| Unit One: Shoots |
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Activity Tasks |
Students will:
- identify childhood interests.
- identify current interests and dreams.
- label tree branches with current interests and dreams.
- learn about Dr. Jane’s childhood interests and
how they relate to her adult aspirations.
- examine how childhood dreams help people realize their current dreams.
- journal about how their aspirations compare with childhood interests.
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Dr. Jane’s Lesson |
As a girl, Dr. Jane dreamed mostly
of animals, adventure, and travel. When you look at the work
she has accomplished as an adult, you can see her dreams represented.
Throughout her life, Dr. Jane has managed to stay true to her
dreams and involve herself in work that truly interests her.
Students can learn about Dr. Jane’s childhood dreams and
compare them with the branches of her tree.
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Connecting to the Content |
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It can be difficult to know what your vocation or life’s
work should be. One clue is to look back at your childhood
and remember what you spent most of your time doing, what
completely engaged you and made you lose track of time. Students
can reflect on their childhood dreams and interests to arrive
at a list of hopes and aspirations. They can then continue
to build their trees by adding their dreams to their shoots.
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Procedure |
- Have students imagine that they have gone back in time.
They are 10 years old and it is Saturday afternoon. Ask
if they remember what made them lose track of time because
they were completely engaged in the activity. Have them
try to remember what they were doing. Can they uncover a
hidden interest? Tell them they will often discover that
the things that fascinated them in their childhood later
turned into interests as an adult.
- Encourage the class to review lists of books
and movies to jog their memory. Have them make a list
of their childhood favorites. Do they see a pattern to the
stories or movies that they liked? If they were to pick
one of these books or movies to read or watch now, which
one would they pick? Why?
- Tell them to list their hopes, dreams, aspirations, and
interests based on the information they have gathered. Ask
them to add items from this list to their tree branches.
- Have students view Dr.
Jane’s Scrapbook to learn about her childhood
dreams.
- Ask the class to read about how childhood dreams help
people realize their current dreams.
- Students complete their journal entries by reflecting
on how their childhood interests relate to their dreams.
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Assessment |
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Have students:
- indicate what their childhood interests were.
- indicate the books and movies they liked to read and
watch as children and whether they relate to their current
dreams.
- demonstrate whether their childhood interests relate to
their current dreams.
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Extensions |
Students may be interested in learning
about another famous person’s childhood dreams and comparing
those to what the person did in his or her adult life.
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Terms |
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section. |
