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Select three other students to work with you as a group. Each group will select four Leaders to research. As you research your Leaders, compare their characteristics with the definitions below. What characteristics do you have in common with the Leaders you selected. In your research, answer the following questions: What is Leadership, why it is imporant, what do people want in a Leader, where do Leaders learn to lead, define the qualifications of a caring leadership and identify various leadership styles.
1.) Define Leadership.
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/leadership/g/leadership.htm
2.) Review the following characteristics of a leader along with the definitions.
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Fair-minded |
Honesty, marked by impartiality |
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Supportive |
To promote the interest |
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Forward-looking |
Someone with a vision |
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Honesty |
Upright and fair |
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Dependable |
Reliable |
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Competent |
Having suitable or sufficient skills, knowledge and experience. |
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Broad-minded |
Tolerant of varied views. |
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Trustworthy |
Someone you can put your trust in knowing it will not be betrayed. Worthy of confidence. |
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Inspiring |
Able to communicate to the team, that we can do it! |
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Persistent |
Persevering |
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Motivate |
To provide with an incentive, move to action, impel |
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Determined |
Firmly resolved |
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Self-Controlled |
Restraint exercised over one’s own impulses, emotions, or desires |
http://www.angelfire.com/il/adventureclub/leader.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?Seven-Personal-Characteristics-Of-A-Good-Leader&id=59305
http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/employeemanagementcolumnistdavidjavitch/article204248.html
3.) Review the list of Leaders.
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Leaders |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Martin Luther King, Jr |
Susan B. Anthony |
Oprah Winfrey |
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Bill Clinton |
Winston Churchill |
Mother Teresa |
Adolf Hitler |
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Princess Diana |
Jesus |
Margaret Thatcher |
Nelson Mandela |
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Desmond Tutu |
Mohandas Gandhi |
Mikhail Gorhachev |
Benazir Bhutto |
4.) Select four leaders from the list above to research. You can also select leaders of your choice.
5.) As you research, look for the characteristics in your leaders. Assign the characteristics to your leaders.
Historical Leaders of the World
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/historical_world_Leaders.html
Winston Churchill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/churchill_winston.shtml
http://www.winston-churchill-leadership.com/leadership-traits.html
Nelson Mandela
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mandela_nelson.shtml
Abraham Lincoln
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lincoln_abraham.shtml
Martin Luther King
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml
Bill Clinton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clinton_bill.shtml
Mohandas Gandhi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gandhi_mohandas.shtml
Adolf Hitler
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/hitler_adolf.shtml
Margaret Thatcher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/thatcher_margaret.shtml
6.) Look in the mirror at yourself, what leadership characteristics do you have?
7.) Compare your characteristics to the Leaders you selected.
8.) As a group, each student should discuss which Leader they most identify with. Determine if you agree or disagree with your findings. If not, why not?
9.) What are your strengths and weaknesses?
10.) What did you learn in the process?
11.) What can you do to develop your strengths and bring up your weaknesses?
12.) Document and record your findings in your Powerpoint presentation and your research paper.
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