A Lesson Plan in Humanities and Social Sciences
Content Standard/Performance Standard
The learners demonstrate an understanding of the disciplines of the of the counseling.
I. Objectives:
At the end of the discussion the students must be able to:
a. identify the goals and scope of counseling
b. demonstrate comprehension of the principles of counseling
II. Subject Matter:
a. Topic: Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences: Counseling
b. References: Guidance and Counseling Today, p. 1-10
c. Materials: Laptop, Projector, video clips from you tube
d. Value: Give hope to as many people as possible
IV. Learning Activities:
a. Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Review of the previous lesson
e. Motivation
Let the class watch the video clip presentation entitled the “Heart of a
Teacher”. Let them have the reflection and process the following questions?
1. What are the characters that the teacher in poem has?
2. Why do you think the author entitled the poem “The Heart of the Teacher”
3. What do you think the relevance of that poem to counseling?
Discussion of the topic: Counseling
1. Definition
2. Goals
3. Scope
4. Core Values
Activity: (to have a brief background on the topic stated)
1. Have the students played/practice a counseling session, they will ask to
choose their partner and have a conversation regarding their life experience.
The 1st student will act as a counselor and the 2nd student will act as a counselee.
2. Let them repeat the process having the 1st student to be the counselee and
the 2nd student to be the counselor.
Processing questions:
1. How do you feel about being a counselor? Being a counselee?
2. Do you think that you have solved the problem of your classmate? How?
3. As a counselee is it very easy for to confide your stories to your
classmate? Why Yes? Why No?
3. What do you think are the core values that you have considered in dealing with your
classmate’s problem?
f. Evaluation:
Instruction: Analyze the following by stating your own assessment of the cases given. If
you are the counselor, how are you going to handle the following considering the following:
a. scope
b. core values
c. goals of counseling.
1. Bert, a young employee of few years was fired from his job for no apparent reason at. All.
He sought the help of a counselor.
2. Betty planned to buy insurance. She arranged a schedule with the company’s sales
counselor
to know the conditions and terms of the policy.
3.Benny and Beth had finally decided to settle down for good. They went to a premarital
counselor for their required pre marriage counseling seminar.
III. Application
Answer the following.
1. Cite at least two (2) examples of problem and conflict that most of the teenagers like
you had experience and state what scope of counseling they are in.
2. If you are their counselor, how are you going to handle/manage their case?
3. What are the core values that you need to have to be able to help them?
IV. Assignment:
Instruction:
Interview at least two (2) of the following (child with brokenfamily, runaway teenager, student
with failing grades, girl/boy who broke up with her gf/bf) and try to assess their
dilemmas and conflict by answering the following questions.
1. How would you describe their current situation?
2. What is their main concern?
3. What do you think originally caused these problems?
4. What do you think would help solve the problems?
