1. 10/30/14 BR- What are values? Today: Understanding Our Community Values (finish collaboration with 1 st period)

2. What’s Happening Thursday: Values Thursday: Values From Wed – From Wed – Make sure you hand in, group work self assessment Make sure you hand in, group work self assessment PP on Successful teams PP on Successful teams Add to the “successful groups” chart Add to the “successful groups” chart Friday: Unit 1 Assessment, Reflection on Unit 1 – E.C. Opportunity Friday: Unit 1 Assessment, Reflection on Unit 1 – E.C. Opportunity Late work due Late work due Monday-Thursday – Mini Unit, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” Monday-Thursday – Mini Unit, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” Friday: Day off Friday: Day off

3. Vocabulary Journal #11 Values: the social principles, goals, or standards held by an individual, society, etc. Values: the social principles, goals, or standards held by an individual, society, etc. What do values have to do with a community? What do values have to do with a community?

4. Activity: Personal Values Checklist 1. Individually, circle ten values that are important to you. 2. Get a partner, share your values and why you picked them 3. With the partner, cross 5 values off the list, discuss again why you kept the ones you did. What was crossed off? Why? 4. Individually, create a list of the top 3 values. 5. Individually, cross off two more values until only one value remains.

5. Activity: Personal Values Checklist Lets create a class values list and see what we value most. We can create a poster to help us remember what is important to us.

6. Activity: Personal Values Checklist- Exit Slip Reflection 1. How did it feel to cross off values? Was it hard? Were there obvious choices? 2. Why is your #1 value so important to you? 3. Did the class come up with a broad variety of values or a narrow list? What were some of the most popular choices 4. Are there underlying themes to the values we share? What are they? How do our individual values come together to form community values? 5. How do you live your values? Can you think of times when your actions have (and have not) reflected your values? (You value knowledge but you cut class, e.g.)

7. Optional Assignment – Due Tuesday Take your top three values and turn them into artwork (collage, drawing, painting, graphic design, etc) Think about your values as positive forces that have shaped them into who they are. For example, your grandmother might represent “security” so you can draw her or their church may symbolize their faith Take your top three values and turn them into artwork (collage, drawing, painting, graphic design, etc) Think about your values as positive forces that have shaped them into who they are. For example, your grandmother might represent “security” so you can draw her or their church may symbolize their faith