Answer all questions in complete sentences unless otherwise specified Please number your responses in your notebook 1 List as many reasons as you can think of for why people work 2 Out of the reasons you listed select the main reason you work and explain why in at least three sentences ID: 138316
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Do Now: Work
*Answer all questions in complete sentences unless otherwise specified. Please number your responses in your notebook.
1. List as many reasons as you can think of for why people work.
2. Out of the reasons you listed, select the main reason you work and explain why in at least three sentences.Slide2
Everybody Works
Objective: To help students recognize the scope and diversity of every individual’s accomplishments on a daily basis.
Day 4Slide3
What are Emotions?
What are some adjectives (A word or phrase describing an attribute) for the words, “
emotion
” and/or “
feelings
?”
Examples: Sad, Mad, Angry, Happy, Gloom, Fresh, Bold, Startled, Narcissistic, Sarcastic, etc.
Remember…feelings are a VERB!
You CHOOSE your mood! (You CHOOSE to be angry, sad, happy, etc!)
Emotions play a part in a person’s want to work. Slide4
People Work for Survival
People work just to bring “home the bacon.”
To fulfill their basic needs (i.e. shelter, food, clothing, etc.)Slide5
Work to Define Themselves
Being able to provide a job title for themselves or a list of accomplishments makes them feel more “real” to ourselves and others.
Example: “I’m a Teacher,” I’m an Architect,” “I’m a Mail Carrier,” etc.Slide6
Work for a Sense of Security
Work is usually constant.
There are changes on a day to day basis, but YOU KNOW what you are going to expect.
Your spouse might be in a good or bad mood when you get home.
Work fills the gap they are not getting from their home life or friends.Slide7
Work for Self-Respect, or Power
It’s not often easy to feel powerful in our world.
Some people will always be more powerful than you.
Discrimination based on sex or race is real and robs its victims of the feeling that they can direct their own lives.
Working gives some the power and sense of control that adds to their self-respect.Slide8
Work to Conquer Time
We are aware that we will not be on earth forever.
We have a sense that time will simply, “vanish.”
One way to conquer our time is to fill each day with achievements or accomplishments.
These experiences are part of what we see ourselves to be.Slide9
Work to Measure their Self-Worth
Working is a way of, “keeping score” or comparing ourselves to others.
Who got the promotion?
Who earned respect in the group?
Who makes the most money?
We feel better when we succeed at a difficult task.
We also place importance on public recognition: the more lives you touch, the longer you may be remembered.Slide10
Do You Work?
Everyday tasks you perform ARE work!
You are a student; unpaid perhaps, but still a worker.Slide11
Everybody Works (Workbook)
Turn to page 17 (large number).
Read the introduction silently.
Think about your typical “working day.”
List the tasks and activities you performed in the space in your workbook.
How do you feel about your accomplishments from your working day?