Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

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Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 1, Session 4: Choosing Positive Values | Page 42 of 93

Session 4: Choosing Positive Values


Date: Time: 120 minutes Facilitator(s):


Facilitator preparation:




  1. Prepare small papers for “What’s Most Valuable?”




  2. Personal posters made in the Assessment section “My Life as Art” of Session 2




Note: The personal posters made by participants in the Assessment section should be saved by the facilitator.
Participants will add to them in the Application section of Session 5, and in the Assessment section of Session 7.

Materials:


Equipment


  1. Paper, pens or pencils

  2. Five small pieces of paper for each participant (index cards or plain paper cut into fourths)

  3. Art supplies such as markers, crayons, magazine pictures, glue, tape
    Prepared flip charts
    Flip chart 1: Community activities and messages
    Flip chart 2: Interview Questions
    Handouts
    Handout 1: List of Values
    Trainer materials
    Trainer Material 1: (None)


Learning Objective(s):




  1. After analysis of activities in their community, participants will define at least two positive values
    and identify at least two important sources of positive values linked to their culture.




  2. Working individually and in small groups, participants will identify at least two cultural values
    important in their community and describe how cultural values are acquired and how they affect
    their personal values.




  3. After a forced choice activity, participants will identify at least two guiding principles for how they
    want to live and who they want to be.



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