Level: 3
Years: 4-6
Duration: 2-3 weeks
Strand: Social Organisation (SO)

About this Unit

This unit is focused at level 3 and has activities most suited to years 4 to 6. This unit considers how a person becomes a leader and contrasts different leadership styles. All the leaders selected are significant leaders in the Asia setting.

This unit provides all the necessary information to carry out a basic study of leadership styles, plus identifies resources useful for further research.

Some sections of the unit plan have been left blank for teacher use.

Achievement Objectives

How leadership of groups is acquired and exercised.

• Identify leaders in different groups and situations
• Describe ways people can become leaders
• Explain how different styles of leadership affect people 

Specific Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Identify a variety of leaders from Asia
• Describe ways some Asian leaders acquired their power
• Explain how different styles of leadership affect people within Asian countries 

Process

• Inquiry

Settings

• Asia

Perspectives

• Gender
• Current 

Essential Skills Focus

• Communication
  
• Information
  
• Social and cooperative

Teaching and Learning

• What is leadership?
  Design an acrostic and look at some leaders in your community
  
• Becoming a leader
  a) Work through two scenarios looking at how leaders come about
  b) Use the information in scenario A and B to make a flow diagram showing the steps for a person to become a leader
  
• Leadership styles - how leaders exercise their power
  Use five case studies about leaders of Asia to examine their leadership styles
  
• Leaders in the Spotlight - a closer look

Additional Resources

• Links to leaders of Asia's past and present