Building My Skills
When learning about stress management, you made something you can fidget with when you are feeling anxious. What did you make?
Stress balls
True or False: "Community" only refers to the geographic location where you live.
False: Your community can include groups or teams, cultural communities, your school, your friends, and so much more!
True or False: Many people learn about their values from their families.
True
What is the name of the company Miss Kelly and Miss Zoe work for?
Adagio Health
What is the definition of "Community Service"?
Unpaid work performed to offer support to members of a community.
True or False: It is bad or abnormal to feel unpleasant emotions like fear, anger, or sadness.
False: All emotions are normal and neutral. Our response to these emotions is what matters!
What does "empathy" mean?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person - putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
What is self-esteem?
How someone thinks or feels about themselves
What does "TOP" stand for?
Earlier this year, you made something in TOP club to help people experiencing a hard time during the cold weather. What did you make?
Blankets
True or False: Emotions cause physical responses in our bodies.
True!
What is the difference between "empathy" and "sympathy"?
Empathy is feeling someone else's emotions, or putting yourself in their shoes. Sympathy means your are aware of someone else's feelings but you don't feel them yourself.
True or False: If someone has low self-esteem, there is nothing they can do to fix it.
False: Self esteem is something we can build and grow
True or False: Farrell is the only school that has a TOP program.
False: There are about 50 groups in Pennsylvania!
Earlier this year, you completed a community service project by learning about, joining, and making banners for TRU. What does TRU stand for?
Tobacco Resistance Unit
Complete this emotion equation:
Physical sensation in the BODY + feeling label assigned by the BRAIN = _____
Physical sensation in the BODY + feel label assigned by the BRAIN = EMOTION
True or False: You have to have experienced the exact same thing as someone else to feel empathy for them.
False
True or False: Learning more about ourselves is an important part of understanding how we can contribute to our community.
True! When we understand our values, our motivations, and our talents, we can better understand what role we can play in our community and how we can support it.
Your TOP meetings mostly consist of two different activities. What are they?
Lessons or Community Service Activities
What does "CSL" stand for?
Community Service Learning
Name one strategy we discussed that someone might use to make decisions.
Possible answers include: by impulse, let others decide, put it off, choose one thing to avoid another, think through the consequences, or gather advice from people you trust.
What does it mean to act with "compassion?"
Acting on your empathy by understanding what someone is going through and doing something to care for or support them
What is a word to describe someone's core beliefs, principles, and standards that guide their choices, behaviors, and decisions?
Values
At the beginning of the year, we used an acronym to brainstorm group expectations for ourselves and others. What was the acronym?
ROPES
Earlier this year, you completed a project by packing goodie boxes for Meals on Wheels. What does Meals on Wheels do?
Meals on Wheels delivers meals to elderly or disabled people who have difficulty leaving their homes or cooking for themselves.