Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 3, Session 3: Steps for Action | Page 32 of 67Instructional Sequence
I. Motivation ( 10 minutes)
Materials:
Flip chart 1: Road Map 1
Flip chart 2: Road Map 2
A. A Better Map
Participants identify the importance of having a certain amount of detail in a plan of action.- Post Flip charts 1 and 2, which present two different interpretations of the same thing. Say:
“I have here two pictures showing basically the same thing. What do you notice about each? What
differences and similarities do you see? (Possible answers: I see two versions of the same road map.
One has more detail. One gives more information.)“If you were asked to travel to this destination, which map would you rather have and why?”
(Possible answers: Map 2, because it gives better instructions. Map 2, because it shows where
there is danger. Map 2, because I would not have as many questions; Map 2, because I would be
able to plan better.)- Ask a few more in-depth questions from the following list:
Which map would give you more confidence?
Which map would help you plan better?
Which map would help you decide the supplies (food, clothes, medicine, fuel, etc.) you need
and how much they might cost?
When might Map 1 be better to use? (Possible answers: When you want to make a very rough
estimate of costs and the need for supplies. When you want to plan several different routes
quickly and are not yet worried about the details.)B. Summary
Summarize by saying:
“You can see that having a certain amount of detail in a map helps a person to see the whole
picture. You can begin to understand what it will take to travel to your destination and you can
plan, gather supplies, save money, find people to help, and so forth. Today we will apply these ideas
to ourselves as we make an action plan to achieve some of our own personal goals.”II. Information ( 30 minutes)
Materials:
Flip chart paper, markers or crayons
Flip chart 3: My Dream (from Unit 3, Session 1)
Flip chart 4 : Problem-Solving Steps (from Unit 2, Session 6)
Pens or pencils
Markers or crayons