Active Citizenship

Aspirations & The Future - Year 8 Careers Unit

Aspirations & The Future - Year 8 Careers Unit A new unit for PSHE / Citizenship Unit. **Contents** 7 Lesson Packs (See below for Contents) 7 x Homework Ideas 7 x End of Lesson Confidence Checker Assessments 1 x Escape Room (Team Building Activity) **Lesson Topics** 1. Follow Your dreams Lesson + Motivation + Perseverance 2. The future (Metaverse opportunities) Augmented reality 3. What is Active Citizenship 4. How to use my time productively (Week) 5. Giving + Earning Respect 6. Improving our own Learning and Performance 7. How to debate and have meaningful discussions **Each Lesson PowerPoint Contains:** • 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) • Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) • Teacher Notes (On some slides) • Mapped against Latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core themes and Requirements and the Gatsby Benchmarks in Careers Education **Learning Outcomes:** "To understand what motivates me. To consider what perseverance is. To consider how I will know when I am successful. " "To consider how things have changed over time. To understand how AI is impacting our lives now. To consider how this could evolve in the future." What is active Citizenship? How can we be Active Citizens? How could we get over our perceived barriers to becoming Active Citizens? "To understand why organisation is important. To consider how we can approach organising our weeks. To be able to explain what the decision matrix is." "To know what we mean by respect. To consider how we can earn respect. To understand how we can give respect to others." "To know the difference between a growth and fixed mindset. To understand the importance of constructive criticism. To know how you can continually develop yourself." "To understand the difference between debate and argument. To be able to explain the traits of a debate and why these are useful. To consider how we can approach debates and meaningful discussion." **Key words ** Perseverance, Motivation, Resilience, Commitment Augmented reality, Metaverse, smart glasses Empowered Motivated Inspired Drive Know how Eisenhower Matrix, productivity, priority integrity, honesty, reliability, empathy, competence Growth mindset, Fixed mindset, Constructive Criticism, Destructive criticism " Debate motion, proposition, opposition" **We sell Complete Careers Units - Take a look at some of them here:** ⇨ [CAREERS KS3 UNIT](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-careers-unit-gatsby-benchmark-standards-12220690) ⇨ [Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-11-careers-unit-12168193) ⇨ [Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/careers-and-gatsby-benchmark-12148009) ⇨ [Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/post-16-options-careers-12167356) ⇨ [Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/careers-and-employment-12110887) ⇨ [Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/skills-and-qualities-careers-quiz-12148001) ⇨ [Careers - Writing a Personal Statement](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/careers-personal-statements-12168159) ⇨ [Careers - Student Workbook](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/careers-work-book-gatsby-benchmarks-12167891) ⇨ [Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson ](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/interview-preparation-careers-12168169) Be Ofsted and DfE PSHE ready with our resources! Product Code: C8/CCB/