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Fostering Personal Identity and Character Development in Mr. Totheroh's Health Class

Students in Mr. Totheroh's health class will explore the concepts of personal identity and character development through engaging activities such as creating a Character Cluster Chart, understanding how identity forms, and recognizing the importance of good character traits. They will delve into aspects of identity like personality and the qualities that shape one's character. By working on traits like trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship, students will develop a positive identity and contribute meaningfully to their community. The class will also engage in skits to demonstrate these traits in a fun and interactive manner, emphasizing the significance of nurturing strong character values.

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Fostering Personal Identity and Character Development in Mr. Totheroh's Health Class

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  1. Developing Personal Identity and Character Mr. Totheroh Health Class

  2. Character Cluster Chart • Draw a center circle and label it character • Draw 6 smaller circles around the character circle • Put one term inside the smaller circles that you feel best describes character • We will share our some of these terms and see if any evolve as the day progresses

  3. Your Personal Identity • Personal Identity- your sense of yourself as a unique individual. • YOUR personal identity depends a lot on your age and circumstances, other parts of your identity are unique to YOU!!

  4. How Identity Forms • Role Model- someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you. • YOUR identity will change throughout your life as your interests change. Eventually you will develop a clear sense of your own values, interests, beliefs, occupational goals, and relationship expectations.

  5. Aspects of Identity • Personality- A complex set of characteristics that makes YOU unique. • Your personality sets you apart from other people and determines how you will react in certain situations. • Some of us have loud personalities, others are quiet, and sometimes we are in the middle of both.

  6. The Importance of Good Character • Character- the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. • Good character is an outward expression of inner values and is a vital part of healthy identity. • Who are some people with good character? Name some individuals with bad character?

  7. Traits of Good Character • Trustworthiness- You are honest, loyal, and reliable • Respect- Considerate of others and accept their differences • Responsibility- You use self control, you think before you act and consider the consequences. • Fairness- You play by the rules, take turns, and share.

  8. Continued • Caring- A caring person is kind and compassionate. • Citizenship- Demonstrating good citizenship means you advocate for a safe and healthy environment at school and your community.

  9. Working Toward a Positive Identity • Recognize you strengths and weaknesses • Demonstrate Positive Values • Develop a Purpose in your life • Form meaningful relationships • Avoid unhealthful high-risk behaviors • Contribute to the community

  10. Have your terms of character changed? • Feel free to share with the class if any of your terms of character have changed since the beginning of this presentation.

  11. Lets see your acting skills!! • Group yourselves up into 4 or 5 (depending on class size) • I will assign you a trait of character from the Character Counts model • You must then create a short skit where that trait is modeled effectively. Don’t be afraid to have funny skits (they must be appropriate!) Everyone in your group must be involved some way.

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