What is a Leader?

Teacher's Reference Material

Program Terminology

There were no terms that should be foreign to a secondary school audience, but students may want to learn more about the organizations/corporations that were referenced on the telecast.

• Habitat for Humanity
• America's Promise
• Schneider National
• Department of Defense
• Department of State
• NATO

The program content and associated explorations map to the subject of leadership as it applies to the following disciplines:

• Foreign Policy

• Military

• Business

• Social Action

The fields of foreign policy, the military, business and social action represented by the leaders interviewed in this episode of Achievement Television correlates with the national standards listed below. Link to the standards themselves for more information.

United States History Standards for Grades 5-12 (National Center for History)

Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Standard 1: Recent developments in foreign policy and domestic politics

• Standard 1B: The student understands domestic politics in contemporary society.
• Standard 1C: The student understands major foreign policy initiatives.

Standard 2: Economic, social, and cultural developments in contemporary United States

• Standard 2A: The student understands economic patterns since 1968.

• Standard 2D: The student understands contemporary American culture.

• Standard 2E: The student understands how a democratic policy debates social issues and mediates between individual or group rights and the common goal.