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Developing Goals That Reflect Your Values
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Lesson:
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Full Group (discussion by teacher with student participation)
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Explain to students that dreams and goals are generally based what we believe in and what's most important
to us - our values.
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Values include the things we like (art, climbing mountains, fjords, sushi) as well as qualities we believe
are important (trying new things, giving to those in need, being kind to animals).
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Have students help you identify Ann's and Liv's values and write them on the board:
| * Challenging themselves. |
| * Being the first to do something. |
| * Protecting the environment. |
| * Helping others learn. |
| * Being in the outdoors. |
| * Nature. |
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4. Explain to students that values are important. Values help us stay true to ourselves. They are like
directional signs along a highway, helping us make decisions about how we live our lives.
a. Do you walk past a piece of trash or stop to pick it up? If you value the environment, you probably
stop to pick it up (and perhaps even encourage your friends to do the same).
b. Do you say nice things about your friends when they're not there or talk behind their backs? If
you value friends, you probably don't talk behind your friends' backs.
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Grade Levels: K-6
(with additional activities for upper-grade students)
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Time:1-2 class periods
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Materials:
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Handouts
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Objectives:
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Students will:
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| * Understand the importance of values. |
| * Identify their own values. |
* Discover what role values have played in their own lives.
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Growing up, Ann developed an appreciation and a respect of the outdoors. |
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Individual Exercise
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1. Pass out the handout "Values." Ask students to think about their own values
and then circle the 3-5 values that are most important to them. Or, if they like, they can add their own values
on the blank lines.
a. For lower-grade students: Ask students to draw a picture of themselves and their value.
b. For upper-grade students: Have students write a poem, essay or journal entry about a time they exhibited one
of their values, perhaps when it meant going against their peers.
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Resources:
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If you're interested in a curriculum to help develop values in your school or
community, visit the New Zealand Foundation for Values Education Web site at
http://cornerstonevalues.org/about.htm.
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Assessment:
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Teachers will assess:
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Student's understanding of the role goals play in the achievement of dreams. |
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Student's ability to recall some of Ann's and Liv's goals. |
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Student's ability to understand what makes a SMART goal. |
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Student's ability to articulate their own goal(s). |
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