This twist on the classic game Bingo uses a board to track students’ own demonstrations and understandings of the 3 Es of Good Work: excellence, ethics, and engagement.
Two sizes of the board are provided: a smaller 3x3 board recommended for younger students, and a larger 5x5 version of the board recommended for older students.
Write two narratives. One should be about an individual who performs “Good Work,” and the other on an individual who just does “work.”
Choose one or two concepts that most resonate with you. Consider how you can turn these concepts into a strategy. In a group, complete the “From Concept to Strategy” worksheet.
Discuss resources and ideas to draw upon when faced with a difficult decision. (It is best to complete this activity after engaging with our materials for an extended period, as the prompts ask participants to revisit Good Work concepts such as the 3E’s, the 4M’s, value sort,…).
In a group, reflect upon what you’ve learned about Good Work after completing several of the activities designed by The Good Project.
Reflect and write on the story you were assigned in the “Identifying Good Work Dilemmas” activity.
Read the dilemma “Excellence at Risk.” You will be assigned one of the characters from the narrative and will then be asked to discuss the dilemma as a group from the perspective of your character. At the end, come together and discuss the questions provided at the end of the worksheet.
Use this worksheet to help you conduct your own Mirror Test. This process of reflection should be regularly practiced. Using the questions in the worksheet, write a reflection, written or illustrated.
In pairs, think about someone you don’t admire and discuss, using the prompts available in the worksheet, why you don’t admire this individual.
Watch the 3Ms Video and then have a group discussion of role models. Think about people in your personal life that have inspired you, and then write down the important messages each of these individuals have taught you, or make an artistic representation of these messages.
In a group, choose a dilemma to focus on. Write a reflection on the dilemma using one of the questions in the worksheet. Think about the most common obstacles to good work, both in the Chalk Talk dilemma and in your own life.
Watch the video “Famous Failures” and discuss how these figures encountered issues relating to the 3Es using the discussion prompt in the worksheet.
Think about an obstacles or an opportunity you have faced in your life when trying to carry out good work. Use the questions in the activity sheet to guide you.
Using the see-think-wonder chart, read the dilemma before reflecting on what you see, what you think, and what you wonder before answering questions on how James conducts “good work.”
Brainstorm a list of the qualities of a good worker. Review those qualities and try to place them in one of the three columns titled “excellence,” “ethics,” and “engagement.”
Using the provided “Good Worker Profile” examples, students will create their own worker profile using a template. Students will be asked to research a variety of workers and to find a person whose life or career interests them and is well-documented enough for them to complete the exercise. Students are encouraged to consider examples of both good work and compromised work from the person’s life. Students are told to keep the 3Es in mind when choosing what to write regarding their worker’s biography and to try to highlight when their worker may or may not have lived up to the good work concepts of excellence, ethics, and engagement. Students are reminded to be careful when choosing sources.