1. Personal Empowerment

2. Write your name in the center of a sheet of paper.
Activity
Write your name in the center of a sheet of paper.
Pass your sheet around the classroom so that all other students get an opportunity to write a positive statement about you

3. Discussion How do these words make you feel?
Has this activity empowered you?
Do you think you have empowered other students in your class with your remarks?

4. What is Personal Empowerment?
Having the ability to do something about your needs, wants, opinions, beliefs, and feelings
There are many things you can do to help build personal empowerment

5. Ways to build personal empowerment
Learn all you can
Volunteer
Work
Know where to go for help
Know your rights and responsibilities
Be proud of your heritage
Make friends

6. The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

7. Nike Commercial: Ordinary People

8. Kindness Boomerang - "One Day"

9. Journal Response What does personal empowerment mean to you?
Do you think the people in these videos were empowered? Support your answer.