2.3 How Personal Choices Affect Others
PART 1) STAKEHOLDERS
The purpose of this activity is to investigate and to become aware of how personal choices impact others (both locally and on a global scale). You may think about many aspects of life, including society, the environment, and the economy, but you will be required to think about how one choice or decision to act or not to act impacts other areas of life..
Choose four of the following words (stakeholders--add to your dictionary) from below. Think of a topic related to this course. Come up with a hypothetical or real situations that demonstrate the ways in which personal choices impact that stakeholder. For example, you might say: “My stakeholders are family members, friends, the local economy, and the global economy. I know someone who tied herself to a giant red cedar on Vancouver Island. This choice impacted our stakeholders by …”
Stakeholders:
• family members
• friends
• peer group
• our community
• the environment (including animals)
• people in other parts of BC
• people in other parts of Canada
• people in other countries
• the local economy
• the global economy
• the global society.
A) Record your ideas using some form of graphic organizer (e.g., diagram, chart, drawing, graph).
Bubbl.us is a free mind-mapping tool
PLEASE SHARE YOUR PARAGRAPH TO THE "DISCUSSION FORUM" ON OUR GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY
The purpose of this activity is to investigate and to become aware of how personal choices impact others (both locally and on a global scale). You may think about many aspects of life, including society, the environment, and the economy, but you will be required to think about how one choice or decision to act or not to act impacts other areas of life..
Choose four of the following words (stakeholders--add to your dictionary) from below. Think of a topic related to this course. Come up with a hypothetical or real situations that demonstrate the ways in which personal choices impact that stakeholder. For example, you might say: “My stakeholders are family members, friends, the local economy, and the global economy. I know someone who tied herself to a giant red cedar on Vancouver Island. This choice impacted our stakeholders by …”
Stakeholders:
• family members
• friends
• peer group
• our community
• the environment (including animals)
• people in other parts of BC
• people in other parts of Canada
• people in other countries
• the local economy
• the global economy
• the global society.
A) Record your ideas using some form of graphic organizer (e.g., diagram, chart, drawing, graph).
Bubbl.us is a free mind-mapping tool
- Remember, all ideas need to be considered and that making connections between and among ideas is desirable.
- It is important to try to clarify cause and effect relationships as much as possible
- identifying spin-off effects to other stakeholders that you may not have chosen, but may be affected.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR PARAGRAPH TO THE "DISCUSSION FORUM" ON OUR GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY
PART 1A)
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PART 1B)
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Part 2: A Structured Self-Assessment--An Essay Reflecting Your Personal Attitudes, Behaviour, Values and Beliefs.
Choose one of the following questions in order to examine your own attitudes, behaviours, values, and beliefs:
• What are my biases? How do they affect the way I see the world?
• Where do my beliefs come from? (e.g., family, peers, school, religious teachings, media, experiences). To what degree are they unique to me?
• How do my personal experiences and circumstances (e.g., age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, family, socioeconomic status) affect my perceptions?
• What roles do culture and language play in my perceptions, understandings, values, and beliefs?
• How do my ancestry and nationality affect my perceptions?
• Am I privileged and entitled? In what ways? To what extent does this colour the way I relate to the world?
Am I oppressed or marginalized? In what ways?
• How do I perpetuate or challenge the status quo?
• What are my assumptions about how our society functions/should function? (e.g., competitive, collective)
• How do I respond when someone disagrees with me? How do I treat others with beliefs and values different from my own?
• To what extent do I understand the concept of social justice? What do I do to promote social justice ideals?
• How willing am I to take personal risks in sharing my views about and advocating for social justice issues?
A) Write a five-paragraph essay that answers one of the self-assessment questions (from above) about beliefs and values. Add your essay to your website under the appropriate header.
Choose one of the following questions in order to examine your own attitudes, behaviours, values, and beliefs:
• What are my biases? How do they affect the way I see the world?
• Where do my beliefs come from? (e.g., family, peers, school, religious teachings, media, experiences). To what degree are they unique to me?
• How do my personal experiences and circumstances (e.g., age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, family, socioeconomic status) affect my perceptions?
• What roles do culture and language play in my perceptions, understandings, values, and beliefs?
• How do my ancestry and nationality affect my perceptions?
• Am I privileged and entitled? In what ways? To what extent does this colour the way I relate to the world?
Am I oppressed or marginalized? In what ways?
• How do I perpetuate or challenge the status quo?
• What are my assumptions about how our society functions/should function? (e.g., competitive, collective)
• How do I respond when someone disagrees with me? How do I treat others with beliefs and values different from my own?
• To what extent do I understand the concept of social justice? What do I do to promote social justice ideals?
• How willing am I to take personal risks in sharing my views about and advocating for social justice issues?
A) Write a five-paragraph essay that answers one of the self-assessment questions (from above) about beliefs and values. Add your essay to your website under the appropriate header.
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