Self-Identity and Personal Values — Interdisciplinary SEL Project

Overview of resource:

Welcome to My Personal Values Project! Give your students the opportunity to discover their self-identity and personal values, as well as learn about their family values. This interdisciplinary project is a great opportunity for exploration and deep classroom discussions, and it includes everything you need from start to end of the project, including a pre-teaching activity and an evaluation rubric.

Who is this resource for?

This project is for upper elementary classroom—grades 4, 5 and 6, and could also easily work in a grade 3 or grade 7 classroom. As this project is interdisciplinary, it can be used in English Language Arts, Health or as a Social Emotional Learning activity. The choice is yours!

This project is ideal for teachers looking to encourage self-discovery, critical thinking and build community (classroom community and beyond… this resource engages your student’s families too!).

What’s included in this resource?

This is a 9 page PDF document.

Inside it, you will find:

• Lesson and project ideas for the teacher, which includes differentiation strategies. This also includes pre-teaching and post-teaching ideas!

• Discover your personal values worksheet: This is the pre-teaching activity mentioned above where you can have a classroom discussion about personal values. Students will then reflect on what values are important to them. A great opportunity to explore classroom values as well!

• Learn about your family values worksheet: This is an optional activity where students have the opportunity to reflect and discuss about their family values with their parents or guardians.

• My values project instructions and evaluation rubric: This page includes instructions for students and how they will be evaluated.

• A blank image page: This is an optional page where students will draw the image that represents their values. Teachers can choose to use other paper they already have in their classrooms.

• A draft copy: This is where students will work away on their drafts where they name and explain their personal values.

• Final copy page: This is where students will write out their final copy.

Enjoy witnessing your students discover new things about themselves and what they value in their lives!

Questions?

Don’t hesitate to reach out at curatedclassroomresources@gmail.com, I love hearing from you!

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