Motivation and Mindset Lesson Snapshot

This lesson pertains to the National Standard of how identity, development, personality, motivation, perception, and group membership are contribute to an individual’s life. It will sere as a continuation and a more in-depth look at material from the first lesson, but focusing on motivation such as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. I would also like to incorporate information about having a fixed-mindset and a growth mind-set. I will do a quick lecture on the basics behind motivation and mindset so that the students have a concrete understanding.  Students will then do role-plays and skits to model each type of motivation. Students will also be responsible to create their own definition for each type, providing individual-specific examples. The assessment for this lesson will be an informal assessment during the group exercises. The students will answer a variety of questions about motivation and mindset to see where they think they stand such as What motivates you? How do you perceive yourself? How do you think others perceive you? In what ways do you think you may have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset? How can you help yourself to get from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset?