Who Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?
Syllabus
Course Essential Questions
- Who am I?
- How do I wish to relate to others and the world?
- How will I build my future?
Course Learning Objectives
- Recognize one's emotions and their effect on behavior
- Regulate emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve goals
- Make good choices and evaluate consequences
- Develop positive relationships; resolve conflicts constructively
- Empathize with others and understand their perspectives, including those from diverse backgrounds
Unit 1: Ready! Understanding Ourselves and Others
In this unit, we’ll understand ourselves better by examining our personality, history, and the ways we relate to the world. Understanding who we are now is the first step to finding our path to the future.
Essential Questions:
How can I describe who I am? How can I learn about others?
Week 1: Who am I?
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I define and share my personal identity?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Describe your chosen and unchosen characteristics
- Compare your personal identity to the perspective of a trusted other
- Introduce yourself to your classmates
Week 2: Social Identity
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I define and share my social identity?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Describe your social identity
- Analyze your social roles and interactions
Week 3: Emotional Intelligence
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I healthily express and learn from my emotions?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Identify emotions you experience and their sources
- Differentiate wants and needs
- Use clarifying and probing questions to understand others
Week 4: Values
Weekly Essential Questions
- How do I sense what is right?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Identify your core values
- Navigate a moral dilemma
- Relate a story of apology
Week 5: Different Perspectives
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I respond to differences with respect?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Discover elements of diversity in your communities
- Evaluate conflict resolution strategies
Week 6: Supportive Relationships
Weekly Essential Questions
- How do my relationships enrich my life?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Recognize the role of social influence in your life
- Define and identify healthy relationships
- Reflect on your growing relationship with classmates
Unit 2: Set! Planning Our Future
Now that we more deeply understand who we are, we’re ready to envision who we’d like to become in the future. In this unit, we’ll develop a vision for our ideal future: Our career, our family, our personal life, and even our higher purpose.
Essential Question: What do I envision in my ideal future?
Week 7: Personal Strengths
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can my self-understanding help me develop a great vision for my future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Inventory your strengths and resources
- Differentiate your stable and changing characteristics
- Demonstrate a strengths-based mindset
Week 8: Career Aspirations
Weekly Essential Questions
- What careers might support my ideal future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Investigate career paths and outlooks
- Reflect on your work history
Week 9: Lifestyle Aspirations
Weekly Essential Questions
- What lifestyles might support my ideal future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Appraise potential locations to live
- Explore hobbies and recreation
- Imagine ideal family and social relationships
Week 10: Making a Difference
Weekly Essential Questions
- How might I find purpose in my ideal future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Recognize difference-makers in your life
- Identify meaningful causes, organizations, and actions
- Share about an inspiring change-maker
Unit 3: Go! Realizing Our Potential
Unit description Now that we have a vision of our ideal future, it’s time to practice the skills we need to make it a reality! In this unit, we’ll develop skills that help people attain their best future. These skills will support our emotional health, financial health, physical health as we become the best version of ourselves.
Essential Question: What skills and strengths can help me achieve my goals?
Week 11: Motivation and Goals
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I reach goals for my future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Develop a SMART goal
- Differentiate intrinsic and extrinsic motivators
- Explain the value of delayed gratification
Week 12: Habits
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I develop habits that help me reach my goals for the future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Track your time-management choices
- Evaluate helpful and unhelpful habits
Week 13: Life Skills
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I develop life skills that help me reach my goals for the future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Develop a personal budget
- Identify important practical skills
- Plan and prepare a nutritious meal
Week 14: Resiliency
Weekly Essential Questions
- How can I rise above challenges so I can reach my goals for the future?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Identify support systems
- Practice positive self-talk
- Complete a SWOT analysis
Week 15: Who Will I Become?
Weekly Essential Questions
- Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Weekly Learning Objectives
- Develop a message for your future self
- Explain how key concepts from our course relate to your goals