PERSONAL AND GROUP RESPONSIBILITY
GRADE 11LESSON28
PERSONAL AND GROUP RESPONSIBILITY
GRADE11LESSON28

Time Required: 30-45 minutes

Content Standards: AA.S.3 Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

Indicators (Students will…):

AA.A.11.3.01 Understand the importance of responsibility, dependability, punctuality, integrity, and effort in school.

AA.A.11.3.04 Understand how school success and academic achievement enhance future and vocational opportunities.

GOAL: Students will examine various behaviors, reflect on responsible behaviors, and modify their own behavior to show more maturity and responsibility.

Activity Statements: Students will work in small groups to create skits in which the outcome is pivotal on whether or not the characters involved took responsible measures.

Materials:

Paper for note taking

Chalk and chalkboard

Advisor Resource“Guidelines for Facilitating Role Plays” website advisor resource section

Procedures:

  1. Introduce today’s topic, Personal and Group Responsibility.Say “In every situation including family and community life, work, and school, our actions have either negative or positive outcomes and impact our selves and others in some way. If we show personal and group responsibility, we produce positive outcomes.”
  2. Ask student to define personal responsibility and group responsibility.
  3. Ask students to name some examples of each. Select a student recorder for each area and ask them to write responses on the board.
  4. Ask students to work in small groups (2-3) to create 2 skits to a scenario they choose. The first skit should be about students choosing the wrong path. The second skit should be about students who know how to stay on the right path.
  5. If the students lack ideas give them some suggestions.
  6. Invite students to perform their skits for their peers.
  7. Following the skits, invite students to share their opinions on the situations brought up by the students. Have students name specific words and actions that were responsible or irresponsible.
  8. If time permits, ask students to write a journal entry about how they can modify their own behavior.

Discussion:

  1. What is the difference between personal and group responsibility?
  2. How can your personal actions impact other people?
  3. How can you affect the behavior of others when you are out with a group?

CLOSING STATEMENT: Taking responsibility for our actions is part of being an adult, although not all adults take responsibility for what they do. By practicing personal and group responsibility, you will be more respected and liked by others.

Additional Resources:

Tools for personal growth

Self Responsibility Quiz

Extension Activities:

Go online and check out the above websites to learn more about personal and group responsibility. Take the self responsibility quiz. Practice being responsible.

No new activities this week

Adapted from:

Chicago Public Schools (9-12) 30 Advisor/Advisee Lessons

Grade 11 Lesson 34