The students at MPLS celebrated BEING FAIR by emphasizing all
of the areas in our school and home life that contain
competition. Teachers and students worked together to establish
rules or reminders of how to participate in events with a healthy
attitude while treating others in a fair manner. Elements of
cheating were examined and choices established to get yourself out of a
tricky situation that could arise.
1. Fairness: January 2004 Theme
Definitions of fair and equal.
Equal = the same
Fair = you get what
you need
Example: someone with a broken leg. It would be equal to make him or her run the mile in PE, but not fair.
Are fair and equal the same? Sometimes yes and sometimes no.
Put up overhead and have students repeat “THAT’S NOT FAIR” after you. Show examples of equal and not equal- fair and not fair.
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for this overhead in pdf format.
Books for fairness:
-That’s Not Fair (by Jane Sarnoff,
-Nice New Neighbors (by Franz Brandenberg,
-The Case of the Double-Cross (by
-The Fox Steals Home (by Matt Christopher,
Fairness song- Be a Good Sport (from Kidsongs, 1987, Warner Bros. Records, Inc.)
2. Student Council Project from January
2004 Theme Fairness