Honesty, Integrity, and Fairness as Elements of Educational Curriculum for Life
This page outlines teaching curriculum ideas for Honesty, Integrity, and Fairness as elements of the “Caring” category of the Curriculum for Life component of the open source Education for Life Program. This curriculum is meant as a globally collaborative and ever-expanding archive of ideas to be combined with the Teaching Strategies for Life component, and Learning Tools and Toys for Life component, to create endless Lesson Plans for Life purposed to grow and evolve what we feel will be the most comprehensive, effective, and diversely applicable free-education program and open source and free-shared project-launch usable education blueprint in the world.
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HONESTY & INTEGRITY CURRICULUM
The following is a list of honesty, integrity, and fairness curriculum topics divided into two categories: “Honesty and Integrity as an Individual” and “Ethics and Integrity in the World.” If you have an idea or section that you believe should be included here, please send it to us using our Suggestions Page. Visit our Lesson Plans Page for lesson plans designed to integrate this curriculum.
NOTE: Curriculum with asterisks is curriculum we consider “core curriculum” that is central to the lesson plan design process. To identify these subjects we adopted the California Department of Education guidelines (because they are some of the most comprehensive and strict in the nation), added in the national SAT/ACT expectations for grade 7 and beyond, referenced the US Common Core State Standards Documents, and then double checked our curriculum and goals against the best selling and #1 teacher recommended Spectrum Test Prep workbook series. Curriculum with “*” is curriculum identified through these methods as foundational to 1st-6th grade learning. Curriculum with “**” is curriculum identified through these methods as foundational to 7th-12th learning.
Honesty and Integrity as an Individual
HONESTY AND TELLING THE TRUTH
- You are honest when…*
- Why is/isn’t honesty important?*
- Truth – what is it? ~ facts and the nature of reality
- Exploring the subjective and objective, relative and absolute truth
- Speaking your truth – the importance of ownership language (see also Communication curriculum)
- Personal stories, fables, and other examples of learning honesty and integrity
- Chivalry, virtue, humility, white lies, and other individual honesty related concepts
- Honesty and relationships – why do people lie to other people?
- Strategies for becoming even more honest
- Strategies for encouraging honesty in others
- Exploration of the experience of telling the truth
- Exploration of the experience of telling a half-truth or non-truth
- Exploration of the experience of someone else telling the truth
- Exploration of the experience of someone else telling a half-truth or non-truth
- The body language, tonality, and feeling of honesty, integrity, and telling the truth
- Exploration of what to do if you have been dishonest
- Exploration of what to do if you know someone else has been dishonest
- Exploration of what to do if you know being honest may end up hurting someone else’s feelings
- Honesty and self-esteem: being honest with yourself
- Being honest about your feelings
- Being honest about your desires and motives
- Personal honesty and integrity in relation to The Highest Good of All
- The power of your word
- Sharing circles
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FAIRNESS
- You are fair when…
- Why is/isn’t fairness important?
- Fairness – what is it? ~ fairness and the nature of reality
- Personal stories, fables, and other examples of learning fairness
- Fairness and relationships – why are people unfair with other people?
- Strategies for becoming even more fair
- Strategies for encouraging fairness in others
- Exploration of the experience of fairness
- Exploration of the experience of not being fair
- Exploration of the experience of someone else not being fair
- Exploration of what to do if you have been unfair
- Exploration of what to do if you know someone else has been unfair
- Fairness and self-esteem: being fair with yourself
- Why one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself (idea source was Waldorf)
- Fairness in relation to The Highest Good of All
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Ethics and Integrity in the World
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE
- What are ethics?*
- What is a code of ethics?*
- Why are/aren’t ethics important?*
- Ethics in personal and professional relationships – is there a difference?
- Exploring ethics and fairness in relation to business and professional life
- Honesty throughout the world: crosscultural study
- Ethics and integrity in history**
- Ethics and integrity in current events**
- Heroes and heroines: lives of the people of virtue
- Honesty in scientific and medical research
- Who is a person of integrity? Traits of character, values, and behavior
- What are the criteria for integrity in different professions (painter vs. plumber vs. doctor vs. teacher, etc.) – all the same or different?
- What is a business of integrity? Traits of character, values, and behavior
- What are the criteria for integrity in different businesses – all the same or different?
- Organizations focused on ethics (Society for Ethics across the Curriculum, the Society of Christian Ethics, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, etc.)
- Resolution of ethical dilemmas
- Ways to support ethical and honest business practices
- Honesty project: analyzing ourselves (traits of character, actions, habits, attitudes, etc.) and working on enhancement of honesty in everyday life
- Ethics and Integrity for The Highest Good of All
- How to co-create and support a community honor code
- Sharing circles in business
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