Values exist at individual, family, and society levels. For example, as an individual, an important value may be striving to always do your best. In your family, a value may be to respect other family members. Our society has values that may be similar to or different from your individual and family values. An example of this is wealth.
Values can differ between people, families, and societies.
Create two columns on a piece of paper by drawing a vertical line down the middle of the paper. If you need help thinking of values, use the list below to get started. Then add any additional positive or negative values you can think of to the columns. If you are neutral on a value, do not put it in either column. Explain that people learn many values from their families, but they can also learn values in other ways, such as from friends, in school, through religion, from books, from magazines, from advertising, from television, from movies, from toys and games, etc.