How can we achieve our goal?
I understand the methods I can use to achieve our active citizenship goal.
How can we achieve our goal?
I understand the methods I can use to achieve our active citizenship goal.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Set clear goals for what you want to achieve through your citizenship project.
- Use SMART targets to break your goal into achievable steps.
- Make a detailed action plan and use technology tools to stay on track and improve efficiency.
- Get feedback from your teacher and do a SWOT analysis to improve the likelihood of your project’s success.
Keywords
Goal - a desired result or outcome that a person or group aims to achieve
Method - a way of doing something to help you complete your project or reach your goal
Success - when you achieve what you planned or aimed to do in your project
Common misconception
That it is negative or 'tempting fate' to consider what could go wrong.
Considering what could go wrong is a sensible part of planning for your goal, this helps to identify possible barriers and work to overcome them.
To help you plan your year 10 citizenship lesson on: How can we achieve our goal?, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 citizenship lesson on: How can we achieve our goal?, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 4 citizenship lessons from the How can I be a changemaker in my community? unit, dive into the full secondary citizenship curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
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Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
a way to complete your project or reach your goal
a desired result or outcome that a person or group aims to achieve
when you achieve what you planned or aimed to do in your project