A Teacher's Guide to The Go-Giver: A Curriculum for Making a Difference - Softcover

Stelter, Randy; Burg, Bob; Mann, John David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997075805 ISBN 13: 9780997075809

Publisher: Go-Givers International LLC, 2015

Synopsis

The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success but is frustrated in his efforts. Over the course of one week, through encounters with an enigmatic consultant named Pindar and a series of Pindar’s friends, Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others’ interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns. Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a classic bestseller that brings to life the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.”

Originally intended for adult readers, The Go-Giver touched a chord in readers from all walks of life—including avid young readers, from middle school through college age. Shortly after its 2007 publication the book was picked up by Randy Stelter, a high school English teacher and athletic director in northwest Indiana, and Randy has taken his school’s senior class through the book every year since. Soon other educators began adopting the book as part of their curricula at every level from high school through graduate school.

Now Randy has teamed up with Go-Giver authors Bob Burg and John David Mann to create this Teacher’s Guide, a detailed lesson plan that includes vocabulary lists, assigned readings, questions for comprehension and critical thinking, extensive topics for class discussion, and a set of final projects designed to deepen students’ understanding of the book and to ground its lessons in their own everyday experience. Designed as a high school curriculum, the Guide’s content and approach can also be readily adapted for use by college professors in higher-education settings.

About this title

About the Author:

RANDY STELTER is an English teacher and athletic director at Wheeler High School in Valparaiso, Indiana. He was nominated to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” seven times, has been named state conference “coach of the year,” and was selected for the Charles F. Mass District I Indiana Athletic Administrator’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008. Randy has been teaching The Go-Giver to his students since 2009. BOB BURG is coauthor of the national bestseller The Go-Giver and its companion volumes Go-Givers Sell More and The Go-Giver Leader. He was named by the American Management Association as one of the Top 30 Most Influential Thought Leaders in Business for 2014. JOHN DAVID MANN is coauthor of the Go-Giver books with Bob Burg and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Flash Foresight (with Daniel Burrus) and The Red Circle (with Brandon Webb). His Take the Lead (with Betsy Myers) was named by Tom Peters and the Washington Post as Best Leadership Book of 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: Go-Givers International LLC
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0997075805
• ISBN 13: 9780997075809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76