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Spec Sheet
Module Name Personal Values Block ID B1
Block Ethics and Values Reviewer Butch Schuck
Original Course Basic Course Developer Ariele Sieling
Original Lesson N/A Last Update May 2012
Learning Outcomes
Recall the definition of personal values
Identify how personal values may influence behavior
Module Structure
Implemented in 60 minutes or less Yes No Actual Time:
Content aligns with learning outcomes Yes No
Includes skill application Yes No
Has a tool and/or maps to a tool
If yes, identify tool: Person Values Self‐Assessment Yes No
Supports one or more key programmatic outcomes Recruitment Placement
Retention Graduation
Supports Core Competencies
If yes, identify competencies: __________________________________ Yes No
Includes evaluation questions suitable for all methods of instructions
Pre‐L2 Yes No
Post L2 Yes No
Pre‐L3 Yes No
Post L3 Yes No
Learning Platform
Available for instruction via: CBL e‐learning webinar
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Intro: Personal Values
Time: 60 minutes
Lesson Overview: The mission of the National
Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is “to intervene
in and reclaim the lives of 16‐ to 18‐year‐old high
school dropouts, producing program graduates
with the values, life skills, education, and self‐
discipline necessary to succeed as productive
citizens.” As such, it is important for adults at
NGYCP to model proper and positive behaviors
for the youth. In order to do this, you must first
understand your own personal values and be able
to articulate how these values affect your behavior
and perceptions.
Learning Outcomes:
Recall the definition of personal values.
Apply the process of understanding personal values.
Identify how personal values affect your behavior.
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Required Materials: Personal Values
PowerPoint
Slides – Personal Values
Handouts
Handout – Choose the Worst
Handout – Personal Values Self‐Assessment
Media
None
Props
None
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Road Map: Personal Values
Use this guide to anticipate the flow of the lesson.
Adjust time spent on each topic to meet the needs
of your group of learners.
Introduction Lesson Intro 5 minutes
Activity Choose the Worst 15 minutes
Discussion Personal Values 5 minutes
Activity Personal Values Self‐Assessment 30 minutes
Debrief Lesson Debrief 5 minutes
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Lesson Plan: Personal Values
Turn on the projector.
Advance to the slide “Personal Values.”
Introduce the lesson.
Explain that the mission of the National Guard
Youth ChalleNGe Program is “to intervene in and
reclaim the lives of 16‐ to 18‐year‐old high school
dropouts, producing program graduates with the
values, life skills, education, and self‐discipline
necessary to succeed as productive citizens.” As
such, it is important for adults at NGYCP to
model proper and positive behaviors for the
youth. In order to do this, you must first
understand your own personal values and be able
to articulate how these values affect your behavior
and perceptions, as well as what part they play in
becoming a productive citizen.
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By the end of this lesson you should
be able to:
Recall the definition of personal
values.
Apply the process of understanding
personal values.
Identify how personal values affect
your behavior.
Learning Outcomes
Advance to the slide, “Learning Outcomes.”
Explain that by the end of the lesson participants
will be able to:
Recall the definition of personal values
Apply the process of understanding personal values
Identify how personal values affect your behavior
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Activity: Choose the Worst
Allow ten minutes for activity.
Distribute the handout, “The Wet Bed Incident.”
Divide participants into groups of four or five.
Instruct participants to:
1. Read the story.
2. Decide which of the characters in the story is
the worst and which is the best.
3. Discuss with group members and come to a
consensus about which person is the best
and which is the worst.
Ask the groups to share their best and worst
choices.
Debrief the activity by asking:
How hard was it to come to a consensus as a
group? Why?
Prompt:
Easy because we all had the same answers
Hard because we all thought different
things about the characters and put a
different amount of importance onto their
actions
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Explain that personal values play an important
role in the way we view and understand the
things around us.
Discussion: Personal Values
Allow 5 minutes for discussion.
Advance to the slide, “Values Defined.”
Define values:
The Merriam‐Webster Dictionary defines values as
“things of relative worth, utility, or importance.”
Explain that values are formed as children and
can be shaped by parents, religion, or education.
But as youth become adults, they are faced with
identifying their own values. Values are those
concepts that individuals find most important;
they are the result of the things in which we
believe. They determine behavior, the choices we
make, and the moral nature of our lifestyle.
Cadets are in the primary stage of development,
during which they will decide if the values they
were taught are the values they will choose to live
by.
Note to facilitator: See research narrative for more
information on value systems (e.g., how youth value
systems are formed).
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ÒThings of relative
worth, utility, or
importance.Ó
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Advance to the slide, “Identifying Personal
Values.”
Explain that adolescents struggle to identify
meaningful personal values that serve as a
foundation for making important life decisions,
and even adults have difficulty articulating their
personal values. At ChalleNGe, while adults
should refrain from imposing their personal
values on individual Cadets, it is important to
model the program’s values. By understanding
how values are formed and what role they play in
positive behavior, you can help guide youth
towards understanding their own values and
becoming productive citizens. Understanding
personal values is important for your personal
life, but also for modeling behavior and being able
to discuss values with Cadets.
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As individuals grow from children to adults, they must learn
to choose their personal values.
Identifying Personal Values
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Activity: Personal Values Self‐Assessment
Allow 30 minutes for the exercise.
Distribute the handout, “Personal Values Self‐
Assessment.”
Explain that this activity is designed to get at the
heart of values and how they affect behavior and
day‐to‐day actions. Understanding personal
values is important for your personal life, but also
for modeling behavior and being able to discuss
values with Cadets.
Direct participants to:
1. Read through the list of values.
2. Circle the values they believe are their own
personal values.
3. Select their top five values.
4. For each of their top values, document:
a) Why the value is important to them.
b) Actions or behaviors that exemplify the
value.
Allow 15 minutes for participants to complete the
assessment.
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Values influence
behavior, but
behavior does
not always
represent
values.
Debrief the exercise by asking for volunteers to
share which values they selected and why, and
what behaviors or actions exemplify those values.
As individuals share, make a list of the most
commonly chosen values in the class.
Allow 15 minutes for the activity debrief.
Ask:
How do personal values affect behavior?
Do you believe your behavior is consistent
with your values? Why or why not?
Prompt:
Behaviors demonstrate values, but not
always.
Values provide a framework for our
behaviors, actions, and decisions.
Advance to the slide, “Values and Behavior.”
Explain that our personal values influence the
choices we make, and our behaviors are the ways
that we express these values. Often, behaviors and
values can become entangled, but behaviors do
not always represent values. Therefore, it is
important to both identify your values and
understand what impact they will have on your
behavior and decisions.
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Ask:
Does anyone already have a clear
understanding of what their values are?
Note to instructor: Because many staff members come
from a military background, they may identify their
values as Honor, Courage, and Commitment. The
purpose of this discussion is to dig deeper and discuss
how these values affect day‐to‐day life and in what
way they are personal values. For example, if a
participant adamantly insists that his values are
“Honor, Courage, and Commitment,” challenge his
response by asking, “Commitment to what or whom?”
or “Courage in the face of what?” or “How do you
show this value in day‐to‐day life?” Or simply ask,
“Why?” Guide his answers into more and more
detailed responses about what/who has influenced his
personal values, what experiences have impacted or
changed them, and how other aspects of life (such as
working at ChalleNGe) may have helped define them.
Ask questions such as “What impact do your values
have on Cadets?” and “How do you implement your
values in your everyday work at ChalleNGe?”
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Debrief the lesson.
Review learning outcomes:
Recall the definition of personal values.
Apply the process of understanding personal values.
Identify how personal values affect your behavior.
Review main points:
Personal values are those things that are
most important to us.
Personal values impact our behavior and
choices on a day‐to‐day basis.
Having a strong sense of personal values
will help individuals become productive
citizens.
It is important for ChalleNGe staff to model
ethical behavior for Cadets; in order to
model ethical behavior, they must first
understand their own personal values.
Close with additional comments, questions, and
feedback.