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Year 2
Video Lessons
Go Series
Go Series
Week 1
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Fail
A talk about how failure is important in order to be successful in life.
Week 2
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Get It
*Activity*
A talk about the importance of aiming and focusing on goals in order achieve true success.
Week 3
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Have Fun/ Pretest
John discusses balancing work and fun through self-discipline. Then students take a pretest to see where they are.
Week 4
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Keep Going
A music video that encourages us to keep going despite the obstacles that come our way.
Road Trip Series
Week 5
Strong II
Road Trip: Part 1
John talks about what it means to focus on what you have to do to get through hard times.
Week 6
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Kind II
Road Trip: Part 2
Kindness plays a crucial role in our lives, and it’s the foundation of strong communities.
Week 7
Wise II
Road Trip: Part 3
In the last part of the Road Trip Series, John talks about valuing wisdom to help us navigate the world.
Characters Series
Week 8
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Big 5 Personalities
Part 1
Using animated characters, we discuss the first two of the Big 5 personality traits: openness to experience and conscientiousness.
Week 9
Big 5 Personalities
Part 2
We discuss the last three of the Big 5 personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
Week 10
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J-FADS
John reviews the 5 Core Emotions using the acronym, J-FADS, and discusses why emotions are necessary for survival.
Week 11
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Zones
*Activity*
Students watch video clips and decide what emotion is present, and then break down the emotion on an intensity scale.
People Skills Series
Week 12
Day with a Celebrity
Kindness is explored from a different angle as John talks about spending a day with a celebrity from two different viewpoints.
Week 13
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Rude
What is the difference between being rude and disrespectful? Students try out a few examples to see if they can tell the difference.
Week 14
What?
We discuss different aspects of communication, and why they are essential people skills we all need.
Week 15
Shoes
*Activity*
Students debate from different perspectives of a situation. Then they work together to attempt to resolve the conflicts.
Happy Series
Week 16
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Summer
A music video about getting through hardships by focusing on hope and happiness.
Week 17
Happy Feels
We expolere the two different types of happiness, and why both are necessary.
Week 18
Get Happy
We have an idea of what happiness is, but how do we get it? We take a look at some of the answers.
Week 19
Good Vibes
*Activity*
Students are challenged to plan and accomplish an act of gratitude for someone else.
Fired Up Series
Week 20
Fire
Fire is an integral part of the human experience… and so is conflict. Both are powerful forces that can be helpful and dangerous.
Week 21
Fuel on the Fire
In this video we introduce the three phases of conflict escalation according to Friedrich Glasl.
Week 22
Flame Throwers
We look at the typical actions that tend to cause conflicts to escalate from one phase to the next.
Week 23
Fire Drills
*Activity*
In these scenarios, students look at conflicts, picking out escalations and coming up with better methods.
Lenses Series
Week 24
Invisible
Music video – a song about feeling invisible, bringing up the topic of the lenses we choose to see through.
Week 25
Mirrors
A talk about how we see ourselves and tips to make sure we’re using the right lenses.
Week 26
Blind Spots
We all have blind spots and we don’t always know what they are. Admitting we have them is step one.
Week 27
Empathy vs. Sympathy
*Activity*
Students decide if the person in the scenario is showing sympathy or empathy.
Final Wrap-Up
Week 28
Outro/Post-Test
It’s time to take a quick look back to see how far we’ve come and how we’ve changed.
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