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Rank Your Values Activity The purpose of this activity is to help teens become more aware of what they value. You will need approximately 30-40 minutes for this activity. For materials, you will need the activity worksheet entitled “Rank Your Values” for each participant. Have teens read and rank the values listed on the handout alone or in small groups. StoptheSilence.org Rank Your Values Activity Discussion Points: 1. Would anyone like to share his or her top fi ve value statements with the group?** 2. How did it feel to have to make a decision like this, when it means missing out on other things you may want to do? 3. Would anyone else have chosen a different option? Why? 4. When more than one thing is valuable to you, are there times when it’s important to know what’s most valuable to you? 5. Does everyone have the same values as you? Is it wrong to have different values?

**Teacher’s: Take note of which value statements were selected by the student and describe a scenario using three of the values, in which he or she can choose only one option. For example, if three of student’s top values were “Being Popular With My Friends,” “Getting Along With My Parents,” and “Being Good in Sports,” ask the student what he or she would do if: • There is a huge party coming up on Friday night and everyone is going to be there; • You’re on the school basketball team, and you have a big game against your arch rivals on Friday night; • Your family reunion is coming up this weekend, and your parents want you to fl y out with them Friday night. The student can only choose one of these. During this process, the student will better understand what is most important to him or her.

Additional Information to help with your Planning Coming-of-age ceremonies and rituals take many forms among different religions and countries: • Apache Tribe: The Apaches have a four-day rite of puberty -- the Apache Sunrise Ceremony, called “na’ii’ees.” It is one of the most important events in an Apache female’s life, and is intended to imbue the girls with the spirit and characteristics of White Painted Woman, the Apache’s fi rst woman. The girls pray, dance, sit with their backs straight, and perform other physically draining activities. They are given instruction in sexuality, self- esteem, dignity, confi dence, and healing. • Catholics: Catholics believe that Confi rmation “...completes the process of initiation into the Christian community, and it matures the soul for the work ahead.” • Igbo tribe: Young men spend the night with the Otu Umunne fathers, while the young women do the same with the Otu Umunne mothers. The teens are taught teamwork, leadership, values, responsibilities, moral decisions, freedom, and about their heritage. • Judaism: Girls reach the status of Bat Mitzvah on their 12th birthday. Boys achieve Bar Mitzvah on their 13th birthday. Afterwards, they are recognized as adults and gain new rights and responsibilities within their community. • Japan: Since 1948, people who will have their 20th birthday during a given year celebrate the Coming of Age day on the second Monday in January. It is a national holiday. The male Samurai warriors once had a similar celebration called Genpuku, which was observed between the ages of 12 and 18. Rank Your Valuesstopthesilence TeenZine Grades 6-8 : Issue 1. One way to fi nd out what you value is to make choices between certain skills or characteristics. Look over the statements provided and put them in order so that your most important value is at the top and your least important value is at the bottom. For more information about these and other subjects, please read the next issues of “TeenZine 6-8” orGetting visit www.StoptheSilence.org Along With My Parents

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