| Common Core Standards RH 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.RH 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. WHST 1.e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented.WHST 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. |
Key Questions/Issues Addressed
- What are the characteristics of a good, positive leader?
- What are some of the attitudes and behaviors of members of a group that indicate who they consider a leader in the group?
- How can one small project serve as an example to encourage others to join and “grow” the small project into a much larger project and, perhaps, into a network of projects?
- Why and how can leaders and supporters of “good deed” projects impact the relationships of a much broader audience of human populations – local, national, and international?
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Lesson Goals/Objectives The student should be able to:
- Describe some characteristics of a good leader and explain why they are important.
- Explain how a leader’s attitudes and actions may influence the choices and actions of individual group members and the group as a whole.
- Explain how one good deed, no matter how small, can impact a number of lives.
- Explain how a leader may influence others in a way that results in one good deed or one helping project developing into a network of projects and organizations.
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Key Terms
- good deed
- civic service
- leadership
- a goody bag
- Pay It Forward
- Remembrance
- Natural disaster
- Man-made disaster
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