Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning

Club Curriculum

Sherry Franklin, Shayna Pond, Daniel Schwarz, Lindsey Link, Teresa Lansford, James Morris, Mary Braggs | Published: December 14th, 2022 by K20 Center

Summary

This collection of club activities provides teachers and facilitators of school clubs with resources for helping students to practice academic skills within the club context. These activities will enhance students' skills in areas such as self-regulation, collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking. These activities can be taught in any order to best fit student or club needs.

Resources

Students taking AP or Concurrent Enrollment courses will be able to benefit from actively thinking about how they study for these college-level courses compared to their other courses. Students who know how to approach their college courses differently will be better prepared to succeed with these study... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year
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Time Frame 105-205 minutes

Students complete a sequence puzzle, play a round of backward charades, and make a plan for an upcoming task using backward planning to make sure they can reach their goal on time. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 2nd Nine Weeks

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10)

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Critical Thinking
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Time Frame 60 minutes

When you have a big task ahead of you, you need a plan. Why? Because when you have setbacks, a solid plan and manageable goals can help. In this activity, students learn about using micro-goals to break apart large tasks into smaller pieces, how to make big projects more manageable, and how to handle... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class
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Time Frame 60 minutes

Surprises and roadblocks can keep us from accomplishing our goals on time. In this lesson, students will learn how to consider what could become roadblocks to completing a task and how to build a calendar to stay on track and to minimize surprises. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10)

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Analyze, Brainstorming, Critical Thinking, Identify, Organize, Problem Solving, Reflection, Self-assessment
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Time Frame 1 hour

Failure is not easy as we go through it, but it can be an important learning opportunity with the right perspective. By approaching these moments with a positive mental attitude, it is possible for someone to take these moments of failure and turn them into the foundation for later success. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year, Summer Session

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Reflection, Requires Multiple Meetings to Complete, Research, Self-assessment, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Writing Across Curriculum
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Time Frame 85-120 minutes (2-3 class periods)

Students will learn to evaluate and prioritize tasks by making personal timelines. Students will then use the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks by importance and timeliness. Then, they will revise their timelines and reflect on what they learned about priorities and task management. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class
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Time Frame 70-95 minutes (1-2 sessions)

Planning our time requires thinking ahead about how long tasks take and making decisions about prioritizing the ways we spend our time. Students have some experience doing this daily, but in their college and career lives, they will be expected to estimate and balance their own time more and more to... Read more »

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Students will listen to an engaging speech and record their thoughts. Students will then choose a topic of their interest and write down all they know about the topic in a two-minute paper. Students will learn more about preparing a speech and discuss their learning with their peers. They will create... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Persuade, Present, Speak & Listen

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities

Tag Related

  • Argument Writing, Communication
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Time Frame 110-150 minutes

Students who become financially responsible in college will develop good spending habits that will last a lifetime. This activity enables students to understand ways in which they can change their spending habits, so that they will save money throughout college and in the years that will follow. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class
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Time Frame 100-115 minutes

Though the traditional five-paragraph essay is a great foundational tool, writing beyond the traditional high school environment can take many forms. One form is known as an infographic, combining visuals with researched information. In this club activity, students gain an introduction to the infographic... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities

Tag Related

  • Informative Writing
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Time Frame 60 minutes

Students learn to write personal and academic goals that are SMART, track their habits, review and revise their goals as needed, and reflect on the process. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year, Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time, Pre-Service Training, Summer Session

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Brainstorming, Requires Multiple Meetings to Complete, Self-assessment

Tag ICAP (Individual Career Academic Planning)

  • Academic Progress

Tag Family Engagement

  • Supporting Student Success
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Time Frame 1 month

Students explore the benefits of working in a group with diverse viewpoints and reflect on their own work preferences and how they shape the ways they contribute to group work. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Persuade, Physical Movement, Problem Solving, Reason, Speak & Listen

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities
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Time Frame 90-120 minutes

High school is an excellent place for students to begin honing their research and writing skills. Practicing these skills enables students to become better writers and thinkers. This activity could easily apply to clubs that have a project component which may require research, such as robotics club... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Evaluate, Research, Summarize, Synthesize, Writing

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities
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Time Frame 130-175 minutes

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Oftentimes, Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) and Growth Mindset seem as if they are one and the same. During this activity, students will explore the importance of developing a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) in order to establish a Growth Mindset and will finally... Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities

Tag Family Engagement

  • School Environment, Supporting Student Success
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Time Frame 70-85 minutes

Students learn about their motivations by playing Would You Rather, completing a motivation inventory, and sorting extrinsic and intrinsic motivators. They apply their knowledge to create a vision board for completing a task. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Reflection

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities

Tag Family Engagement

  • Decision-Making
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Time Frame 75 minutes

In this session, participants explore themes from research on the benefits of extra/co-curricular activities and analyze the ways in which club activity design connects back to the research. Facilitators model guidance that participants can apply to their classrooms; this will provide educators with... Read more »

Professional Learning

Tag Target Audience

  • Administrators, All Staff or Teachers, New Teachers, Other Stakeholders, PLC, Teachers

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 1st Nine Weeks, 2nd Nine Weeks, 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks, Any time of year, Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time, Pre-Service Training, Summer Session

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Action Plans, Aligning with Other Programs, Analyze, Brainstorming, College-Going Culture, Research
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Time Frame 70-80 minutes

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