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What's Fair?
Learners investigate the concept of fairness. In this fairness lesson, students discuss fairness and how different people view it in different ways. They read stories which deal with fair and unfair.
Overcoming Obstacles
Fairness
Fairness is the subject of a lesson designed to boost relationship skills and social awareness. Class members discuss that fairness is getting what you need when needed, differences are okay, and review classroom rules to...
Los Angeles Unified School District
Why Is the Declaration of Independence Important?
Fair or unfair? To begin a study of the American Revolution, class members review the treatment of the people of the American Colonies by the King of England and decide which were fair and which were unfair. Class members then annotate a...
Critical Thinking Cooperative
Doing Our Share
Whether at home or in the classroom, each member of a community has certain responsibilities they must tend to. With the help of the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne, kids learn how to assign jobs in a fair and safe...
Institute for Humane Education
Not So Fair and Balanced: Analyzing Bias in the Media
Life is not always fair. Who's heard that before? This same concept moves to a larger scale using prejudice and bias. Pupils discuss where prejudice attitudes derive and how they develop throughout life. Reading comprehension...
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Fairness and Justice
In this fairness and justice worksheet, students read a list of steps about how to be a fair person and complete a set of discussion questions based on a referenced video program. Suggestions for related activities and writing are also...
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Fairness and Justice
In this fairness and justice worksheet, students complete a true/false checklist about being fair and complete discussion questions after viewing a referenced video. Suggestions for writing and students activities are also given.
EngageNY
Fair Games
What constitutes a fair game? Scholars learn about fair games and analyze some to see if they are fair. They extend this idea to warranties and other contexts.
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Fairness
Second graders define "fairness." They discuss importance of treating all people with fairness, verbally list way they can be fair to others, and keep track of fairness they see in the classroom by recording incidents on a "Fairness and...
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Judges in the Classroom: Unfair of Deceptive Sales Practices
Middle and high schoolers learn to judge fair and unfair sales practices. They read, discuss, and work through hypothetical situations to evaluate whether the sales practices were deceptive or unfair. Handouts are included.
Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust
That’s Not Fair!
As part of a series of critical thinking exercises, kids consider issues of social justice, especially the factors that must be considered when trying to balance conflicting rights and freedoms.
Learning for Life
Trust Me - I Won't Let You Down
What is fairness? What does it mean to be trustworthy? Learners explore these concepts in an important life skills lesson, which includes reading a story, responding to sample scenarios, and classroom discussion.
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Unfair Or Deceptive Sales Practices
Students explore fair and unfair practices in the judicial system. They are to find sources in their own community to find help for a problem.
Media Education Lab
Sponsored Content as Propaganda
What is sponsored content? Who produces sponsored content? Why? Is it fair or unfair? What are the privacy implications for consumers? To answer these questions, class members view a model screencast before crafting their own that...
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Fair Responses to Unfair Acts
Students understand the sacrifices and problems in undoing an unfair situation. In this unfairness lesson, students discuss the reasons for the Montgomery Boycott and discuss worksheet and feelings about dealing with unfair situations.
EngageNY
Making Fair Decisions
Life's not fair, but decisions can be. The 17th installment of a 21-part module teaches learners about fair decisions. They use simulations to develop strategies to make fair decisions.
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Was it Fair for the Elephant's Child?
Students use literature to explore ideas of justice. They discuss what makes something fair or unfair. They draw and explain cartoons that tell the story.
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The Fair Factor
Students participate in playing many games to determine if they are fair or not. They create their own game that is fair to play with their classmates.
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Probability: Grade A
Math whizzes explore dependent and independent outcomes. They determine the outcome of simple and compound events. Pupils complete tree diagrams to identify outcomes. They identify fair and unfair games. This two-page worksheet contains...
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Fair is Fair
Students participate in two unfair activities to explain the concept of fairness. Then they role-play different scenarios demonstrating the idea of fairness. They discuss reasons to make rules and complete a web chart on fairness.
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Fair Housing Lesson 4: Constitutional Hearing
Students investigate fair housing issues in the United States. In this government lesson, students watch "No Place Like Home," and then prepare to participate in a classroom simulation that requires them to act as state legislators and...
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Fairness
Pupils distinguish between that which is fair and that which is unfair. They offer solutions as to how to remedy a seemingly unfair situation. They also engage in a role play situation and offer solutions.
CK-12 Foundation
Counting Events: Flipping Unfair Coins
Who said life was fair? An interactive uses an area diagram to represent the probabilities of flipping unfair coins. Pupils use the diagram to calculate the probabilities of outcomes of flipping the two coins. The scholars must decide...
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How Fair is International Trade?
Young scholars research the concept of transnational corporations and investigate the details of one particular TNC. They then compare the Gross National Products of a range of countries to the profits of the TNCs.