Week One

WEEK ONE: Self-Awareness

Habit Practice Options

Option 1: Listen to your heart

Find a song that has lyrics that describe the emotions you have been feeling over the past year. Depending on your organization's policies, ask youth to find the radio version or do not sensor at all. Answer the following questions by writing or recording a video

➔ What is the song?

➔ What emotions are identified in the song (pick at least 3)?

➔ How do each of these emotions relate to you? What experiences have you had that brought each of these emotions out?

➔ When you feel these emotions how do you express them?

Option 2: Personality Color Survey

Complete this ​short personality survey​. Answer the following questions by recording a video or writing. After you get your results click ‘start reading’ under your percentages. You will want to focus on the introduction, strengths and weaknesses, and career path sections.

➔ What is your personality type?

➔ Do you agree or disagree with the answer? Why?

➔ What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of your personality?

➔ What did you learn about the career path for this personality type?

Option 3: Social Identities - Seeing Me (Positive Affirmations)

Social identification is important because it influences how we see ourselves and how we interact with others. If we have a positive view of our identity within a group, we are more likely to relate well to others in that group and feel positive emotions about ourselves.

Looking at this list of possible social identities:

➔ Ability - Mental and/or physical

➔ Age

➔ Ethnicity

➔ Gender

➔ Race

➔ Religion

➔ Sexual Orientation

➔ Socio-Economic Status/Class

Create a Positive Affirmation (A positive phrase which you repeat to yourself which describes how you want to be) for at least three of the identities above.

Examples:

Race: I am a beautiful Black woman who deserves love, respect, and kindness.

Socio-Economic status: I have enough. I am enough.

Ethnicity: I am a product of my ancestors. I walk in their light daily.

Option 4: Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose your own way to practice one of the power skills you learned this week.

➔ Integrating personal and social identities

➔ Identifying personal, cultural, and linguistic assets

➔ Identifying one’s emotions

➔ Demonstrating honesty and integrity

➔ Linking feelings, values, and thoughts

➔ Examining prejudices and biases

➔ Experiencing self-efficacy

➔ Having a growth mindset

➔ Developing interests and a sense of purpose

After completing this activity, write or record your answers to the following questions:

➔ Which power skill did you practice?

➔ How did you practice the skill?

➔ What did you learn?