Life Management

A flexible two-period life planning project for high school students that connects work, training, housing, money, support, research, milestones, and backup plans.

A practical high school support network lesson that helps students identify useful sources of help, match support to a situation, make clear requests, and create backup plans.

A practical decision-making lesson for high school students using the DECIDE model, realistic options, short- and long-term consequences, peer review, and an exit ticket.

A practical decision-making lesson for high school students that explores present bias, emotions, social pressure, overconfidence, sunk costs, fatigue, and the PAUSE strategy.

A video-based high school Life Management lesson using Robert Waldinger’s TED Talk to explore relationships, support, evidence, and long-term well-being.

A high school webquest on motivation, initiative and persistence that helps students research what supports follow-through and build a practical action plan.

A practical high school goal-setting lesson that helps students connect future direction, long-term goals, short-term goals, first actions, resources, and checkpoints.

A practical high school lesson that helps students distinguish needs from wants, identify personal resources, weigh trade-offs, and build a realistic plan.

A high school strengths, interests, skills and values lesson with an identity map, realistic scenarios, discussion prompts, differentiation, and exit ticket.

A high school life skills lesson plan for Day 1: teach responsibility, independence, decision-making, support systems, and practical adulting skills.