Ethics, Worldview & Influence
What Matters To You?
This lesson helps students name the values and commitments that matter to them. They use these to think through choices more clearly.
What you will learn
- Identify the experiences and reactions that reveal your deeper values, before you try to name them.
- Turn the raw values signals into clear, plain-language priorities the student can use.
- Test whether the student's claimed values hold when they are put under realistic pressure.
- Write a short personal values statement the student can revisit when future decisions feel confusing.
What happens in this lesson
Chapter 1: Values Signals
Identify the experiences and reactions that reveal your deeper values, before you try to name them.
What you make: A saved values signals note describing three recent moments when the student felt strong admiration, anger, pride, or discomfort, and what the underlying value behind each reaction might be.
Chapter 2: Name The Values
Turn the raw values signals into clear, plain-language priorities the student can use.
What you make: A saved ranked values list of the student's top three values, each written in plain language the student can defend with a specific moment from their own life.
Chapter 3: Hard Choice Scenarios
Test whether the student's claimed values hold when they are put under realistic pressure.
What you make: A saved values-under-pressure reflection describing what the student would do in a specific hard scenario, which value won, which value lost, and why.
Chapter 4: Values Statement
Write a short personal values statement the student can revisit when future decisions feel confusing.
What you make: A saved values statement of no more than five sentences, containing the student's top three values in ranked order, each with a plain-language explanation and a specific defending moment.
Chapter 5: Values In A Real Business Choice
Apply a personal values statement to a realistic entrepreneurship decision and judge whether the choice matches the values under pressure.
What you make: A saved decision memo that names a business choice, identifies the values in tension, explains the chosen action, and justifies it against the student's values statement.
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