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STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES Stephanie Marie White B.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2007 PROJECT Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in EDUCATION (Curriculum and Instruction) at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO SPRING 2010  STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES A Project by Stephanie Marie White Approved by: , Committee Chair Dr. Nancy Cecil Date  Student: Stephanie Marie White I certify that this student has met the requirements for format contained in the University format manual, and that this project is suitable for shelving in the Library and credit is to be awarded for the Project. , Graduate Coordinator Dr. Rita Johnson Date Department of Teacher Education  Abstract of STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES by Stephanie Marie White Statement of the Problem Student leadership is a high school elective course. There is not a designated resource for instruction and curriculum to teach leadership at Del Oro High School in Loomis, California. There are many different resources for new or current activities directors to use to teach various leadership skills to the leadership students; however, there are so many different strategies, ideas, lessons, and topics available that it can be very overwhelming locating and selecting a cohesive set of activities to structure a high school student leadership course. Therefore, this project is designed to provide the researcher with a collection of resources specific to the concepts and principles typical in a leadership course. These resources will be tailored specifically to the curriculum and instruction of the student leadership program at Del Oro High School. Sources of Data To support this project, information was obtained through various leadership-ba