Relationships
Ways to be
Big Concepts
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Systems
100

Loving and caring for
the people that you
share a life and
history with

Family

100

Sharing what you
have with others

Generosity

100

Being honest in
your communication
and personal
interactions

Truth

100

Surrounding yourself
and others with things
that are nice to look at,
listen to, or feel

Beauty

100

Supporting and
loving your country
and the people who
live in it

Patriotism

200

Being polite and
acting
respectfully
towards others

Courtesy

200

Pursuing financial
success, for yourself
or others

Wealth

200

Doing things the
way they have been
done for a long
time

Tradition

200

Taking actions to
improve and protect
the environment

Nature

200

Trying to remove
restrictions that
limit people's
choices

Liberty

300

Being reliable and
following through on
things you promise to
do

Dependability

300

Independently solving
your own problems
and following your
own ideas

Self-Reliance

300

Treating people the
same no matter who
they are

Equality

300

Asking questions and
looking for ways to
improve your
understanding and
learn new things

Curiosity

300

Treating people the
same no matter who
they are

Equality

400

Building connections
with others and being
willing to support
them

Friendship

400

Being willing to
put others first
and being open to
being wrong

Humbleness

400

Advocating for
people's ability to
think, speak, or act
the way they want

Freedom

400

Making choices guided
by a belief in a higher
power, a religious text
or religious leader

Spirituality

400

Basing your choices
and actions on your
understanding of
what is right

Justice

500

Considering the needs of others as well as your own and being fair, respectful, and open- minded when working with others who have different values and goals (as long as they are democratic values and goals)

Civic Reciprocity

500

Taking care of yourself while
participating in civic activities
by being informed, using
reliable sources, and thinking
through choices about how
much time, energy, or personal
information to share

Civic Self-Care

500

Getting perspectives
from lots of different
people with different
backgrounds and
experiences

Diversity

500

Noticing how your knowledge and
skills are deepening over time,
noticing when you have been
successful, and reminding yourself
of what you are capable of in civic
situations that might originally
make you feel overwhelmed

Civic Self-Confidence

500

Doing things to
help everyone feel
like they belong

Inclusiveness