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ACTING ON YOUR VALUES 30 minutes 9, 10, 11, 12

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In this program, comedian/youth counselor Michael Pritchard, talks with students in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Minneapolis, to discover how our values can

guide us in making choices that are right for us. It is a candid exploration of the values on which today's teens base their lives, where those values come from, and

what meaning they have, as teenagers grow toward adulthood. Objectives: To stimulate young people to think critically about their behaviors and beliefs. To explore

the benefits of knowing what our own values are. To discover how our values can serve as tools for making good choices. To reveal how living by our values

gives us power over our lives and elevates our self esteem.

BEING RESPONSIBLE 25 minutes K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Rhonda Bird must choose between having a good time and taking her responsibilities seriously. When a chance to go to Disneyland conflicts with her commitment to

work on a class project, Rhonda makes the responsible choice, winning the respect of her friends and making her feel very good about herself.

BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE 38 minutes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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CARING 30 minutes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Caring is not just a way of feeling, it’s a way of behaving. This program teaches that what makes us caring people is doing caring things. We learn that caring

people respond selflessly to the needs of others and treat others with kindness, concern, and generosity. And we see the stirring account of a teenage girl whose

exemplary acts of caring have enriched the lives of disadvantaged children in her community.

CHEATING, LYING AND STEALING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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This excellent video creates realistic situations in which youngsters can examine their value systems and guide decision-making so poor decisions and their

negative and destructive consequences can be avoided.

CITIZENSHIP 30 minutes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Citizenship, at its core, is social responsibility in action. This program considers what it means to be a good citizen - including doing your part for the common good,

serving your community, and helping make our democracy work. And as proof that one person can make a big difference, we see the remarkable adventure of a

teenage boy whose modest efforts at community service snowballed into legislative action that changed the way the state of Florida feeds its needy

CLASSROOM OF THE HEART 40 minutes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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In Classroom of the Heart, Guy Doud, former National Teacher of the Year, tells students about his own painful school days as a shy, overweight "loser".

Communicating his message with humor and warmth, Guy inspires and challenges students with his simple truth: You begin to discover your own worth after you

recognize the worth of others. Guy's talk, which takes place in a high school classroom setting is powerfully intertwined with another story, the dramatized true

account of one of Guy's students, who has cancer.

COOL TO BE ME : SELF ESTEEM 25 minutes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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A healthy sense of self can be a volatile quality in early adolescence, falling or rising depending on how young teens feel about themselves. Dramatic vignettes and

thought-provoking discussion questions show streetwise middle schoolers how positive self-talk, and a belief in themselves as competent and capable, help to raise

their self-esteem.

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