Presenting Ourselves
Values/Standards/Principles = CHARACTER
Objectives
Explore how our values are determined and demonstrated to others
Moment of truth: determine what we really value based on:
- How we spend our time
- How we spend our $
- How we treat others
Write a personal mission statement
Values
Values Auction Activity
Go to this link for the form
Values/Standards/Principles
Activities
Values Self Assessment Quiz
Core Values Assessment
Mission Statement Builder
- Click on Personal and then "create"
Your mission statement can change and should be looked at frequently!
Journal Questions
Why is serving others the best motivation for leadership?
Write about an incident where you had to make a tough choice that said something about what you valued. It can be a situation where you succeeded or where you blew it.
How do you decide what is right or wrong in your life?
Share your top 3 values and explain why you value those things
What can you do to begin to close the gap between your values and the way you live your life?
What do principles have to do with values and standards?
What one thing could you change that would have a profound impact on your life? What would be the benefits of this change? Will you make the change?
Additional Activities
Show a clip from a high value TV show such as The Cosby Show. Then show one from a low value TV show. Compare the values of the families in the show.
Have students interview their grandparents or someone of that age about how values in our culture have changed through out the years.
Discuss and write a paper on Charlton Heston’s speech “Winning the Cultural War”
Analyze Moral Relativism (Debate a trending controversal topic)
- Skits - In small groups, have each group come ip with a skit to perform for the whole class where someone has to make a decision based on a principle that the person has embraced.