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See Planning Document for a more detailed lesson plan.

Weeks 1 & 2

Introduce Unit

Have students log on to the internet and view I-Quest introduction.

1) Students are to follow the instructions for completing the Mind Map activity using ‘Inspiration’ program.

2) Class discussion of the Mind Maps to recognise the various ideas of what their peers describe passion to be.

3) Students are to answer set open-ended questions to think about and answer.

4) Following the set links, students will read how different people have actively followed their passions.

5) Students are to complete a Blog entry outlining interesting aspects of the last fortnight. Open forum.

Week 3, 4 & 5

1) Students are to research and list various obstacles / pressures that they think they may face whilst striving toward /or continuing to follow their passions.

2) Students to complete a survey about the pressures they think will impede them from following their passions.

3) The answers of the questionnaire will be graphed to find the Mean, Median and Mode for discussion as to what pressures students anticipate.

4) Students are to rank in order the obstacles/pressures that they (may) face in pursuing what it is they are passionate about.

5) Students are to log the obstacles/pressure that they think may have had an impact on the people in the articles from following their passions.

6) Students are to provide short video which shows evidence of them following or working toward what they are passionate about.

Week 6, 7 & 8

1) Students to re-cap on the characteristics of an interview.

2) Students will brainstorm 5 questions that they are wishing the principal to answer.

3) Interview with the Principal takes place.

4) Students are now asked to choose 8-12 questions (including new ideas) they thought were important/interesting when interviewing the Principal.

5) Students are then to interview a person in their lives who they wish to learn more about in regards to them following their passions.

6) Students are to then write a reflective piece.

Week 9 & 10

1) Students are to re-do the original Mind Map thinking routine.

2) Rich Task: Students will write a letter to themselves not about what it is they want to be when they grow up but rather have them follow their heart toward what it is that they find themselves most wanting to strive toward, and feel supported, empowered, confident etc to do so.

3) After the writing of the personal letter, students will partake in the production of a video.

4) The Personal Letter, class video and all material saved on students’ hard drives will be both printed in hardcopy and copied onto a memory stick/dvd. These items will then be placed in individual time capsules and presented to students at their Year 6 Graduation.