Group 3 Ages 1316 Lesson Plan

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Group 3 (Ages 13-16) - Lesson Plan

• September 18, 2005

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Gurus

• Ofelia Leon
• Rani Ravikanthi (will also coordinate guest
  lectures)

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General Format per class

• Silent Sitting / Meditation
• Focus on a particular Human Value / Sub-Value
• Elaboration of the above with story / role play /
  Group discussion etc
• Please note there will be some guest lectures
  (about 1 in 4 classes)

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5 Human Values 5 Teaching Components

• Quotations/Theme of the week
• Story telling
• Silent sitting
• Songs
• Group activities

• Truth
• Love
• Peace
• Right Conduct
• Non-violence

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September / October Topics

• Human Value / Sub-values
• Truth / self-awareness, curiosity etc
• Love / forgiveness, acceptance etc
• Related teaching components
• Group discussion applying value at home,
  linking values, forgiveness
• Real life role plays
• Story From Canadian author on forgiveness

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October / November Topics

• Human Value / Sub-values
• Peace / self-esteem, surrender discipline etc
• Right conduct / tidy appearance etc
• Related teaching components
• Group discussion
• self-esteem thermometer
• everyday surrender to God
• relationship between values (for example, tidy
  appearance self-esteem)
• hat change identity in teen years
• Role play peaceful verbal judo to responding to
  threat of self-esteem,
• Story From Canadian authors

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December / 2006 Topics

• Human Value / Sub-values
• Right conduct / initiative etc
• Non-violence / universal compassion, respect for
  property etc
• Related teaching components
• Group discussion
• owning the problem, taking initiative,
  brainstorming for each other
• Friendship / Goodbye
• Respect for sibling property
• Art 1- my feelings before, 2- my feelings after.

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Guest Speaker Topics

• How to be an EFFECTIVE TEEN
• Successful interactions
• How to focus on facts human factor when making
  decisions
• How to apply Babas teaching on taking EGO out of
  the picture
• How to focus on commonality and accept
  differences in any given situation
• How can I make a difference. Who will my actions
  affect?
• Meeting point between me and my parents
• There is more than 1 way to look at things
• How can I be of HELP