Curated OER
For the Fun of It
Middle schoolers investigate author's purpose in autobiography by reading Amelia Earhart's autobiography entitled The Fun of It. Students examine character traits needed to fulfill personal goals.
Curated OER
Daruma
Students study the significance of the daruma through history since the sixth century. Students discuss good luck symbols used by other cultures. Students make a paper mache daruma, filling one eye and setting a goal.
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: From Carbons to Computers, the Changing American Office
A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: New Year's Resolutions [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of Francis B. Watts' story, New Year's Resolutions. Eight character roles are needed in this performance.
Mind Tools
Goal Setting Planning and Achieving Personal Ambitions
This site contains articles on the importance of setting and achieving effective goals.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Study Skills Checklist
Survey-style checklist that asks the students several questions in order to evaluate his/her study skills. The questions are categorized so the student can tell where to focus in order to maximize study time.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Keys to Success: Vision
Read inspiring quotes from famous people about how they opened up their imaginations to a larger vision in order to surpass the limits that society or others may have imposed on them.
Other
What I Have Learned: 8 Ways to Increase Student Motivation Through Goal Setting
As educators, we realize the value of goal setting and are constantly encouraging our students to dream big and set goals. What we often forget is that unless we help them find their motivation, set up a plan, and identify supports they...
Other
We Are Teachers: How to Do Goal Setting With Your Students This School Year
There's no shortage of teachers doing innovative work around goal setting for students. This article is a compilation of favorite resources. Included are books to read to your class, a goal planning worksheet, classroom activities,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Healthy Kids Project
The Healthy Kids Project uses song, movement, and animation in ten engaging lessons that support healthy choices and attitudes--teaching not only successful actions, but also successful strategies. It's a turnkey kit for teachers to...
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Goal Setting
Are you in the process setting goals for your future? Explore the Amby goal setting resources to assist in setting goals for finding a job.
Other
Economic Awareness Council: Getting Going: Your Money Goals [Pdf]
This tutorial focuses on both the mind-set necessary for productive goal setting and the practicalities of how to determine realistic goals and plan the steps to meet them.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Decisions and Goals
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a graphic organizer that will help students with goal setting. This graphic organizer with also help with understanding controversies, solving dilemmas, and making decisions.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Challenge Your Top Students
Here are 10 ways to meet the needs of your advanced learners and help the rest of your class too! You decide which strategies are the best match for your students' needs and your teaching style.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Beginning With the End in Mind
For this lesson, students will learn what goals are and why it is important to plan ahead. The students will interact with a story from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey and use a blog to communicate their goals and plans with...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Life After High School
Life After High School is a career research assignment that gives students an opportunity to plan their career path after high school. Even if students deviate from their plan, they need to have a tentative idea that allows them to set...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: College Planning for High School Freshmen
This instructional activity is designed to prepare high school freshmen for goal-setting and financial planning opportunities for college. Learners will create a college planning portfolio. This instructional activity contains a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Importance of Setting Goals
This lesson has students set goals for themselves and determine if they are short-term, intermediate or long-term goals. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.
Other
Proud to Be Primary: Goal Setting for Kids Made Simple!
Goal setting is a lesson that should be revisited and worked on throughout life. Having something to focus on and work towards helps us to be productive human beings. It is our responsibility to teach these skills to children. This blog...
Other
Scientific Parenting Tips: Teaching Children to Take Initiative
Some children seek challenges and take initiative, whereas other kids can have difficulties to set goals and take action. This post will discuss a scientific article about differences in children's personal initiative. Research-based...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Future Possible Selves
In this lesson plan, students create future-self plans. When presented with the idea of future possible selves, students have the opportunity to identify who they want to be.
Character Lab
Character Lab: Woop for Classrooms: Self Control
WOOP is a practical, accessible, evidence-based activity that helps students find and fulfill their wishes. In character development terms, WOOP builds self-control. WOOP is named for each step in the process: identifying your Wish,...