Discover Your Purpose: Eight practices for Middle School, High School, and College
Whether you are starting a new school year, fleshing out a unit on identity development, or encouraging your students to set long-term educational goals, this set of practices invites students to explore who they are and what they value.
Students reach out to trusted adults to ask what they think are students’ strengths and talents. (Purpose Challenge Practice #1)
Students describe their ideal world and how they might contribute to creating that world. (Purpose Challenge Practice #2)
Students reflect on a Viktor Frankl quote about why meaning in life is important. (Purpose Challenge Practice #3)
Students explore and reflect on their values. (Purpose Challenge Practice #4)
Students imagine their lives at 40. (Purpose Challenge Practice #5)
Students design a tattoo that symbolizes the things that matter most to them. (Purpose Challenge Practice #6)
Students choose a quote about purpose and reflect on why it resonates with them. (Purpose Challenge Practice #7)
Students write about making long-term goals a reality. (Purpose Challenge Practice #8)