The Student Leadership Challenge – Activities Book

Module 1: Introduction 1
<p>An Overview of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership&reg; 2</p>
<p>What Is in This Book 5</p>
<p>How to Use This Book 6</p>
<p>Guidance on Selecting and Facilitating Activities with Students 7</p>
<p>Module 2: Orienteering 9</p>
<p>A Student s Personal Journey toward Exemplary Leadership 10</p>
<p>The Importance of Orienteering for Students 10</p>
<p>Activity: Personal–Best Leadership Experience 11</p>
<p>Module 3: Model the Way 19</p>
<p>Practice Overview 20</p>
<p>Why students Should Model the Way 20</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>Values on Display 21</p>
<p>Modeling the Way in Current Events 25</p>
<p>The Hefferlump 27</p>
<p>You Want What? 32</p>
<p>You Can Lead Anywhere 34</p>
<p>This We Believe 36</p>
<p>Legacy Day 38</p>
<p>Vault of Values 40</p>
<p>Module 4: Inspire a Shared Vision 47</p>
<p>Practice Overview 48</p>
<p>Why Students Should Inspire a Shared Vision 48</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>Going Up 49</p>
<p>Word Pictures Articulating Your Vision 51</p>
<p>Giving Life to Your Vision by Reframing from What to Why 54</p>
<p>Visualize Yourself 58</p>
<p>Snapshots of Success 60</p>
<p>Vision, Values, and Rock and Roll 63</p>
<p>Sum It All Up 65</p>
<p>Finish the Story 68</p>
<p>Module 5: Challenge the Process 73</p>
<p>Practice Overview 74</p>
<p>Why Students Should Challenge the Process 74</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>House of Cards 75</p>
<p> Orientation: The Time of Your Life A Skit 77</p>
<p>Going, Going, Gone 83</p>
<p>This Is How We ve Always Done It . . . But Let s Try Something Else 86</p>
<p>Turning Big Challenges into Incremental Action Steps 90</p>
<p>Brick Walls Don t Have to Stop You 95</p>
<p>Planning with the End in Mind 99</p>
<p>The Six Thinking Hats 103</p>
<p>Module 6: Enable Others to Act 109</p>
<p>Practice Overview 110</p>
<p>Why Students Should Enable Others to Act 110</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>The Walk of Peril (or Indiana Jones s Walk ) 111</p>
<p>The Captains Dilemma 113</p>
<p>Tennis Ball Madness 119</p>
<p>A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 124</p>
<p>Populating a New Planet 127</p>
<p>A Leader s Walk of Trust 130</p>
<p>Capture the Dragon 132</p>
<p>Help Is on the Way 137</p>
<p>Module 7: Encourage the Heart 143</p>
<p>Practice Overview 144</p>
<p>Why Students Should Encourage the Heart 144</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>Compliment Swap 145</p>
<p>Praise 148</p>
<p>Identifying Individual Recognition Tactics 151</p>
<p>Encourage the Heart Party Time with Your Group 155</p>
<p>Recognition Car Wash 158</p>
<p>Recognition Speed Dating 160</p>
<p>Good Vibrations 163</p>
<p>Web of Yarn 167</p>
<p>Module 8: Leadership Lessons from the Movies 171</p>
<p>Activities 172</p>
<p>Lincoln 173</p>
<p>Soul Surfer 177</p>
<p>Moneyball 181</p>
<p>Amazing Grace 184</p>
<p>The Great Debaters 186</p>
<p>Coach Carter 190</p>
<p>the Lion King 193</p>
<p>Gandhi 195</p>
<p>Module 9: Commitment 199</p>
<p>Activities</p>
<p>Values–in–Action Log 200</p>
<p>My Year of Leadership 203</p>
<p>My Next Personal–Best leadership Experience 204</p>
<p>Other Resources 206</p>
<p>The Student Leadership Challenge, Second Edition 206</p>
<p>The Student Leadership Practices Inventory 206</p>
<p>The Student Leadership Challenge: Facilitation and Activity Guide and The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal 206</p>
<p>The Leadership Challenge Mobile Tool App 207</p>
<p>LPI Action Cards 207</p>
<p>The Leadership Challenge Values Cards 207</p>
<p>The Student Leadership Challenge Website 207</p>
<p>Appendix: Activities Mapped to the Student Leadership Practices Inventory Behaviors 209</p>
<p>Acknowledgments 217</p>
<p>Authors and Contributors 219</p>