Lesson Plan

Responsibility Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Plan a 168-hour week, keep commitments to a team, handle money and show up for your community.

This is the Bigs Edition of Responsibility: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What do I owe myself, my team and my community, and how do I make time for all of it?

The Week

• Mon: Circles of Responsibility (Reading) • Tue: Commitments and Heads-Ups (Writing & Words) • Wed: The 168-Hour Week (Science & Math) • Thu: Plan My Week (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Show Up for Your Community (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Responsibility has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: My 168-Hour Week
• Sequence cards (Planning My Week) and a cut-and-sort page (Circles of Responsibility)
• Writing page: Paid for Chores?
• Hands-on project: My Planner and Money Page
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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