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Dear future Dominion Mentor, welcome to your free, no-strings-attached lesson on “self-worth,” 1 of 7 lessons offered in the Dominion Solution Curriculum. We invite you to pilot this lesson with your students to witness the transformative power of our program. We recommend that you download and print this free corresponding Student Workbook lesson for your students so they can follow along and write their reflections while doing so. Thank you for your interest in our program and please contact us at info@dominionsolution.com if you would like to license the full Dominion Solution Curriculum.
Odo Nnyew Fie Kwan is a West African symbol, with literal translation, “love never loses its way home.”
Symbol: Odo Nnyew Fie Kwan
Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 20.
Origin:
West Africa
Literal Meaning:
“Love never loses its way home”
Symbolism:
A symbol of the power of love.
Introduction:
Self-Worth
Self-worth is about understanding your value and believing you are significant (important) to the world. Realizing your self-worth is not a measure of your talent, but rather what you produce and how hard you are willing to learn to become better.
Self-Worth: Defined
Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 21.
- a sense of one's own value as a human being; self-esteem
Dominion Definition:
- understanding your value and believing you are significant (important) to the world
- not a measure of your talent, but rather what you produce and how hard you are willing to learn to become better
Reflection: In reflecting on these definitions, where are you at in your own journey of understanding your self-worth? In other words, have you come to love yourself? If not, what’s stopping you?
Please write your own personal reflection in the space provided on page 21 of your Student Workbook.
Self-Worth: Activity
Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 22.
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Because your free access to Lesson 3 references a previous lesson (Lesson 2), which is a part of the full Dominion Curriculum, your students will not have experienced the activity below prior to this lesson. But no worries, we’ve got you covered! If you would like your students to complete this activity as a part of this sample lesson, we have included the referenced handout below here. Feel free to download and print the handout for your students.
Connecting Your Skills
Re-Visiting Lesson 2, Self-Discovery Activity:
In the last lesson (Lesson 2: Self Discovery), you took a personal inventory on page 17 of your Student Workbooks. Take a few minutes to look at what you came up with last session…
For Discussion:
1. What skills did you find you were good at?
2. How can you use these skills for things you can relate to now, at this point in your life?
3. How do your skills influence your vision for your future?
Video 3: Self-Worth
Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 23.
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Play the video and ask the students to mentally note the behaviors of the characters.
After playing the video, engage the students in the “For Discussion” activity that follows. When preparing for this lesson, familiarize yourself with these character notes, as they may help guide your conversation about the characters.
Uncle Henry
- Wants nephew to help in shop
- Doesn’t think nephew is smart enough to go to IT camp
- Wants nephew to “get real” about what is in front of him and accept that his current situation is who he isNephew
- Wants to go to IT Camp in California to create mobile games and computer apps
- Planned how to make enough money to pay for camp and cover Uncle’s needs in shop
- Has straight A’s in school
For Discussion:
1. Is the uncle helping the nephew determine his value? Why or why not?
2. Do the uncle and nephew share similar views about the nephew’s future?
3. Do you think the nephew should pursue his dream of creating mobile games and computer apps? Why or why not?
4. Do you think the nephew has a sense of his own self-worth? Why or why not?
Self-Worth: Web-Based Activity
Following is an optional web-based activity requiring computer access for students.
Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 24.
Matching Your Skills to Professions
Now, let’s use the inventory of skills that you came up with during the last lesson and match those skills with a profession that interests you.
To participate:
1. Go to educationplanner.org.
2. Click on “Explore careers that interest you.”
3. Click on “Which careers match your skills?”
4. Select the things you’re good at, then click “Show me the results!”
Reflection: How did you feel about the results? Do you feel like your skills matched the careers mentioned?
Please write your own personal reflection in the space provided on page 24 of your Student Workbook.
The D-3
The “Dominion Three” — 3 key takeaways from this Dominion lesson, “Self-Worth.”
(Corresponds to Student Workbook, page 25.)
For Discussion:
1. Based on what you learned about yourself from the personal inventory, do you think you have high self-esteem or low self-esteem?
2. Do you think a person with low self-esteem is more likely to become involved with drugs, alcohol, or a potentially bad crowd at school? Why or why not?
3. If you know someone with a low sense of self-worth, what do you think you could do to help them boost their self-esteem?
