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Identifying and Affirming Core Values
Duration
One 50-min class periodSubject
- English & Language Arts
Grade
7–8Language
English — USPublished
Overview
About This Lesson
Our decisions and choices are largely shaped by our values—the things that are most important to us. Giving students an opportunity to reflect on what matters most to them can be a self-affirming exercise. Evaluating their most important values can help students reflect on their sense of purpose and make choices aligned with what really matters to them.
In this lesson, students will engage in a values-affirmation exercise in order to identify and reflect on what matters most to them. Then they will create their own mantras, inspired by poet and author Amanda Gorman. The activities in this lesson lay the groundwork for a deeper exploration in later lessons of the costs and benefits of belonging to a group and the ways in which our values may shape our actions and decisions.
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