Integrity
Integrity- inner-strength, truthfulness, trustworthiness, honesty, honor and justice
Articles for teachers
The heart of a teacher- great for teachers**
Articles For Parents
Why your integrity is important to your kids
The Power of Pets: Building integrity
What parents can do to teach integrity
Lesson Ideas
Integrity- Scholastic, grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Character Counts- Integrity
Short Lessons
Writing assignments-
1. Are you a trustworthy person? In what ways are you, trustworthy? In what ways are you, perhaps not so trustworthy? What could you do to improve?
2.Write about someone you trust. Why do you trust that person? How important is that trust to you? How do you reciprocate?
3. Write about a time you lost somebody's trust or somebody lost your trust. Was this trust ever regained? How? What did you learn from the experience?
Discuss why telling the truth is so important. Help your students create a simple list of "best reasons" for always being honest. Use a book about honesty to reinforce your discussion.
Books
The Big Fat Enormous Lie- Sharmat
Anteater on the stairs-Coltrill
Believing Sophie-Hutchens
Honest Tulio-Himmelman
Lleonard, the Llama that Lied-Cameron
The Boy Who Cried Wolf-Ross
Arthurs Computer Disaster-Brown Fun Worksheets, Speekaboo-read by Clay Aiken
The Berenstain Bears and the Truth- Berenstain
Chicken Sunday- Polacco
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Terrible Truth about Third Grade-McGuire
The Story of Thurgood Marshall-Arthur
Articles for teachers
The heart of a teacher- great for teachers**
Articles For Parents
Why your integrity is important to your kids
The Power of Pets: Building integrity
What parents can do to teach integrity
Lesson Ideas
Integrity- Scholastic, grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Character Counts- Integrity
Short Lessons
Writing assignments-
1. Are you a trustworthy person? In what ways are you, trustworthy? In what ways are you, perhaps not so trustworthy? What could you do to improve?
2.Write about someone you trust. Why do you trust that person? How important is that trust to you? How do you reciprocate?
3. Write about a time you lost somebody's trust or somebody lost your trust. Was this trust ever regained? How? What did you learn from the experience?
Discuss why telling the truth is so important. Help your students create a simple list of "best reasons" for always being honest. Use a book about honesty to reinforce your discussion.
Books
The Big Fat Enormous Lie- Sharmat
Anteater on the stairs-Coltrill
Believing Sophie-Hutchens
Honest Tulio-Himmelman
Lleonard, the Llama that Lied-Cameron
The Boy Who Cried Wolf-Ross
Arthurs Computer Disaster-Brown Fun Worksheets, Speekaboo-read by Clay Aiken
The Berenstain Bears and the Truth- Berenstain
Chicken Sunday- Polacco
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Terrible Truth about Third Grade-McGuire
The Story of Thurgood Marshall-Arthur
