1. RESPONSIBILITY MEANS ACCEPTING THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR THOUGHTS, ACTIONS, AND FEELINGS. IT MEANS RECOGNIZING THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE BOTH GOOD CHOICES AND POOR CHOICES. IT MEANS BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS. DO WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO PLAN AHEAD PERSEVERE: KEEP ON TRYING! ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST USE SELF-CONTROL BE SELF-DISCIPLINED THINK BEFORE YOU ACT — CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR WORDS, ACTIONS, AND ATTITUDES SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS COPYRIGHT ELKIND+SWEET COMMUNICATIONS / LIVE WIRE MEDIA. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. COPIED FROM WWW.GOODCHARACTER.COM.

2. Are you a responsible person? Get out a piece of paper and answer TRUE or FALSE 1.T or F: I do what needs to be done. 2.T or F: I am reliable and dependable. 3.T or F: I am accountable for my actions; I don't make excuses or blame others. 4.T or F: I fulfill my moral obligations. 5.T or F: I use good judgment and think through the consequences of my actions. 6.T or F: I exercise self-control. Finish the following sentence: 7. I think I am/am not a responsible person because…

3. GROUP ACTIVITY Divide up into small groups of 3 or 4. Each group member says a number 1 through 3 and/or 4. The number you are corresponds with your role: student #1, student #2, and student #3 and/or #4 Roles: Student #1: You've made a commitment to spend the weekend working on your part of a class project that's due Monday. Student #2: You are a friend who wants student #1 to go on a weekend camping trip instead of working on the project. Student #3 and/or #4: You depend on student #1 to do his/her part to complete your group’s class project that is due Monday. Role play: Student #1 can't do both, so student #2 tries to convince student #1 to choose to go on the camping trip. After being persuaded by student #2, student #1 agrees to go camping and must explain to student #3 and/or #4 why his/her part of the class project did not get finished. After the role play: Each group takes time to discuss and analyze what each person did to get what they wanted. Class discussion: What general principles or guidelines can be drawn from this role-playing incident about responsibility?