HS.12 Practicing Honesty
This LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.12, “Practicing Honesty”) helps students explore the meaning and value of honesty as a personal character trait. Through advertisement analysis, group activities, peer interviews, and class discussion, students identify what honesty means and the benefits of being honest in school, FFA, and SAE contexts. It includes application activities and a 500-word essay evaluation on rebuilding trust.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify what honesty means.
- Identify the benefits of being honest.
- Explain the value of honesty as a human character trait.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Magazine advertisements—one per student
- Markers
- Overhead projector
- Paper
- Pencils
- Transparencies
- Writing surface
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- Who Am I as a Leader.
- Precepts
- D2: Accurately assess my values.
- Key Terms
- Honesty
- Resources
- Blanton, Brad PhD. Radical Honesty: How To Transform Your Life By Telling The Truth. New York, New York. Dell Publishing, 1996. National FFA Essential Learning materials, 2003.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NSS-C.9-12.5Roles of the Citizen — What are the responsibilities of citizens.