High School Course 1

Passion First Unit

Unit Overview
Passion First Overview
Students will learn the Passion First mindset. The unit will 4 Learning Objectives:
orient them towards understanding that each of us is a • Focus on Strengths
unique expression of human existence, and that our lives • Explore Your Interests
should be focused on finding our individual genius. • Take a Stand
Essential to this is making our dreams authentic and • Be Authentic
aligned to our core values.

Lesson 2.1 – Passion First: Introduction and Focus on Strengths

High school students often struggle with self-esteem and can easily become discouraged because
of this. This lesson introduces the Passion First Mindset and demonstrates its goal of building
positive self-esteem in students by teaching them to leverage their strengths now and in the future.

Objectives
• Gain a general understanding of why exploring our passions matters in achieving our dreams.
• Become aware of different types of strengths, including physical, academic, situational, and
personality-based.
• Identify our strengths and passions, and how they fit into the world around us.

Lesson 2.2 – Passion First: Explore Your Interests

High school students often struggle with fitting in versus being true to their authentic selves. In this
lesson, students will explore their interests, discover what energizes their passions, connect their
interests and passions to the future and their lives at school, and consider what it takes to be true to
their authentic selves.

Objectives
• Identify our interests.
• Learn the correlation between understanding and exploring our interests, and the effect each
can have on achieving goals at school and in life.
• Discuss what it takes to be true to ourselves.

“Our students’ best lives exist where their passions

and talents meet the needs of the world .”
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Passion First Unit

Lesson 2.3 – Passion First: Take a Stand

High school students often struggle with believing that they can make an impact on the world around
them. In this lesson, students will begin thinking about ways to share their unique genius with the
world as they identify, understand, and leverage their core values and focus on things they truly
believe in.

Objectives
• Identify our core values and understand why doing so is important in achieving our dreams.
• Discuss what it means to share our strengths with the world around us.

Lesson 2.4 – Passion First: Be Authentic

High school students often struggle with fitting in versus being true to their authentic selves. In this
lesson, students will build on previous discussions and activities to focus on their authentic selves,
and will be given tools to help them do so.

Objectives
• Understand that happiness is far more attainable when we build our strengths, interests,
passions, and core values into our dreams.
• Develop a complete understanding of the Passion First Mindset.
• Understand the importance of being comfortable with who we are and be less affected by peer
pressure.

“Our students’ best lives exist where their passions

and talents meet the needs of the world .”
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