Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 4, Session 5: Our Project | Page 65 of 91Instructional Sequence
I. Motivation ( 15 minutes)
Materials:
Flip chart 5: The Project Cycle
Handout 1: Project Cycle Actions for each individual cut into five pieces
Trainer Material 1: Project Cycle Actions (Answers)
Tape
A. Project Cycle Review
Participants review the steps of the Project Cycle.- Remind participants of the previous session. Say:
“You’ll remember that last time we talked about the Project Cycle. You had a chance to learn about
the five different steps, the questions you could ask, and the types of activities that could be done at
each step. Today we are going to use the Project Cycle again so I’d like to take a few minutes to
review it now.”- Distribute to each individual a blank sheet of paper and a copy of Handout 1: Project Cycle Actions
that have been cut into five pieces. Say:
“I’d like you to think about the steps of the Project Cycle. I’ve given each of you five actions that
someone would do in the different steps of the Project Cycle. Each is on a separate slip of paper.
Take a moment to remember the steps of the Project Cycle, then tape the actions to your blank
paper in the correct order to go along with the Project Cycle as best you can remember it.”- Pause so participants can put their steps in order, then say:
“Next I would like you to stand, move about the room, and compare the order of your actions to
what other people have on their papers. Please compare your paper with at least three other
people. If you see that someone has a different order for the steps, talk together about which is the
best order and why.”- Ask participants to begin mixing with each other and comparing their papers. After about five
minutes, ask people to stop. Invite the whole group to say aloud the best sequence of the actions.
Suggest that anyone can change the order of the actions on her or his own page to fit the correct
cycle. Show Flip chart 5: The Project Cycle and use Trainer Material 1 to confirm the correct
sequence.
B. Summary
Summarize by saying:
“Thank you for reviewing these actions and the five steps of the Project Cycle. As we learned last
time, each of these steps is important for a successful project. You will need to use all of them in the
activities we will be doing today.”