Life Skills 1 - Knowing Yourself.ppt

Knowing Yourself Facilitated by KEYS Academy and Options High School with the

ARISE Foundation

Your Presenter… 

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A member of the faculty at KEYS Academy or Options High School

Internationally Certified in Life Skills through the ARISE Foundation

Frame 

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We will analyze how identity plays a role in our lives. EQ: In what ways can identity impact our decisions? I will complete a handout related to my own identity.

Rules for Training 

Participation is crucial

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No wrong/stupid answers

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Respect one another   

No talking while others talk No rude comments or noises Wait until you’re called upon

Why we’re here… 

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Because we have to be

To learn some skills that will carry over into adulthood To learn more about ourselves

How we’re going to do it… 

Discussion  

Everyone participates Some, very little lecture

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Activity or activities

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Some Conclusions

Questions?

Ice Breaker 

What is an ice breaker?

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Definition of an ice breaker: 

An activity used to lighten the mood and or get participants warmed up to the idea of interaction

Ice Breaker!!!!

Topic of the Day – Knowing Yourself 

What is “Identity?”

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How do people identify themselves?

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What are some different groups people belong to?

Topic of the Day – Knowing Yourself 

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Why do people identify themselves with those groups in particular?

Is it ok for people from different groups to interact? Why or why not?

Definition of Identity 

According to Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary: 

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The distinguishing character or personality of an individual The condition of being in the same with something described or asserted

Reasons people identify with different groups… 

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Were born into it, things that were decided before they were born

Like or believe in the same things

Reasons people identify with different groups… 

People around them tell them they are a certain way

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Want to belong to something

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Any combination of the above

Activity: This is Who I Am 

Activity sheet p. 23 (working alone) – Volunteer read instructions

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Someone read the instructions

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Fill out your own sheets

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Individual presentations

Conclusions 

We identify ourselves with…  

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Things that happened before we were born How we’ve been raised Things (talents, skills, abilities) we were born with What we like and grow to like Our decisions or the way we act