This document outlines an advisory curriculum on developing personal power. The objectives are for students to understand power, identify its forms, and recognize the power of personal responsibility. It discusses that true power lies in our decisions and provides examples of using personal power for positive change, such as making changes at school. Students are encouraged to think about how to use their intelligence and decision-making abilities to enact positive changes through group projects. The conclusion emphasizes that personal power comes from the choices we make, which can affect our own lives and others.

1. ADVISORY CURRICULUM :
DEVELOPPING PERSONAL
POWER
MR.ANAS LAHRICHI
FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2018
AL AKHAWAYN SCHOOL OF IFRANE

2. OBJECTIVES
• STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF POWER.
• STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY THE FORMS THAT POWER CAN
TAKE.
• STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY THE POWER OF PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.

3. LET’S STAND !
• IDENTIFY TWO PEOPLE IN YOUR MIND (SECRETLY)
• TRY TO BE EQUIDISTANT FROM THOSE TWO PEOPLE
• WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ?
• PERSONAL CHANGE => AFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL

4. PART 1 : THE POWER WITHIN
• QUESTION TIME !
• DOES HEALTH GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES WEALTH GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES BEAUTY GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES PHYSICAL SIZE GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES KNOWLEDGE GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES POPULARITY GIVE PEOPLE POWER?
• • DOES THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE GIVE PEOPLE POWER?

5. • WHAT IS THE TRUE SOURCE OF POWER ?
• GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WITH GREATER POWER THAN
YOU.
• EX : JUDGE CAN SUSPEND DRIVERS LISCENCE IN COURT
• EVEN THOUGH THE COURT HAS THE POWER TO SUSPEND A PERSON’S
• DRIVER’S LICENSE, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO SO.
• • BEFORE THE COURT SUSPENDS A LICENSE, IT GATHERS INFORMATION ON
THE OFFENSE AND MAKES A DECISION ABOUT IT.
• • PRIOR TO THE COURT’S DECISION TO SUSPEND A LICENSE, THE DRIVER
MADE A DECISION TO VIOLATE THE LAW.
• • WHAT DECISION MIGHT THE DRIVER HAVE MADE?

6. TRUE POWER LIES IN OUR DECISIONS
• THEREFORE WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

7. LET’S DO A POLL !
• FROM 1 TO 10(STRONGEST),RATE YOUR POWER TO DO THE FOLLOWING :
• WEAR WHAT THEY WANT
• • GET GOOD GRADES IN SCHOOL
• • GET A PART-TIME JOB
• • GO OUT WITH THE GIRL OR BOY THAT THEY LIKE
• MATH TIME : ADD THEM UP
• IF GREATER THAN 20 = YOU HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF PERSONAL POWER
• OTHERWISE,YOU HAVE MORE POWER THAN YOU THINK !
• PAIR UP AND DISCUSS

8. POWER FOR POSITIVE CHANGE
• UNFORTUNATELY,IN HISTORY POWER HAS BEEN USED FOR NEGATIVE PURPOSES :
ETHNIC CLEANSINGS,GENOCIDES,HATE CRIMES,DICTATORSHIP ETC.
• HOW COULD WE HAVE AVOIDED THE ABOVE ?
• SO WE NEED TO TUNE OUR PERSONAL POWER FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE
• POSITIVE CHANGE TO WHOM ? : OUR OWN LIVES, BUT IN THE LIVES OF THOSE IN
OUR FAMILIES, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

9. GROUPWORK : LET’S MAKE IT REAL
• GROUPS OF 3
• THINK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE IN SCHOOL
• DEVISE A PLAN TO USE PERSONAL POWER TO CHANGE IT IN A
POSITIVE WAY
• THINK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC KINDS OF POWER YOU WILL USE
(INTELLIGENCE,DECISION MAKING ETC.)
• FINALLY PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS,MAYBE EVENTUALLY TO THE
DIRECTOR !

10. CONCLUSION/SUMMARY
• PERSONAL POWER LIES IN THE CHOICES WE MAKE.
• YOUR CHOICES WILL AFFECT YOUR OWN LIFE AND OFTEN
THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
• YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW YOU USE YOUR
POWER.