In our culture, with its variety of religions, value systems, political ideology, and life styles, people are confronted with many confusing choices. What should they commit themselves to? Our professionals are committed to the principle that we all need some type of guidance system.
Where am I going? What should I strive to become? What is the meaning of life? Especially our own individual lives. Too many people are concerned with lifestyles rather than substance. The human predisposition is to accept things as one finds them. New suggestions are not always accepted. Hopefully, this unit will help young people to develop a life statement of their own.
Through group and individual exercises students will be given an opportunity to see what values are important to them. This unit will cover a six to eight week period. It will be geared toward average, below average, and remedial students in grades six through eight. The objectives for the students are:
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1. To understand the structure of plays
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2. To determine the importance of values
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3. To set guidelines for moral values
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4. To understand symbols
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5. To distinguish between fact and opinion
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6. To differentiate between romanticism, idealism, and realism
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7. To develop an individual philosophy of life and express it
