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Clarifying Your Values

Eleventh graders build self-awareness by clarifying their core values — what matters most to them, from relationships to integrity to growth. Knowing your values is a compass for decisions big and small. They explore value areas, then name their own top values.

Grade 11Clarifying Your Values45 minutes1 class periodCASELExplicit teaching4 StandardsCASEL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Define values.
  • ✓Explore value areas.
  • ✓Name your top values.
  • ✓Use them as a compass.
Essential Question

What matters most to you — and how do your values guide your choices?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Explore Core Values

Project this and tap each. Have students explore different areas of core values.

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The Lesson · SEL Flow (Check-In · Learn · Practice · Apply · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Check-In — What Matters Most

5 min

If you had to name one thing that truly matters to you, what is it?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Reflect quietly.
  • Share a word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Reflect.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Clarifying Values

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Explore Core Values.
  • Tap each area.
  • Note values guide choices.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Rank a few values for you.
  • Name your top three.
  • Say why one matters.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Rank.
  • Name.
  • Say.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Write your top values.
  • Name a choice they would guide.
  • Plan to live one out.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Write.
  • Name.
  • Plan.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Define values.
  • Name one of yours.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.

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Self-Awareness

Identify personal values and sense of purpose.

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Self-Awareness

Understand how values shape identity.

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Responsible Decision-Making

Use values to guide decisions.

CASEL
Self-Management

Act in line with your values.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Value-word cards.
  • Frame: "I value ___ because ___."
  • Share examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Pick one value.
  • Use pictures/words.
  • Keep reflection private.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Rank your top ten values.
  • Write a personal mission.
  • Spot a values conflict.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📜Value cards
  • 💻Explore Core Values
  • 📋Values sort sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

valueswhat matters most to youintegrityhonesty and doing rightpurposea sense of directionidentitywho you areprioritywhat comes firstcompassa guide for decisionsauthentictrue to yourselfmissionwhat you aim to do
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What are values?
What matters most to you — a compass for choices.
QUESTION 2
Name a value area.
Relationships, integrity, growth, or contribution.
QUESTION 3
Why clarify your values?
So your choices feel right and true to who you are.

Reflect: clarifying your values.

Have students name their top three values and one choice they guide. A printable values sheet is in the SEL library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: authentic, compass, identity, integrity, mission, priority, purpose, values
  1. a guide for decisions
  2. who you are
  3. what matters most to you
  4. what comes first
  5. a sense of direction
  6. what you aim to do
  7. true to yourself
  8. honesty and doing right

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What are values?
  2. Name a value area.
  3. Why clarify your values?
Answer key — Part A: 1) compass · 2) identity · 3) values · 4) priority · 5) purpose · 6) mission · 7) authentic · 8) integrity
Part B: 1) What matters most to you — a compass for choices. 2) Relationships, integrity, growth, or contribution. 3) So your choices feel right and true to who you are.