Fairness
Created
by: Emily Pratt and Rebecca Preece
Completed
as part of the requirements for El Ed 4050 Fall Semester
1999
Jay
Monson, Course Instructor, Utah State University
Grade
Level 1
I. Significance of
Topic. Understanding the concept of fairness is an
important aspect in the education of pupils. By the time
children reach the age of twenty their values have been
learned. It is important to teach children from a young age
the importance of fairness in every aspect, obeying rules
and laws, fighting for changes in rules and laws when you
feel they may be unfair, things that might not be fair that
you have no say in, and treating others with respect and
fairness.
II. Schematic Map
Outline.
III. Goals and
Objectives.
A. The
student will be able to define fairness in their own
words.
B. The student will
be able to apply their concept of fairness to their own
lives.
C. The student will
be able to differentiate between fair rules and unfair
rules.
D. The student will
identify why laws and rules are important.
E. The student will
construct a list of laws for a community.
F. The student will
construct a list of rights that all people should
have.
G. The student will
learn why the Pilgrims came to America, and what was
unfair about their circumstances.
H. The student will
be able to list characteristics of a Veteran and be able
to explain why we celebrate Veteran's Day.
I. The student will
understand the components of a personal letter and be
able to write a personal letter.
IV. Inventory of
Possible Activities.
A.
Suggested Introductory Activities.
1. Display
a table in the room and perhaps a bulletin board with
items that deal with fairness. Ex. Books having to do
with fairness, games or items having rules, any
pictures, and for the bulletin board maybe a pocket
that has situations, asking "What would you
do?"
2 Read a book
aloud to them with an issue of fairness in it, talk
about what it was about, introduce the word
fairness.
3. Have a
Veteran or someone from the community come in and
speak to the class on the importance of
fairness.
4. Have the
students do a role play. Start them with a scenario
and have them finish it. How did they solve the
problem? Was their solution fair? Discuss
fairness.
B. Suggested
Developmental Activities.
1. Discuss
the Pilgrims and why they came to America. Was it fair
that they should be discriminated against? Create a
Bill of Rights that allows everyone the same
rights.
2. Play a game
involving some people playing by the rules and others
not playing by the rules. Is this fair? Discuss how
laws and rules must be created when setting up your
own community.
3. Create an Art
project by distributing all of the materials forit to
only a few individuals. Have them decide the most fair
way to share the materials so each person will be
allowed to participate and create their own project.
4. List
characteristics of a Veteran, explain why we celebrate
Veteran's Day. Use literature, such as The Wall by Eve
Bunting.
5. Write a
letter to a local Veteran. Learn how to write a
personal letter. Write a class letter.
6. Do a class
time capsule that fairly represents each class member.
Talk about what things would need to be included to
make it fair.
C.
Culminating Activities.
1. Have
students come up with definitions of fairness; create
a choral reading for the class to recite.
2. Have the
class create a newsletter to send home at the end of
the month; describe what activities the class has been
doing on fairness for the month.
3. As a class,
design a chart that lists the attributes of fairness
to be posted in the classroom.
4. Create a
class book on fairness to be placed in the class
library or the school library. Have each student
create their own page with their idea of what they can
do to be a fair person.
5. Have the
students write in their journal each day an event they
experienced in which someone was fair or not fair. Use
these entries as discussion topics or possible role
play ideas.
6. Have the
class write their own play about a situation that
deals with fairness. Have them present it to another
class or in an assembly.
V. Evaluation
Suggestions.
1. Do a
shared writing activity where the class lists ideas on
how they can be fair.
2. Have the
students write what they have learned in their learning
journal.
3. Monitor the
class as they do group work to check for
understanding.
4. Have a class
discussion at the end of the unit to talk about what they
have learned for the month about fairness.
5. Look at their
projects (class bill of rights, laws and rules, corn
husks, letters to Veteran's, etc.) to see if they apply
what has been taught.
VI. Listing of
Materials for Reference Purposes.
1. Books:
The Wall
by Eve Bunting.
Lilly's Purple
Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
A Bargain For
Frances by Russell Hoban
It Wasn't My
Fault by Helen Lester
You Are Special
by Max Lucado
2. Web
sites
Thanksgiving/Holidays:
www.night.net/thanksgiving/lesson-plan.html
Veteran's
Day/Holidays: www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/ youth/
November.html
Holidays:
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/tower/8476/
3.
Games
Candy
Land
Chutes and
Ladders
Checkers
Memory
4.
People
Local
Veterans
Local Judge
Politicians
Referee
Sample Lesson
Plan
Pilgrims
to America, Why Did They Come?
Subject: Social
Studies (Thanksgiving and Fairness)
Date: November
2, 1999
Objectives:
*Students
will learn why the Pilgrims came to America.
*Students will
Identify what was Unfair about the circumstances.
*Students will have
constructed a list of rights that all people should
have.
Motivation:
*Write a
question on the board such as "Who are the Pilgrims? Why
did they come to America?
*You may have to
Read the Question out loud and have them think about
it.
*Discuss what they
already know about the Pilgrims and what they want to
know (KWL).
Methods:
*Let the
children choose from several picture books on
Thanksgiving that have previously been checked to see if
they portray Thanksgiving appropriately.
*Let them know that
they are free to read the others during S.S.R.
*Read them the
story discussing that the Pilgrims came to America
seeking a place that allowed them to believe the way they
wanted.
*After discuss
rights that we have in the classroom and as
citizens
*Have them split
into groups and create their own Bill of Rights. What
would be fair?
Materials:
Variety of
Thanksgiving books on different reading levels
Paper and
Pencils
Assessment:
*Their group
Bill of Rights will show if they understood how to what
rights are, and why it is fair that all people have the
same rights.
*Their Bill of
Rights could then be hung up in the room for others to
compare.
*Through discussion
you will be able to see if they are understanding.
Personal
Evaluation:
Were
objectives met?
Did I present
material effectively?
Were they
interested and involved in the activities?
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