1. Developing Personal Identity and Character
Chapter 3 Lesson 2
Developing Personal Identity and Character

2. Warm Up
What are your interests and talents? Write an essay (1-2 paragraphs) describing how these interests and talents might play a role in your future?

3. Personal identity Sense of yourself as a unique individual.
Developing your personal identity has many different parts but is one of the most important tasks you will accomplish during your teen years!!!
Who are YOU????

4. 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!!!

5. Aspects of Identity
Personality: complex set of characteristics that makes you unique
Character: the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
Good character is demonstrated by core ethical values such as responsibility, honesty, and respect

6. Integrity
Firm observance of core ethical values.

7. Traits of Good Character
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship

8. Working Towards a Positive Identity
Recognize your strengths and weaknesses
Demonstrate positive values
Develop a purpose in your life
Form meaningful relationships
Avoid unhealthful high-risk behaviors
Contribute to the community

9. Constructive Criticism
Non-hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement
Positive way to give meaningful suggestions without judging how a person performed that task!!

10. Guided Practice
With a partner you will complete a role-play conversation in which a teen experiences a disappointing situation or event.
You may choose a situation from the phone booth scenario sheet or make up your own between your partner.
In one role-play, the teen must respond with negative self-talk. In another role-play the teen must respond with positive self-talk!
Each person must write a paragraph comparing the negative self-talk role-play to the positive self-talk role-play. What did the negative self-talk role plays have in common? What did the positive self-talk role-plays have in common?
How might what you learned in this activity help you talk to yourself in a more positive way in the future in the midst of a tough situation?

11. My Coat of Arms DRAW SHEILD and divide into 6 Sections
1. Draw/write something you do well.
1A. Draw/write something you are trying to improve at
2. Draw/write a value that you are committed to.
3. Draw/write a material possession that is important to you.
4. Draw/write your greatest achievement this year.
4A. Draw/write your biggest setback this year.
5. List an important long term goal you have.
6. List 3 POSITIVE words that describe your personality.
LOTS OF COLOR. DESCRIBE EACH CLEARLY.