Great Leaders Serve

Grades 6-8

October 20, 2017

October 23, 2017

This is a two week lesson!

Tools

•Art supplies (if creating a paper poster)•Markers•Colored pencils •Crayons•Chart paper, construction paper, or copy paper•Any other art tool

•Google Slide (if creating a digital poster)

Class Discussion•What makes a leader?

•What makes a good leader?

•Name some leaders that have influencedyou.

•How can you become a leader?

•What character traits can you practice now to make you an influential person?

•Read article •Leaders Lead by Serving

•This may be done as a class, in partners, in teams or as a teacher read aloud.

•Discuss how a leader should influence service and giving back.

Activity

• In your groups, choose one leader from the list on the next slide to complete a biography poster/slide where you will do some basic research answering the following questions:• Name• Date of birth• Birth place• Important attributes• Character traits

•Class may begin now and complete it during the next Monday Morning Leadership time.

Choose a leader to complete a bio-sketch6th grade

• Mother Teresa

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Indira Gandhi

• Hillary Clinton

• Isabel Peron

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Mario Molina

• Steven Hawken

• Nelson Mandela

7th grade

• Jeanette Rankin

• Hatshepsut

• Aung San Suu Kyi

• Shirley Chisholm

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson

• Emma Watson

• Malala Wousafzai

8th grade• Barack Obama

• Michelle Obama

• Rosa Park

• Maya Angelou

• Frida Kahlo

• Angela Merkel

• Paul David Hewson (Bono)

• J. K. Rowling

• Jose Antonio Abreu

Final Product• Using synergy, each team will research and create a visual

representation of the of the person selected.

• Students can choose different mediums to represent the person their team has.

• Ideas:• One PowerPoint slide/GoogleSlide

• Construction Paper

• Chart paper

• Computer paper

• Etc.

• Upload final product or photo to the MY WORLD folder of your Digital Leadership Notebook. Click share so all team members have the final product.

Depending on time, teams may come to a stop and continue the

following Monday.

Please send any completed bio-sketches

to Ms. Hernandez in Synergy!