Powerful Choices : Series One : Choose Awareness

Awareness of self worth – knowing who I am in relation to others in my family, school, and other groups helps me to choose what character traits I will work to develop further so I will be able to more fully enjoy family and friends throughout my life time.

Students will:

• Review the previous lesson
• Share and learn about their positive attributes
• Define the difference between personality traits and character traits
• Realize that each individual has both positive and negative characteristics
• Realize that each individual has much to offer to the whole of a group, especially when tasks are needing to be accomplished
• Define respect and acceptance

Activities:

• Review the Bucket of Wisdom and the differences between instinct and choice
• Discuss the responses of their parents to the take home sheet
• Small group activity – Putting Together the Puzzle
• Discuss and define personality and character
• Activity – Would You Rather – variances in human preferences
• Small group report – Making Choices vs. Born With
• Define respect
• Directions on sharing the take home sheet with parents
• Instructions about the parent letter