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Aspirations & The Future – Year 8 Careers Unit
A fresh PSHE / Citizenship unit designed to inspire and prepare Year 8 students for their future ambitions.

📦 Contents
• 7 Lesson Packs (see topics below)
• 7 Homework Ideas
• 7 End of Lesson Confidence Checker Assessments
• 1 Escape Room (Team Building Activity)

📚 Lesson Topics

1. 🚀 Follow Your Dreams – Motivation & Perseverance
2. 🌐 The Future – Metaverse & Augmented Reality Opportunities
3. 🤝 What is Active Citizenship?
4. ⏳ How to Use My Time Productively (Weekly Planning)
5. 🤝 Giving & Earning Respect
6. 📈 Improving Our Own Learning and Performance
7. 🗣️ How to Debate & Have Meaningful Discussions

🎥 Each Lesson PowerPoint Contains:
• Fully editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Thought-Provoking Questions)
• Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
• Teacher Notes (on some slides)
• Mapped against latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core Themes, and Gatsby Benchmarks in Careers Education

🎯 Learning Outcomes:
• Understand what motivates me, explore perseverance, and consider how to recognise success.
• Consider how the world has changed over time, understand how AI impacts life now, and imagine future developments.
• Define active citizenship, explore how to be active citizens, and identify ways to overcome barriers.
• Recognise why organisation matters, learn how to plan a productive week, and understand the decision matrix.
• Understand respect, explore how to earn it, and learn how to give respect to others.
• Distinguish between growth and fixed mindsets, understand the value of constructive criticism, and discover how to keep developing.
• Differentiate between debate and argument, identify key traits of a debate, and consider approaches for meaningful discussions.

🔑 Key Words
Perseverance, Motivation, Resilience, Commitment
Augmented Reality, Metaverse, Smart Glasses
Empowered, Inspired, Drive
Eisenhower Matrix, Productivity, Priority
Integrity, Honesty, Reliability, Empathy, Competence
Growth Mindset, Fixed Mindset, Constructive Criticism, Destructive Criticism
Debate Motion, Proposition, Opposition

We sell Complete Careers Units - Take a look at some of them here:
⇨ CAREERS KS3 UNIT
⇨ Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit
⇨ Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes
⇨ Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson
⇨ Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts
⇨ Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz
⇨ Careers - Writing a Personal Statement
⇨ Careers - Student Workbook
⇨ Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson

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