, you can choose from several learning paths. But some careers only have one learning path. Why do you think that is?
• What if someone tried to do a job without the proper training?

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In this lesson, students will learn how entrepreneurs start a business to solve a problem, match entrepreneurial skills to business startup tasks, and consider the risks and rewards of starting their own imaginary business.

Estimated time: 30 to 40 mins

Prerequisites

• None

Discussion prompts

• What are some problems in our school or community that need solving?
• How might an entrepreneur address these needs by starting a business?
• Can you imagine yourself starting a business someday?
• What kind of product or service would you provide?
• What risks and rewards would you need to consider?
• What challenges might you need to overcome as a business owner?

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