Competency: Provide a concrete example of how forgiveness can lead to positive developments

Linked Core Abilities:

LESSON PLAN

Activities:

1. PARTICIPATE in learning warm-up activities by asking the students to think about one person they have not forgiven.

2. REVIEW Lesson Objectives

a. Describe the power of forgiveness.

b. Evaluate the consequences of forgiveness.

c. Explain how you can forgive someone and still hold them accountable for their actions.

3. REVIEW Key Words.

Define key word: conviction, grandeur, redemption, and transgression.

4. COMPLETE exercises to assess understanding of Key Words.

Ask the class leader to write the key words for the day on the board. The class leader then calls upon students for the correct definitions. The class leader can also test for understanding by asking students to use key words in a sentence.

5. PARTICIPATE in a lecture/discussion of the lesson.

Students watch the film The Power of Forgiveness. The instructor facilitates a discussion of the powerful consequences that flow from forgiving.

6. COMPLETE practice exercises to assess understanding lesson concepts. Complete the forgiveness quiz at

http://www.thepowerofforgiveness.com/quiz/index.cfm.

7. PARTICIPATE in a summary of the lesson (Lesson Review)

1. How do you benefit when you forgive?

2. Why is it important to always hold people accountable for their actions?

3. How does forgiveness differ from appeasement?