May 3-7, 2021
Theme: What is Advocacy?
Skill Building: Defining Advocacy Personally
Person-Centered Thinking & Safety
Monday May 3, 2021
Today happens to be...
Teacher Appreciation Week
Celebrate the teachers that have impacted your life this week for Teacher Appreciation Week
Check In (5 min)
Share one good thing about your weekend.
Introduce the Week (3 min)
This week’s theme: What is Advocacy?
This week’s Skill Builder: Defining Advocacy Personally
This week we will explore advocacy and how personal the definition of advocacy can be for each of us.
Show & Share (10-min)
A teacher that had an impact on me. Teachers come from a variety of backgrounds. Who taught you and how did they impact your life?
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Celebrate May the 4th be with you, it's Star Wars Day!
Plan Your Week and May at a Glance (10 min)
PRESENTERS: Each week will start with reviewing portfolio planners to update tasks, appointment or other things that should be marked in their portfolio planner.
Part 1: Welcome May with Smiles! Let's take a look at our **May Calendar **before looking at our weerk.
- What cleberations will you add?
- Circle any important dates.
- Did you notice that May has 31 Calendar day's?
Part 2: You can look at your week in ahead in a smaller and oragnized list using the **My Week May 3 to May 7** Portfolio Page
Part 3: Now let's plan our week! With your portfolio planner sheet **Planner Pages May 2 to 8** write down any appointments, habits and goals.
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Advocacy: How can it help improve our lives and the lives of thers?
Presenters: Review the advocacy worksheet in this weeks printable. Use the resources below to explore types of advocacy, ways to advocate, and explore ways to use types of advocacy to make your community more accessible.
Using the **Advocacy WorkSheet** explore ways that you are able to advocate. Advocacy can be done in a variety of ways, and we will learn more about the ways you can advocate for things you're passionate about this week. Write, draw, doodle, or sticker in your answers to the prompts in your planner portfolio.
High Priority Vocabulary: Reading Ads
PRESENTERS: Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet as a team.
Complete the **Reading Ads Worksheet**
When you're finished, share your answers with the team.
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Optional Level-Up:
Design an advocacy campaign for something you are passionate about
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Civics & Community Awareness
Tuesday May 4, 2021
Today happens to be...
May the Fourth Be With You - It's Star Wars Day!
Check In (5 min)
Who have you connected with over the last year?
Show & Share (10 min)
May the fourth be with you – share your favorite Star Wars fact or memorabilia to celebrate.
Tomorrow's Show & Share: A museum you have been to celebrate Museum lovers day
Life Skills Story—
Old Friends are the Best PART 2 (10 min)
PRESENTERS: Read part two of the LARGE FONT life skills story pages, 4, 5 and 6.
Ready to finish up the life skills story?
or you can use the webapage view here
Discuss and share feedback as a group, what surprised you about the end of this story? Why was it surprising?
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Advocacy Narratives (5 min)
Presenters: Using the links below, explore narratives from advocates offer time. Focus on their similarities and differences. Discuss these with the team.
Review the narratives about famous advocates:
Most famous activists in History
- What types of advocacy did you learn about?
- How many ways are there to advocate?
- What is one thing you learned from listening to the advocacy narratives?
Life Skills Story Work Sheet: Identifying Cities
Presenters: Complete the Life Skills story worksheet as a team.
Complete the **Identifying Cities Worksheet**
When finished, share your answers with the team.
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Optional Level-Up:
Create a short presentation on an individual whose advocacy practices inspire you personally.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Well Being and Social Connection
Wednesday May 5, 2021
Today happens to be...
Celebrate the love for museums, today is Museum Lovers Day.
Explore Museums from San Jose, California
or
Check out the top 20 must-see museums around the world
Check In (5 min)
What about this wish do you wish you could fast-forward? Why?
Show & Share
A museum you have been to celebrate Museum lovers day. Why was this museum so fascinating? How many times have you been there?
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Something around you that is green
Portfolio Planner Mid-Week Check in (10 min):
PRESENTERS: Complete the mid-week check in in the printable packet.
Let's look at our Planner Pages for this week **Planner Pages May 2 to 8** to update any goals, habits and more.
Different types of advocacy
Review definition of advocacy by searching for the defininton online. After, show and discuss examples of different types of advocacy (protesting, walk outs, contacting legislation, grassroots movements)
More Meaningful Action Infographic
- What sort of advocacy or activist experiences have you had?
- How can we make our community more accessible by using advocacy?
- Review accessibility issues that you have ran into while out in your community. What did you have to do to avoid the inaccessibility?
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High Priority Vocabulary: A Famous American (5 min)
PRESENTERS:Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet as a team.
Use the **Famous American WorkSheet**.
When you're finished, share your answers with the team.
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COVID-19 Mitigation Moment: Getting Your Home Ready
Keeping a clean home is crucial for killing COVID-19 virus. Check out the CDC guidance below to explore
Optional Level-Up :
Find a contact for your community accessibility idea and record their information in your planner portfolio
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Rights & Self Advocacy
Thursday May 6, 2021
Today happens to be...
World Password Day. Check out 8 tips to make your passwords as strong as possible.
Check In (5 min)
What is something you learned this year that supports you?
Recap Yesterday (3 min)
Reviewed different ways to participate in advocacy and types of advocacy that exist. We also discussed ways to keep our homes clean during covid-19
Show & Share (10-min)
What around you are green? A shirt, your favorite notepad, a chair? What around you is green? Share with the group!
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Anything Space related. Tomorrow is international Space Day, share something that reminds you of space. It could be a star, a spaceship, aliens, meteors, or asteroids.
Identifying resources for advocacy: where and what to look for. (10 min)
PRESENTERS: Help participants conduct a google search for different advocacy resources available either online or in your site's local community.
Advocacy can be done for free, but what resources are there available for you to use?
As a team, search for at least one advocate group in your area. This group could advocate for accessibility, food distribution, or civil rights. What did you find?
Ways to advocate online:
Participating in Social Media Advocacy
How are movements shaped online?
More ideas for becoming an advocate:
Tedx Five Steps to Becoming an Advocate
After you found some groups, use your portfolio planner work sheet **Advocacy Resources Worksheet** To document the information.
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Skill Builder (5-10 min)
PRESENTERS: Complete the High Priority Vocabulary worksheet as a team.
Complete the High Priority Vocabulary.
**Making a Grocery List** When you're finished, share your answers with the team
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Optional Level-Up:
Create a short biography about someone who has advocated for you (even if it is yourself!)
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Knowledge & Fun
Friday May 7, 2021
Today happens to be...
International Space Day.
Explore NASA's website to learn more about human space travel.
Check In (5 min)
What skills did you learn about and practice this week?
Recap Yesterday (3 min)
Explored resources that can be used for advocacy and completed a life skills worksheet.
Show & Share (10 min)
Share something that reminds you of space. It could be a star, a spaceship, aliens, meteors, or asteroids.
Next week's Show & Share: How do you use something around you to stay organized? Share your tips and tricks for clean your room day on Monday.
Weekly Wrap-up (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS:Use the portfolio planner print out to discuss weekly wrap up questions.
Part 1: Rate your week: Take a look at this week **Planner Pages May 2 to 8**
Discuss:
What are you looking forward to in May?
What are your goals?
What goals did you achieve this week?
What goals would you like to work on next week?
What are habits you would like to try
Part 2: Complete the **Weekly Reflection Worksheet**
Start to review and plan for next week:
Update your Appointments. Tasks, Errands, Meetings, Goals for the week, Priorities for the week, Habit tracker.
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Game Time: Definition Match (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS: Use the definition list of advocacy terms to quiz participants on the definitions for the words.
Use the definition list and have participants match the terms with its definition using zoom.
Optional Level-Up
Find, record, and share one advocacy resource you have discovered.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
Choosing Fun Stuff to Do
Need some help deciding on an afternoon activity?
The activities are numbered. These numbers corrospond to brief activity descriptions listen in the linked document below.
