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SELF-CONCEPT
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SELF-CONCEPT
Self-knowledge
Your thoughts about yourself
What you feel of others thoughts of you
How you see yourself
How you feel about yourself
Your beliefs about yourself
What you value
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The importance of self-concept as a shield that
protects from positive and exploitive influences

• Why are we more dependent on what others think
  and say when we dont appreciate or respect
  ourselves?
• What internal and external forces help us
  appreciate ourselves more?

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Discuss strategies for strengthening self-concept

• Be a friend to yourself. Take care of your body
  and mind. Learn to accept the parts of yourself
  you dont like.
• Set and work toward personal goals reward
  yourself when a goal is achieved.
• Choose friends who support you.
• Guard against negative self-talk practise
  self-encouragement.
• Let others know what you need.
• Care for other people in a way you would like
  them to care for you.
• Get help for dealing with deep feelings of
  negativity or worthlessness (e.g., in the case of
  troubled or abusive family life).

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Activity Creating your personal
ChartsINTERESTS, APTITUDES, and SKILLS
Category In School Out of School
Art Its okay Marks are average Like doing perspective Design t-shirts Make posters Like doodling
Music Like playing the flute Learning to read music is interesting Performing is exciting Listen to it all the time Go to concerts Buy CDs of my favourite musicians
Sports Like phys. Ed. Am on intramural teams Swim a lot Am on a hockey team Play baseball
Technology Use the computer as much as I can Use the internet Like making things out of wood Program the VCR Use the computer Fix bicycles
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VALUES ATTITUDES
Category Activity Beliefs
Friends Group work is fun Talk a lot in class Talk on the phone Friends should be Honest, Supportive Dependable, Fun
Helping Others Read to younger kids Help kids with special needs Helping younger kids makes me feel good about myself Homeless people need our help
Family/Culture Eat together Keep up my cultural traditions My family means a lot to me Eating together keeps the family together Family traditions are important
Health/Fitness Am very active Like being outside Love food Eating good is healthy Playing sports is good exercise Staying at home when youre sick stops germs from spreading
Attitudes Work hard in school Am friendly Am optimistic Doing well in school is important Helping others is good Being positive makes everything easier
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Self-Evaluation Questionnaire

• Complete the questionnaire individually and
  honestly.

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Journal Statement Starters

• I can show people what I like and who I am by
• I am important and I need to let people know that
  by

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Self Silhouette

• Tape black bristol board to the wall. Place an
  overhead projector facing the wall, so the light
  shines on the black paper.
• Trace each others silhouette on the black paper
  using the light shining on the wall.
• Cut out the silhouettes.
• Glue phrases or pictures from magazines to the
  silhouette that depict your likes, dislikes,
  talents, interests, challenges, and attributes.
• Trace a border (approx. an inch thick) around
  your silhouette and be sure to keep this border
  clear of any writing or pictures.
• After you have created your collage, you must
  share and explain your creation.
• Following this activity you will be completing a
  Self Silhouette Evaluation.

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Self SilhouetteEvaluation

1. What are some of your likes, dislikes, talents,
   and challenges?
2. Which of your talents do you think is most
   important to you? Why?
3. If you could change one thing about yourself,
   what would it be? Why?
4. What did you discover about yourself that you
   hadnt realized before?
5. Name three classmates and something you
   discovered about each of them that you didnt
   know before.