CHOICES: EXAMPLE SESSION PLANS
Choices Project –Key Themes
Raise self-esteem, confidence and aspirations
To understand their selves and their identity
Promote Choice
Promote benefit to working with others
Encourage respect and healthy relationships
Learning outcomes
Session One:
Learning outcomes:
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To feel comfortable working in a group –
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To get to know each other better
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To feel confident to share opinions
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To feel safe in the space working in for the duration of the project
Session Two:
Learning outcomes:
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To understand that everyone has choices
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To understand that there is positive and negative choices
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To understand what a choice is
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To understand what a consequence is
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To understand that there are positive and negative consequences to making choices
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To be able to recognise abusive behaviours
Session Three:
Learning outcomes:
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To be able to identify when they or someone else are getting angry
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To be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of different stages of anger
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To understand that someone displaying anger may be feeling other emotions
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To be able to manage anger, feelings and emotions positively
Session Four:
Learning outcomes:
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Have a greater understanding of what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like
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Have a greater understanding that individuals have a right to a healthy relationship
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To learn what violence against women and girls is & what the Government says about it
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Have a greater understanding of domestic violence & abuse
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To learn about sexual consent and consequences
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How to keep yourself safe
Session Five:
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Have a greater understanding of what personal space is, including who should enter different zones of
personal space
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Have a greater understanding that individuals have a right to protect personal space
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To learn what violence against women and girls is & what the Government says about it
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Have a greater understanding of domestic violence & abuse
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To learn about sexual consent and consequences
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How to keep yourself safe
Session Six:
Learning outcomes:
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To understand the way the media portrays female and male roles in society
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To be able to recognise the images in the media are not realistic
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To understand the impacts of the media on young men
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To have a greater awareness of what inequality is
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To have a greater awareness of gender inequality
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To promote positive male role models and friendships
Session Seven:
Learning outcomes:
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To be able to identify positive male role models with their own community and wider
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To be able to recognise their own qualities and skills that they can offer to their relationships, education and
futures
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To be able to recognise their own achievements
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To be able to consider their aspirations both short term and long term
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To be able to reflect back on their learning journey over the last 7 sessions
Example of activities:
Warm Up Exercise: Truth or Lie
Aim:
1. For young men and facilitators to get to know each other a little
better
2. For young men to feel comfortable working together in a group
Session Two: Choices Scenario Activity
Aim:
1. For young men to understand that the choices they make can
have positive or negative consequences
2. For young men to understand they have a choice over the
decisions they make
3. For young men to understand the impact of making choices on
their selves and others
4. For young men to consider alternative choices when in difficult
situations
Session Four: Healthy/Unhealthy Relationship Qualities Activity
Aim:
1.
For young men to recognise characteristics of healthy and
unhealthy relationships
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For young men to understand that some characteristics can be
defined as either healthy or unhealthy depending on the intention
behind them or how they are displayed.
3.
For young men to recognise that both people in the relationship
need to work for it to be healthy.
Session Six: What is a ‘Real Man’
Aim:
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For young men to think about the way young men are expected
to look and behave
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For young men to consider that a ‘real’ man can have many
different qualities and doesn’t need to fit into a stereotype