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Values sort

Exploring our individual and collective values—what they are, what they mean to us and how they might guide our decision-making—can also help us to recognize the spectrum of values that individuals hold and why each of us believe and respond to situations as we do. Here is a simple activity to begin to identify those values that are important to you and to your community.

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   Tool

   30 minutes

   By: Principled Innovation® (PI)

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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