5 LEVELS OF PERCEPTION How people see me

5 LEVELS OF PERCEPTION How people see me, How I see myself, What I believe, What I've experienced, and What I want to be seen as. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 1

Perception (Noun) • The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. • The state of being or process of becoming aware of something in such a way. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 2

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• How people see me: This is where you would write about what beliefs people hold of you even without knowing you. It might include stereotypes because of your gender, color of your skin, the clothes you wear, or language you speak. It should be based on experiences you’ve had, for example what did you feel your first day of high school? How did teachers treat you? How did others treat you? • How I see myself: This is how you see yourself, when you look in the mirror what do you see? Are you happy about it? What aspects of yourself do you think you need to improve on? Ultimately what words describe you as a person? Free Powerpoint Templates Page 4

• What I believe in: This could be a number of things. It could be what religious, cultural, spiritual beliefs you have that inform how you view people and society. For example, maybe you believe all people should be treated equally. It can also be what you wish the perfect world could be like or if you believe the world is a fair place or not. Essentially, what are your beliefs of the world as it is now? Is it possible to change those negative or bad aspects? Do people have the power to do that? • What I've experienced: This is things you’ve experienced that have changed you deeply. Many things could be dramatic life changing events, like the loss of a friend or family member, suffering from violence in your community, dealing with drug problems or school troubles. It can also be positive things that have changed you or impacted you, like having good friends, having a near death experience, getting helped by someone, helping someone, or even saving someone’s life. What are the 3 -4 most impactful events that have made you who you are? Free Powerpoint Templates Page 5

• What I want to be seen as: This is the final one; given all these aspects of yourself and society, in a perfect world what would you like to be seen as? If you could wake up tomorrow and change what people think of you what would they think of you? What aspects of yourself are you currently working on changing? In 10 -15 years if you had the perfect life, how would people see you? These are all projections you can also be pushing out there on society now. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 6

Dialectics (Poem Video) • By Anthony Anaxagorou • Dialectics: discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation; specifically : the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth any systematic reasoning, exposition, or argument that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict Free Powerpoint Templates Page 7

In groups of 3 -4 • Discuss how you believe people perceive you, and how that effects how you can move around in your own world or act in your own life. • Do you feel you get treated differently because the color of your skin, gender, grades, clothes you wear? • Does it cause you to rethink how you act around certain people or in certain places? Free Powerpoint Templates Page 8

Fill out your sheet • Use complete sentences and fill out your boxes. Feel free to write more if you want. • I will also have poster paper available if needed for more space Free Powerpoint Templates Page 9