Learning About Yourself
Who You Are
Ms. Brewer
Futures I
Unit 1 Lessons One - Three
All About You
Key Learning:
Discovering things about yourself can
lead to personal success and satisfaction.
Unit Essential Question:
How can my principles, skills and
interests help me be successful in life?
All About You
Learning Essential Questions
What are my interests and how do they affect
career choices?
What are my abilities and how do they affect
career choices?
How do my values and attitude affect my selfconcept?
Essential Vocabulary
Self Inventories
Attitude
Interests
Self-Concept
Personality
Values
Aptitudes
Work Ethic
Skills
Abilities
Resources
First Assignment:
Find a song (any genre; all words
school appropriate) that describes
you well.
The song could represent your
attitude, resources, personality, selfconcept, values, interests, or
abilities.
Assignment Requirements:
The song title and artist
The lyrics only (Music NOT required)
A 100-200 word reflection/description of how that
song represents you.
Why is it your theme song?
Include the word count at the end of your reflection!
DUE DATE________________
Sometimes it’s hard to be honest with yourself,
but…
 Understanding your strengths allows you to use
them to your advantage.
 Understanding your weaknesses gives you areas in
which to improve.
 Knowing what interests you leads you to engaging
activities.
 You can better use your resources.
Sometimes it’s hard to be honest with yourself,
but…
 Knowing what you want from life helps you set
goals.
 People with goals are more likely to be satisfied
with their life.
 Understanding yourself leads to a better selfconcept.
 Seeing situations from many angles helps you
control the situations you encounter.
How much do you know
about yourself already?
Take a few minutes to answer
the questions on the next 5
slides…2 to 3 full sentences…
What do you want to
be when you grow up?
Why?
If you could meet anyone,
at any point in history, who
would it be?
What are your strengths
and weaknesses?
List at least three of each:
Who are you? What are your
priorities?
What defines you?
What are the things that are important to you?
Insert answers starting here…
Why is it important to know
things about yourself?
How can it help you?
Bellwork
Insert NEW slide in your Powerpoint
Pick one of your vocabulary words and
predict what you think the definition
of the word might be…
LESSON
VOCABULARY
SELF INVENTORIES
SELF INVENTORIES are tests or surveys
that help you learn about yourself.
Personality
Favorite Shapes
Learning Styles
Interests
Aptitudes
ASVABS
Choices
Holland Interest
Inventories
SAT
Interests
Your INTERESTS are the ideas, subjects,
or activities you enjoy.
1. Pursuing your interests energizes and engages you.
2. People who are interested in their work are usually successful
and happy.
3. Most interests can be turned into careers.
4. Careers typically focus on 1 of 3 interest categoriesPeople
Data
Objects
Interests into a Career…
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45kmkd/hobby-foodcooking/
DATA
PEOPLE
OBJECTS
Interests
Helping OthersSocial Worker
Working with the Elderly
Physical Therapy
Counselor
Center of AttentionPublic Speaker
News Broadcaster
Radio DJ
Theatre
Playing with ChildrenPediatrician
Coach
Teacher
Dance Instructor
Interests
Organizing-
Calculating-
Professional Assistant
Statistician
Auditor
Rocket Scientist
Distribution Manager
Accountant
Census Manager
Budget Analyst
Reading & ResearchingLegal Assistant
Medical Researcher
Archeologist
Author
Interests
Fixing Things-
Seeing How Things Work-
Mechanic
Systems Analyst
Paramedic
Network Administrator
Plummer
Chemist
Barber
Robotics
CreatingPainter
Web Designer
Seamstress
Chef
Personality
Your PERSONALITY is the group of traits that make you
unique (think adjectives).
1. Positive personality traits- honest, caring, assertive.
2. Negative personality traits- unreliable, selfish,
dishonest.
3. Everyone has positive and negative personality traits.
They make you unique and make up some of your
strengths and weaknesses.
4. Certain traits, like being critical, can be positive or
negative depending on how it is used and who is
evaluating the trait.
Personality
Think of someone you LIKE, or has a good personality.
Name 6 traits that you’d use to describe them.
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
Think of someone you DON’T LIKE, or has a bad personality.
Name 6 traits that you’d use to describe them.
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
Bellwork: Personality: Use your Personality
Test from Yesterday to help you!
Name 10 personality traits someone would mention when
describing you… use positive (1-5) and negative words
(6-10).
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
Career Thoughts
 Understanding your personality leads you to careers that
will motivate you and you’ll enjoy.
 People react in a positive way when they like your
personality (making you a good coworker, or leader.)
Aptitudes
Your APTITUDES are natural talents you have or
the potential to learn skills quickly & easily.
1. Others may spot your aptitudes before you do.
2. Aptitude tests can help you identify aptitudes
you haven’t discovered yet.
3. Examples- music, writing, sports, art, math
What do you think are your aptitudes?
How You Grow
Aptitudes can grow into skills.
Skills can be developed and mastered.
Your set of skills can expand into abilities!
Skills
Your SKILLS are things you can do proficiently because you’ve
improved through training and education.
1. Aptitudes come naturally, but skills must be
nurtured and mastered.
2. Careers require different sets of skills.
Academic Skills
Communication Skills
Physical Skills
Technical Skills
Career Thoughts
What is your dream career. What skills are needed? Name at least 2 in
each category…
Dream CareerAcademic Skills
Communication Skills
Physical Skills
Technical Skills
Abilities
Your ABILITIES are the set of skills you have
developed to a mastery level.
1. Abilities can be aptitudes you’ve developed and
improved.
Aptitude- quick, coordinated movement.
Abilitytyping skills or playing a piano well.
2. If you do not have an aptitude for a skill, you must
work harder to develop the ability to perform that
skill at a master level.
Career Thoughts
What are your abilities? What skills do you feel you’ve
mastered or have come close to mastering?
Attitude
Your ATTITUDE is how you react to a situation.
1. Your attitude affects your happiness.
2. Your attitude shapes how others view you.
3. Employers try to hire people with a positive
attitude.
4. You CAN control your attitude. Sometimes you have
to DECIDE to be positive.
Self-Concept
Your SELF-CONCEPT is recognition of both your
strengths & weaknesses and feeling good
about yourself by accepting who you are.
1. Self-concept can affect your personality and attitude in a
positive or negative way.
2. People with a realistic self–concept see themselves as they
are, not how they want to be or how others see them.
3. A high self-esteem -or- respect for oneself, usually comes
with having a realistic and complete self-concept.
4. Self-concept can change as you have new experiences and
are faced with challenging situations.
Self-Concept
1. Your self-concept should come from what’s inside of
YOU, not what you’re told by friends, adults,
society, or media.
2. You must be honest with yourself to have a realistic
self-concept.
3. Acknowledging weaknesses does not make you
weak. It helps you get stronger.
4. Your self-concept affects how others see you too.
5. People who brag a lot or bully often have a poor
self-concept and are covering their insecurities.
Career Thoughts
 Self-confident people accept new challenges, are
productive, and can become leaders.
Career Thoughts
In three full sentences, tell me what factors influence
your self-concept?
Career Thoughts
How would you describe your self-esteem?
Values
Your VALUES are the beliefs, ideas, and objects that
are important to you as a person.
1. Values are influenced by family, friends, religious
beliefs, experiences, and community.
Honesty, Family, Health, Religion, Education, Relationships
2. Work Values relate to the work you do or respect.
Creativity, Status, Ethics, Variety, Teamwork, Time, Recognition
Values
FAMILYINDEPENDENCEFRIENDSHIPSMONEYTIME-
ETHICSEDUCATION-
Values
FAMILY- eats dinner with the family every night to promote family
unity and spend time together.
EDUCATION- studies and saves money for college.
FRIENDSHIPS- acts as a good listener when your friend is having a hard
time. Keeps confidences.
TIME- prepares a schedule to prioritize things they need to do.
MONEY- creates a budget to spend wisely and save some.
INDEPENDENCE- works to save money for a car or a house.
ETHICS- is honest with clients when you cannot do a job within a
certain timeframe or budget.
Values
Which values do these familiar quotes describe?
1. Honesty is the best policy.
1.
Truthfulness
2. Do unto others as you’d have others do unto you.
1.
Fairness
3. Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
1.
Time
4. It’s not what you do when people are watching, it’s what
you do when they’re not.
1.
Ethics
What do you value in your personal life? Name 3…
Work Ethic
Your WORK ETHIC is a moral value to do a
good job when performing a task.
People with a good, strong work ethic:
1. Are self motivated to accomplish their goals.
2. Are recognized as reliable and responsible.
3. Are willing to work to accomplish tasks.
4. Are usually successful and are given opportunities.
It’s worth It… Go the Extra Mile
Work Ethic
Using 4 full sentences, give an example of when you
displayed a good work ethic. What did you accomplish?
Resources
A RESOURCE is anything a person can use to
help reach a goal.
1. A positive attitude and aptitudes are resources you have
within you.
2. Time is a resources that everyone has, but it is limited.
3. A free education and access to teachers and counselors are
resources all Americans have.
4. Unique/Limited resources include- personal connections,
inside information, money, personal experiences, materials
you have access to, opportunities like internships or
scholarships.
Career Thoughts
What are the resources you have right now to help you
explore careers? List at least 3…
Classmate Interviews
What is your highest Holland Type (Interest
Code?
What Pathway do you think you will pursue?
What interests you most about this pathway?
What kind of career do you think you will
choose?
As we conclude this unit, reflect deeper on what
you have learned and answer these questions
using 3 sentences each…
What are your strengths?
Assignment:
 Find a song (any genre; school appropriate) that
describes you well.
 The song could represent your attitude, resources,
personality, self-concept, values, interests, or abilities.
Assignment Requirements:
 The song title and artist.
 The lyrics. No music required.
 A 100-200 word reflection/description of how that song
represents you. Why is it your theme song?
 Include the word count at the end of your reflection.
All About You
Reflection Questions:
Answer each question in full sentences using at
least 75 words total for each question. Please
include the word count at the end of each
question’s paragraph.
The questions are on the next 3 slides:
All About You
What are my interests and how do they affect career
choices?
All About You
What are my abilities and how do they affect career
choices?
All About You
How do my values and attitude affect my self-concept?