Mega BUNDLE ASB StuCo Starter Pack Leadership Lessons Middle Junior High School

These 12 lessons are the perfect starting point to teach any type of leadership class or group - AVID, ASB, Link Crew, Web, Student Council, or any elective! I have numerous leadership lessons, but these 12 serve as the perfect introduction for your students and you could easily use them all year long. All are editable and all are on Google Slides!

Leadership Research Project:

This is a great research project for leadership, AVID, or gifted students and is based on Kouzes and Posner's 5 Principles of Leadership. It is geared towards middle or high school students. The Google slides are completely editable so you can add, delete, or edit any slides to suit your needs. The project guides students to research a famous leader and compare them to a person "in real life" who also demonstrates similar leadership qualities. They create questions and interview their "in real life" person and create a presentation to compare the two leaders. I spread this out over a month to give students enough time to research and interview their chosen person.

Ted Lasso Leadership Lessons #1

My students are obsessed with Ted Lasso and his positive leadership traits. This is a great Get to Know You or Back to School Leadership lesson. It is mostly geared for high school, but could also be used for middle school as well. The students watch a few video clips of the show (warning: one video says "hell" but it's said quickly and the English accent makes it hardly noticeable). They answer questions about the clips and Ted's leadership style and analyze some of his famous quotes. It is a Google Slides presentation and fully editable, so you can change, delete, or edit things as you see fit. We did this to start the school year and my students LOVED it! The few who hadn't seen the show went home and started binge-watching it. It has been such a great bonding experience and really brought my class together. Click HERE if you only want this resource (not the bundle).

Ted Lasso Leadership Lessons #2

My students are still obsessed with Ted Lasso (season 2) and his positive leadership traits. This is a great Get to Know You or Back to School Leadership lesson. It is mostly geared for middle school, junior high, or high school. The students watch a few video clips of the show. They answer questions about the clips and Ted's leadership style and analyze some of his famous quotes. It is a Google Slides presentation and fully editable, so you can change, delete, or edit things as you see fit. We did this to start the new semester and my students LOVED it! It was a great recharge! The few who hadn't seen the show went home and started binge-watching it. It has been such a great bonding experience and really brought my class together. Click HERE if you only want this resource (not the bundle).

Cultivating GRIT:

This is a really fun and thought-provoking lesson on having GRIT and what it takes to persevere. It is perfect for an elective class (student council, ASB, avid, leadership, WEB, Link Crew, etc.) or even ELA. It can easily be turned into a writing assignment. The students have different activities, videos, and articles to complete throughout the slideshow. It can be presented or given to each student individually through Google Classroom. It is on a Google Presentation and it is fully editable so you can add, change, or delete things to suit the levels of your students. There are 2 essential questions (1 for GRIT and 1 for EFFORT) that you could tie to writing an essay as a culminating activity. It is different from my other Grit lesson, so don't fear if you have already bought that one.

Leadership Lessons from FRIENDS:

This is such a fun leadership lesson and my student LOVED it! The resource uses 5 life lessons as seen on Friends. It is ideal for middle school, junior high, or high school. It is perfect for ASB, student council, Avid study skills, an elective, speech & drama, or even ELA. There is an essay writing component at the end. It is completely editable so you can add, delete, or change anything to suit your students' needs. All video clips are included in links and this can easily be distributed on Google Classroom.

The Wooden Way:

This is a fantastic leadership lesson for student council, ASB, avid study skills electives, or an ELA class. It is probably best for middle, junior high, or high school, but an advanced upper elementary could benefit too. It has essay writing and a presentation portion, but it is also completely editable, so you can add, delete, or change anything you want to suit the needs of your students. There are 2 videos about John Wooden (with questions about them) and one on giving a presentation. There is one article where students answer questions and highlight leadership qualities. They also analyze Wooden's pyramid and there are group activities and a partner presentation (with a rubric). It's truly 38 pages of goodness!

Robert's Rules of Order:

Do you teach students how to have a formal meeting? This lesson is for you! It teaches students the ins and outs of the basics of Robert's Rules of Order. There are 2 videos to watch with subsequent questions along with numerous pages teaching the basics. There are also scenarios where students have to say what should happen next. The answers are included, too. Even if you don't feel you know the "rules" well enough to teach it, this will take care of that for you! This is perfect for a new or experienced student council or ASB or StuCo or even AVID elective teacher or advisor. It is 32 slides and you can really pick and choose what you want to use with students. It is also completely editable so you are free to add, change, or delete things to meet the needs of your students.

Enneagram Test:

This is a great get-to-know-you activity or even a mid-year reconnect lesson. It is perfect for upper elementary, junior high middle school, or high school. It is completely editable so you are free to change, add, or delete as needed. I have used this in my avid study skills class, ASB or student council, elective, or English - Language Arts class. It not only teaches students about themselves but also how to deal with others who are not like them. Please check out my other leadership lessons!

Write your Personal Mission Statement:

This is a Google Slides presentation that is completely editable so you can edit it to work best for you. It's ideal for the middle or high school ASB, Student Council, Link Crew, leadership, etc., or if you teach an elective. The students evaluate popular company's mission statements and then they are guided to write their own personal one. There are questions they answer about themselves and then after writing their final they create a collage to display it (my students love presenting these and some tweak their own verbiage after hearing them). There is also a one-week plan for them to fully embrace their new personal mission statement and review it regularly.

Decision Making Scenarios:

This is a leadership lesson that guides students through the decision-making/problem-solving process. It is perfect for middle or high school students. It is a Google Slides presentation and completely editable so you can add, delete, or edit slides or info as you see fit. This lesson can be done over weeks if you teach a leadership class and want to revisit the concept. The 6-step decision process shows how all the steps work using a scenario all students can relate to. Then there are NINE other scenarios you can have students use to follow the 6-step process in making a good decision. I have my students solve these issues in groups. My students love these lessons!

Alligator River: An Ethical Dilemma:

If you haven't heard of this story, you MUST read it! I rewrote it to have it be more suitable for middle and high school students. I use this in my leadership classes and have the students discuss the moral dilemma in groups. Then each group shares out their "rankings" and we compare the results as a class. It is one of the most memorable lessons that my students remember. It can be used in ASB (Student Council), AVID, WEB, or it would be great to introduce character analysis. This Google Slides presentation is completely editable so you can delete, add, or edit it as you see fit.

Kindness Cards:

This is an activity perfect for a leadership class or ASB (student council). The students write a card (often note care size) to each student in the class and all their teachers. They must write a compliment to the person that is MORE than, "You are cool." It has to be specific and meaningful. Each card must have some sort of decoration or "extra" that goes into it. They can draw a border, add a picture, use a sticker, etc. My students have come to love and cherish these cards.

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