Curriculum

13 Sections
40 Lessons
Lifetime

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Chapter One: The System of Things
Why does building a career of meaning matter? Students will learn why this course matters, as well as the core concepts and terms that will be covered.
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Chapter Two: The Context of it All
Understanding Canada's different economic contexts and why context matters in every career. Students will also explore global career trends and the future of work in Canada.
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Chapter Three: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
How to dig deeper and learn what you don't know you don't know. Students will work to identify their passion and career focus, while fine-tuning their listening skills.
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Chapter Four: Hard Stuff is Hard
Hard decisions are hard, but good problem solving begins with asking the better question. Students will explore different career opportunities before working to ask their better career-focused question.
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Chapter Five: Here’s How
Why process matters (and doesn't). Students will explore collaboration in the workplace and how to make money and do good, while also building critical job-acquiring skills.
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Chapter Six: Your Turn
It's time to create! Students are introduced to their final project and are offered tools from diverse experts to help them excel.
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Chapter Seven: Dig Deeper
Why critical thinking matters and how to be a better critical thinker. Students will build on and apply the knowledge they acquired in the first half of this course, in order to help them with their final project and in life.
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Chapter Eight: Be Better
Words matter. Listening matters. Being heard matters. Students will explore the importance of good communication and consultation, while building on and applying the knowledge they acquired in the first half of this course as they pursue their final project.
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Chapter Nine: Own Your Hypocrisy
Don't be a hypocrite: for the sake of our democracy, we need to be better critics. Students will work to improve their skills as both reviewers and reviewees, while putting their final project under the microscope for peer feedback.
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Chapter Ten: Keep Going
Key Ideas: Keep going (sometimes). Students will explore different types of failure, why mentorship can help and the importance of resiliency.
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Chapter Eleven: One Last Thing
That one thing everyone wishes they knew at 15. Students will explore life lessons from 150 diverse citizens and learn how this class can help them in the future, no matter what life they choose to live.
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  Part One: Lesson Media
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  Part Two: Activities
Chapter Twelve: The End (of the Beginning)
The end!
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  Final Submission
Additional Activities
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  Extensions

Part Three: Hot Takes and More

Students have the option of listening to two Hot Takes podcasts featuring longer interviews with inspiring student leaders.

Beyond our two featured interviews, there are additional podcasts with rising leaders for students to explore. We hope this opportunity for peer-to-peer learning will give students food-for-thought as they start on their final project.

Additional resources to help students with their final project:

How-To Guides: From ‘What is Design Thinking’, to ‘How to Interview an Expert’, to ‘How to Take Better Notes’, to ‘How to Create a Podcast’, these quick guides can help students build skills and work more efficiently to complete their final project.

Podcasts and Interviews: We’ve interviewed student and rising leaders to find out what it takes to build a successful project. And we asked project manager extraordinaire, Michael Kennedy, to give students an inside look at the step-by-step process involved in taking an idea and making it a reality.

Further Exploration: We’ve analyzed thousands of resources and hand-selected tools from the Curated Library we think might help students with their final project.

Part Two: Your Project

Chapter Reflection