(Positive Psychology Center - University of Pennsylvania)



AP PSYCHOLOGY 2019-20May 28, 2020Today’s Agenda (Day 167) [LU Online #42] HOUSEKEEPING: Homework Check: Value Assessment Worksheet Happy Video Questions Happy Poster Being Your Best & Values; Blessings and Acts of Kindness My Timeline Decades 2 - 4 Class Activity: Working Session: POST-AP PROJECTS – Day #6a) My Timeline Work on Decades 4 - 6b) Happy E-Poster [& Video Questions] Work on World as a Better Place & Better Future YouHOMEWORK:Complete final projectsREMINDERAP POST-EXAM PROJECTTask Due Date Choose Partner, Topic and Project Ideas and Format Friday, May 22 Sufficient Progress Check Tuesday, May 26 Happy E-poster & ActivityFriday, May 29 My TimelineProject Complete Monday, June 1 Happy E-Poster and Activity Monday, June 8 My TimelinePresentations Happy E-Poster and Activity June 1 – 5My Timeline June 8 - 12 AP Psychology Happiness Project(Required)Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.(Positive Psychology Center - University of Pennsylvania)The Happiness Project is due at the beginning of class on Monday, May 25 at which time we will be displaying them in class to share with your classmates. After we watch the video "Happy" (it's just over an hour ), you will have any remaining class time this week and next week as well as any additional time you need at home. Happiness E-Poster/ Slideshow: Create an e-poster that reflects your own happiness. Your e-poster must include the following elements as well as any additional creative items you wish to add to personalize it. Plan your project carefully since there is a lot that you need to include. If you are doing a slideshow, then each topic gets its own page/slide. You must also include an accompanying audio of your voice, describing each aspect of your Happiness E-Poster/Slideshow. YOUR FINALPRODUCT IS A “STAND ALONE”. NO ADDITIONAL HUMAN INTERVENTION SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO DEPICT YOUR HAPPINESS E-POSTER/SLIDESHOW.Inspiration: Compile at least 5 quotes, lyrics, passages, poems, or sayings that are inspirational to you. You must include an explanation about why the quotes inspire you. Each individual quote, lyric, poem, etc. must have its own write up. Moments of Happiness: Over the course of the next week, capture at least 5 moments of beauty or happiness by taking a picture and including it on your poster, you could also use pictures you have taken from the past (but within the last year!).Being Your Best: Write about a situation in the past three or four years when you were at your best — using all of your strengths. (Paragraph) Values: Use the Values Assessment Worksheet (see last page of document; complete in class) to write about your top five values and why they hold the most meaning for you.Count Your Blessing: What are you thankful for? (At least 5) Acts of Kindness: What random acts of kindness have you accomplished and what can you do in the future to bring happiness to others? (Explain at least 5) Making the World a Better Place: As you go out into the world, what are you going to do to make the world better. List at least 5 ways that you will commit to influencing the happiness of others. Best Possible Future Self: Think about your life in the future. Imagine that everything has gone as well as it possibly could. You have worked hard and succeeded at accomplishing all of your life goals. Think of this as the realization of all of your life dreams. Now, write (or draw) about what you imagined.ON THE “BACK” OF YOUR E-POSTER or at the End of Your PowerPoint...Include your HAPPY pre-video questions and responses. Include the results of your Values Assessment Worksheet. On Monday, June 1 you will be presenting one aspect of your Happiness Project to the rest of the class so be prepared to share.109728-85241Pre-Video Questions is an award-winning, feature-length documentary that takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY brings to life the science and application of the film's themes.1.Reflect upon a time in your life when you experienced a high point of personal happiness. What made that experience one of the happiest moments for you? Who was impacted by your feelings of happiness in that situation? What brought about this experience?2.Do you believe happiness is something that you are born with or that you can develop for yourself and others? What underlies your beliefs and assumptions? Can you identify individuals who you believe are born with a happy disposition?3.Do you know of people who are happy with who they are and what they have in life? Describe this person's characteristics and attributes and their personal philosophy of how they view life. How does this person live their life?4.Identify a time in the past two weeks when you have been curious. What sparked your curiosity? What was that moment of curiosity life?Values Assessment Worksheet"A value is defined as a principle, standard, or quality considered inherently worthwhile or desirable. Individuals, groups, and whole societies hold values. Values are what motivate and fulfill you. They imbue your work and your life with meaning. ...In essence, a value is what is important to you."-- Julie Jansen, I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This"Values are a matter of what guides you through every day, every task, every encounter with another human being."-- Richard N. Bolles, What Color is Your Parachute?Your "purpose" in life has a lot to do with what kind of impact you want to make in the world and the way you want to live. This is clarified and defined by your values.Values Clarification ActivitiesRecall times when you have been so absorbed in what you were doing that you hardly noticed the time. What were you doing? Think about the things that you find meaningful. What do you think of? Include ideals, feelings, and activities.What values are most important to you? Circle/check all of the values that are most important to you from the examples below and/or add your own. Feel free to circle/check those that were identified from your essay and the exercises above as well. (If you need to, go through the exercise of writing down other experiences in your life in which you felt you did something meaningful, were successful, creative, committed, decisive, etc. to identify personal values.)Achievement/accomplishmentAdvancementAutonomyBalanceBelonging to a groupBuilding somethingChallengeCompassionCompetitionCreativityCreating something newCreating beautyCreating change (e.g. social change)Creating information Decision-makingEntrepreneurshipEqualityExcitement/riskFameFamily happinessFinancial securityFriendshipsFunHappinessHarmonyHealthHelping others/serving peopleInfluencing peopleImproving or perfecting something IndependenceIntegrityLeadershipLearning/growing/gaining wisdomLeisureListeningMastering a technique/fieldPersonal developmentPhysical activityReceiving recognition/impressing peopleRepairing or fixing somethingRespectRisk-takingSafetySecuritySelf-expressionSpiritualityStabilityStatusTeamworkTenacityVisioning Wealth Other:Other:Other:Other:Other:Now, choose the ten most important to you and then prioritize them.What are the five most important to you? Prioritize them. ................
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