Developing Personal Identity and Character

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Developing Personal Identity and Character

• Mr. Totheroh
• Health Class

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Character Cluster Chart

• Draw a center circle and label it character
• Draw 6 smaller circles around the character
  circle
• Put one term inside the smaller circles that you
  feel best describes character
• We will share our some of these terms and see if
  any evolve as the day progresses

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Your Personal Identity

• Personal Identity- your sense of yourself as a
  unique individual.
• YOUR personal identity depends a lot on your age
  and circumstances, other parts of your identity
  are unique to YOU!!

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How Identity Forms

• Role Model- someone whose success or behavior
  serves as an example for you.
• YOUR identity will change throughout your life as
  your interests change. Eventually you will
  develop a clear sense of your own values,
  interests, beliefs, occupational goals, and
  relationship expectations.

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Aspects of Identity

• Personality- A complex set of characteristics
  that makes YOU unique.
• Your personality sets you apart from other people
  and determines how you will react in certain
  situations.
• Some of us have loud personalities, others are
  quiet, and sometimes we are in the middle of both.

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The Importance of Good Character

• Character- the distinctive qualities that
  describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
• Good character is an outward expression of inner
  values and is a vital part of healthy identity.
• Who are some people with good character? Name
  some individuals with bad character?

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Traits of Good Character

• Trustworthiness- You are honest, loyal, and
  reliable
• Respect- Considerate of others and accept their
  differences
• Responsibility- You use self control, you think
  before you act and consider the consequences.
• Fairness- You play by the rules, take turns, and
  share.

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Continued

• Caring- A caring person is kind and
  compassionate.
• Citizenship- Demonstrating good citizenship means
  you advocate for a safe and healthy environment
  at school and your community.

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Working Toward a Positive Identity

• Recognize you strengths and weaknesses
• Demonstrate Positive Values
• Develop a Purpose in your life
• Form meaningful relationships
• Avoid unhealthful high-risk behaviors
• Contribute to the community

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Have your terms of character changed?

• Feel free to share with the class if any of your
  terms of character have changed since the
  beginning of this presentation.

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Lets see your acting skills!!

• Group yourselves up into 4 or 5 (depending on
  class size)
• I will assign you a trait of character from the
  Character Counts model
• You must then create a short skit where that
  trait is modeled effectively. Dont be afraid to
  have funny skits (they must be appropriate!)
  Everyone in your group must be involved some way.