Introduction to the Free Being Me Activity Packs.

Introduction to the Free Being Me Activity Packs

Understand the aims of the Free Being Me Activity Packs

Discover how to improve girls’ body confidence and self-esteem

Understand key concepts and language used in the Activity Packs

Understand the Free Being Me learning journey

Quiz Aims

Body confidence changes the world!

Q1) Draw your vision of a world where everyone is happy with the way they look and feel confident being themselves!

Real change

Q2) Fill in the figures for the statistics below:

Three years after doing the Body Project:

had significantly improved body confidence

had better relationships with their peers

were more confident and capable at

school.

60%

71%

78%

Activity Pack Key Messages

Q3) In the box below, match up the key messages from each Activity Pack:

7- 10 Activity Pack 11- 14 Activity Pack

7-10s: What will girls learn? Society gives us a narrow definition, but in reality

there is not just one way to be beautiful

There is huge diversity of beauty ideals around the world

Focussing on what we like about ourselves and our bodies, helps keep up our body confidence and of those around us.

What’s inside you matters more than the outside

11-14s: What will girls learn? Society’s definition of beauty is very narrow and

impossible to achieve – it’s an Image Myth

There are lots of negative consequences to trying to look like the Image Myth

Focussing on what we like about ourselves and our bodies, helps keep up our body confidence and of those around us.

The Learning Journey

Free Being Me will take girls on a journey, encouraging them to speak out against the Image Myth and in turn become more body confident through four simple steps.

Q4) Match each step to its definition in the correct order:

Q4) The FBM Learning Journey Step

Definition

1 Identify the Image Myth

Defining the Image Myth, reflecting on their society and understanding of the issue, so they can see the relevance in their own lives.

2 Define the costs (down-sides) of the Image Myth

Understanding that the Image Myth is impossible and has lots of costs, empowers them to challenge it.

3 Challenge the Image Myth

Expressing the alternative to the Image Myth and highlighting how it makes us unhappy, allows them to share determination to be free.

4 Inspire others to challenge the Image Myth

By planning and running their Take Action project, participants will both challenge the Image Myth and share this message with others.

How to ensure Free Being Me activities make a difference to body confidence

Speak out Giving each individual space to speak outIn front of a group Speaking positively about our bodies

RepeatChallenging the Image Myth in lots of different ways

How we’re boosting body confidence

Q5) Which of the following activities boosts body confidence (more than one can be correct):

a) Participants come up with their own answers to Body Talk statements.

b) Participants talk about which aspects of their body they don’t like.

c) Participants create their own Magazine that celebrates feeling good about yourself and promotes many different ways of being beautiful.

Personal Challenges

At the end of each session, participants are given a personal challenge to complete before the next session.

Q6) What is the purpose of the personal challenge?

The personal challenges provide girls with a chance to reflect on what they have learned, and use their learning in a different environment.

The Activity Packs’ Structure

Q7) In the Activity Packs, what does the star next to some of the activities mean?

A) The activities marked with a star are essential activities. If you had limited time and were not able to do all the activities, you should at least do the starred activities to have the best possibility in changing girls’ body confidence.

Take Action

At the end of Free Being Me, each group has the chance to share the Free Being Me message by planning and implementing a Take Action project.

Q8) To gain a badge and spread the word each participant’s Take Action project should reach out to a minimum of how many people?

A)Two girls / boys of their age who haven’t

taken part in Free Being Me

Activity Packs’ Structure

Q9) The Activity Packs can be delivered in the following way:

a) 5 sessions including the Take Action project

b) In a camp over a few days

c) Both of the above

Supporting Leaders

Q10) When a leader downloads the Activity Packs what other resource will be available to them to support them in delivering Free Being Me?

A) The Leader Guide which includes the following:

-Background to the FBM Activity Packs

-FAQ’s

-Glossary

-Alternative session plans

-Parent Letter

The end!

Introduction to the Free Being Me Activity Packs.

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