Combat Peer Pressure with the Golden Rule

See how the Golden Rule can help combat peer pressure. In this segment teens ask their peers to look at peer pressure and find examples in their own lives. Both positive and negative aspects of peer pressure are identified. What will your club or class discover about peer pressure? Use video and accompanying guide to create your own discussion.

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Language

In this video, teens discuss how Language choices and using our voices to create meaningful and lasting change is important. In your own group or club, you can discuss how sometimes we can lose sight of the impact of our words. Discussion Guide and video are available here to help your group come to your own conclusions on the topic.

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Change

Explore Change with your club or students. Listen to the segment which includes students sharing several facets of being successful during change, including open-mindedness and getting out of our comfort zones. As a group, use this video and accompanying guide to facilitate your own discussion, keeping in mind that being kind to those in transition is a way to put the Golden Rule into practice.

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Being Culturally Sensitive

Learn about Cultural Sensitivity and discuss it with your club or students. In the video teens express their concern about targeted acts of hatred towards minorities. They interview students and professionals to help us recognize the problem and challenge us to expand our social circles. As a group, use this video and accompanying guide to facilitate your own discussion, keeping in mind that the Golden Rule can help us treat others as equals as we broaden our cultural perspective through self-education and experience.

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Sportsmanship

See how Sportsmanship and the Golden Rule can work hand-in-hand at high schools. In this segment teens observe how the Golden Rule assists in sports, and how kindness and empathy form bonds with your sports team. They also concluded that integrity and striving to win can be held on the same pedestal as living the Golden Rule. What will your club or class decide? Use video and accompanying guide to learn together.

ELA Comprehension and Collaboration – 6.SL.1-3, 7.SL.1-3, 8.SL.1-3, 9-10.SL.1-3, 11-12.SL.1-3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Environment

Join Live Golden in discussing the connections between sustainability, science and technology. View students showing what is being done in the community and simple solutions to global problems. Come to your own conclusions, using the provided discussion guide, to how students can have a more positive impact on their Environment.

ELA Comprehension and Collaboration – 6.SL.1-3, 7.SL.1-3, 8.SL.1-3, 9-10.SL.1-3, 11-12.SL.1-3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Body Image

Body Image is a concern to teens especially when it comes to how they are looked at or perceived to be. The Live Golden Team explores what body image is and interviewees discuss and make suggestions to assist other teens struggling with body image. In your group or classroom, view the segment and utilize the accompanying discussion guide to reach your own unique conclusions.

ELA Comprehension and Collaboration – 6.SL.1-3, 7.SL.1-3, 8.SL.1-3, 9-10.SL.1-3, 11-12.SL.1-3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Combating Desensitization

In this video, Live Golden explores being overexposed to issues on social media, which may cause Desensitization. They share how empathy can help us increase understanding and create a more welcoming environment for people in different situations. View video and utilize discussion guide to facilitate a similar discussion in your group or classroom setting.

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Holidays During a Pandemic

In this video, youth discuss how they celebrated the holidays during the 2020 pandemic. They go into different varieties of holidays and Celebrations, noting how they shifted due of Covid. They discovered how they can connect in a different way through zoom utilizing kindness and respect. As a group or class, reflect on your experiences during the pandemic and holidays by viewing this segment and following the provided discussion guide.

ELA Comprehension and Collaboration – 6.SL.1-3, 7.SL.1-3, 8.SL.1-3, 9-10.SL.1-3, 11-12.SL.1-3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

The Golden Rule on Social Media

Discuss with your group or class, how the Golden Rule can be implemented on Social Media platforms. Live Golden addresses topics such as religion, race, prehistory, stereotyping, bullying, and hazing. Utilize the discussion guide to create your own Live Golden Experience.

ELA Comprehension and Collaboration – 6.SL.1-3, 7.SL.1-3, 8.SL.1-3, 9-10.SL.1-3, 11-12.SL.1-3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.