Instant vs Delayed Gratification
What is one of the most important factors in achieving success?
Delayed Gratification
True or False. People long ago did not have to answer questions about identity.
False
True or False. A group and a community mean the same thing.
False.
Membership in communities has often meant that not everyone can......
belong
A person’s desire for immediate satisfaction and pleasure; he or she wants everything good NOW
Instant Gratification
Refers to who you are as an individual or member of a group; it’s what you think about yourself; it is also shaped by how people view you. It is the answer to the question “Who am I?”
Identity
Communities are a kind of group but not all groups are communities.
True
What are some of the ways that people are often excluded from a community. List two
Based on gender, race, class, they way they look, etc.
A person’s ability to wait in order to obtain something that he or she wants
Future focused
True or False. Other people's ideas and opinions about us has no impact on how we see or view ourselves.
False.
List three examples of a community.
Family, Fire fighters, school, the civil rights movement.
A way of thinking about and understanding something (such as a particular issue or life in general)
Perspective
Justin comes home after school with a backpack full of homework. Instead of getting it done right away, he decides to eat a snack and play Call of Duty for a little while. Before he knows it, his mom is calling him for dinner. After dinner, his friend Jamel calls and tells him to get back on COD. He plays until he falls asleep at 2 a.m.
What is the marshmallow (instant gratification) in this situation?
Call of Duty
What are some of the categories that people use to help define themselves? List at least 3.
Religion, Gender, Hobbies, Nationality, Language, Etc.
According to Suzanne Goldsmith, what is the most important thing in a community?
The shared goal.
What can often happen to people when we they are divided. Think about the Sneetches story. What happened to them.
They can be taken advantage of.
Elsie loves to play on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but she noticed that in 8th grade, her grades really dropped when she started spending most of her evenings online. For 9th grade, she has made the goal of getting her work done before getting on the computer.
What is the marshmallow (Instant Gratification) in this situation?
Social Media
In "From The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros", what was the defining experience that shaped Esperanza's great-grandmother's identity?
Being kidnapped by Esperanza's great-grandfather and being forced to marry.
According to Suzanne Goldsmith, what do members of a community believe about each other.
That everyone has something to contribute; that everyone has each other's back.
Often stories are written to express a moral or teach a lesson. What is the moral of The Sneetches story?
That we are much better when we include everyone.