honest, if you want others around you to be honest, and you choose to be honest over and over then honesty is something you value. Things of value may change as we grow and learn more about ourselves. Most things of value are learned from family, friends, and school. Things of value to us are often different from that of our friends. This difference may cause conflict, and you may have to make choices about your friendship or what you value. 4. Counselor provides students with What Is activity sheet. Review the Important to Me? directions with students. (Before continuing, 4. Students complete the What Is Important to the counselor may wish to read each item to activity sheet, making sure to following Me? the students, explaining the terminology.) the directions carefully. 5. The counselor pairs the students, instructs them to discuss their responses, then invites the student-pairs to share the results of the 5. Students explain the results of their paired discussion with the class. discussions. 6. As a follow-up activity with the parents/guardians, the counselor may wish to attach a note explaining the activity and 6. Students will take the activity home for inviting parents/guardians to discuss the discussion with family. worksheet with their child. Teacher Follow-Up Activities Discuss the counselor activity with the social studies teacher, so that whenever discussion of cultures occurs, the class can discuss the values that different cultures hold. It is important to emphasize that there are cultural but that no one culture should be held in higher “differences,” esteem than any another. Counselor reflection notes (completed after the lesson) What Is Important to Me?
honest, if you want others around you to be honest, and you choose to be honest over and over then honesty is something you value. Things of value may change as we grow and learn more about ourselves. Most things of value are learned from family, friends, and school. Things of value to us are often different from that of our friends. This difference may cause conflict, and you may have to make choices about your friendship or what you value. 4. Counselor provides students with What Is Important to Me? activity sheet. Review the directions with students. (Before continuing, the counselor may wish to read each item to the students, explaining the terminology.) 5. The counselor pairs the students, instructs them to discuss their responses, then invites the student-pairs to share the results of the discussion with the class. 6. As a follow-up activity with the parents/guardians, the counselor may wish to attach a note explaining the activity and inviting parents/guardians to discuss the worksheet with their child. 4. Students complete the What Is Important to Me? activity sheet, making sure to following the directions carefully. 5. Students explain the results of their paired discussions. 6. Students will take the activity home for discussion with family. Teacher Follow-Up Activities Discuss the counselor activity with the social studies teacher, so that whenever discussion of cultures occurs, the class can discuss the values that different cultures hold. It is important to emphasize that there are cultural “differences,” but that no one culture should be held in higher esteem than any another. Counselor reflection notes (completed after the lesson) What Is Important to Me?