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Visionary: Project Wonder

Location: Planet Earth

Focus: Young People Taking Action

Module 1: Exploration

Welcome to our introductory module to help you begin navigating your own path of self-discovery. This module is designed to help you identify your passions, leverage your strengths, align your actions with your core values, and set goals based on the knowledge you have gained about yourself.

What to expect:

  • Explore your passions to highlight what truly excites you.

  • Identify and apply your unique strengths to achieve your goals.

  • Find your core values and use them to help you guide your decisions and relationships with authenticity.

  • Learn the art of creating achievable goals.

  • Integrate reflection and mindfulness to understand and manage your emotions, fostering resilience and well-being.

This is your roadmap to unlocking potential and creating a project that reflects the true you.

Exploration #1
Passions
Exploration #2
Strengths
Exploration #3
Values
Exploration #4
Goals
Exploration #5
Empowerment Kit
Reflection
Wrap Up
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Mindfulness Technique – Meditation

Why meditation? Hear from some successful people why meditation is important for life. “If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to...
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Get Started: Passions Mind Mapping

Recommended to complete after the Childhood Creative Spark activity. Individual Work – 25 minutes Use the worksheet questions to make a mind map. Each question gets its o...
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BONUS PATH: Childhood Creative Spark

Why is it important to dig into your childhood interests? Listen to artist Robin Kid to hear one reason you should do this.  Before or after we dive into the Mind Map activit...
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BONUS PATH: Introduction to Mindfulness

By completing this activity, you’ll understand the scientific reasons why meditation is helpful for us, which might motivate you in the future!  Today, you will explore...
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Strengthsfinder Activity

Knowing your strengths AND articulating (meaning speaking clearly and coherently) about them, not only helps you choose activities you'll succeed in, but it will also help you...
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Strengths in Real Life

Find real-life examples demonstrating each of your top 3 strengths over the next week. Make a copy of this form and fill it out to help identify how your strengths appear in y...
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BONUS PATH: Strengths Mindfulness Spark

Research has shown that there are many benefits of knowing our strengths. Below are a few reasons why it has a positive effect on our everyday lives.  It supports your under...
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BONUS PATH: Differentiating your strengths

Group Problem Solving: Form your own small groups and discuss the strength that resonated with you the most from the VIA test. Next, you will be assigned a community project ...
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BONUS PATH: Strengths exploration

Personal Reflection Assess your current understanding of your strengths by considering the following questions: Do you require additional clarification on specific strengths...
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Choose Your Values

From the list provided, pick the values that really speak to you. You can choose as many as you want. Grab some writing utensils and group your chosen values to see if any ...
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Values role playing

Role Play Work with your small group to role play the scenario(s) provided to you. Customize your role to showcase the values that you have identified as important to ...
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BONUS PATH: Business Values Spark

Watch a commercial from Coca-Cola and identify which of their core values they are emphasizing. Choose from: Leadership, Collaboration, Integrity, Accountability, Passion, Div...
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Bonus Path: Values Application

Using the values that you previously selected and ranked for this exercise, you will showcase these values through a collage or a short speech. (Speech instructions below) ...
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Short Term vs Long Term Goals

Watch the video and brainstorm both long-term and short-term goals as you watch on a blank piece of paper. Make sure to complete every step as the video prompts. Select a s...
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SMART Goal Brainstorming & Evaluation

Mindfulness Brainstorming Start with the meditation session, focusing on staying present and calm. Think about a goal you want to achieve in this class. After meditati...
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BONUS PATH: Smart Goal Intro Spark

Watch the Khan Academy video about SMART goals. Examine the SMART goals examples. Record your personal observation of SMART goals and post on this path. SMART Goal Ex...
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Emotional Health Introduction

Learning Read the various statements about emotional health.  Choose one that interests you, sparks curiosity, or provides new learning. Make a poster or digital v...
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Organization Tools

Brainstorm and Learn Take a quiet moment to brainstorm what tools you use to keep their materials organized and tasks on track. Rank their effectiveness from 1-10 (10 mea...
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Exploration Module Wrap Up

So, you’ve been diving deep into the world of self-awareness - you know, figuring out what makes you tick and how you can rock it in life. Now, it's time to put all that lea...