# Lesson 191: Being honest

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Responsibility and Citizenship

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## Objective

I can tell what it means to be honest and give simple examples of telling the truth and fixing mistakes.

## Materials

- Plain paper and crayons or colored pencils
- Notebook page for a small honesty promise chart
- Optional: picture book that shows a character being honest

## Mini-lesson — What does it mean to be honest?

When you are honest, your words and actions tell the truth. You do not pretend on purpose.

Honest words

- Saying what really happened.
- Using true words, not making up a story.
- Saying "I did it" when it was you.

Honest actions

- Giving back something you found that is not yours.
- Not hiding broken things on purpose.
- Doing the work you say you will do.

Fixing mistakes with honesty

- Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.
- Honesty means telling an adult what really happened.
- We can say, "I'm sorry" and try again.

Why honesty matters

- Honesty helps people trust you.
- Honesty helps friends, family, and teachers feel safe.
- It feels better inside when you are truthful.

In this lesson, we talk about small, everyday honesty: school work, toys, and simple stories. An adult can help with bigger worries.

Picture strip: Honest words and actions

## Guided Practice — My honesty promises

You will make a small honesty promise chart to show how you want to be honest each day.

1. Draw a big rectangle on your page. At the top, write or trace "My honesty promises".
2. Draw three boxes inside the rectangle. In each box, draw a small picture of a time you can be honest. For example: telling the truth about homework, returning a found toy, or saying "I'm sorry" after a mistake.
3. Under each picture, write or trace a short promise sentence, such as "I will tell the truth.", "I will give things back.", or "I will say sorry and try again."
4. Circle any words that show truth, like "truth", "honest", or "real".
5. At the bottom of the page, write or trace: "Being honest helps people trust me."
6. Read your honesty promises aloud to an adult. Talk together about one promise you want to practise today.

Tracing Pad
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## Practice — Honest or not?

Use short stories to talk about honest and not honest choices in a gentle way.

1. With an adult, think of three short stories. For example, "A child spills water and tells the teacher", or "A child hides a broken crayon and says they did nothing".
2. For each story, ask, "Is this honest or not honest?" and explain why.
3. If the story is not honest, say one way to change it into an honest choice, such as telling the truth and helping clean up.
4. Practise simple honesty sentences such as "I will tell what really happened." and "I can fix my mistakes with the truth."
5. At the end, tell an adult one honesty goal for today, such as "I will tell the truth about my work."

## Quick Check — Being honest

Answer each question about honesty. These questions check simple ideas only.

1) What does it mean to be honest?

To make up stories on purpose. To tell the truth with your words and actions. To hide what really happened.
Honesty means telling the truth, not pretending.

2) Which is an honest choice?

Saying you did your homework when you did not. Blaming someone else for your spill. Telling the teacher you forgot and asking to try again.
Honesty tells what really happened, even when it is hard.

3) You find a toy on the floor that is not yours. What is an honest thing to do?

Give it to the teacher or try to find who it belongs to. Put it in your pocket and say nothing. Break it so no one can use it.
Honesty means not keeping things that are not yours.

4) Which sentence shows honesty?

"I did not do it," when you know you did. "I knocked over the blocks. I'm sorry." "It was someone else," when you are not sure.
Honesty uses true words about your own actions.

5) How can you show honesty with school work?

Copy a friend's answers and say they are yours. Say you finished when you only coloured one line. Try your best by yourself and ask for help if you need it.
Honest work shows your own effort, even if it is not perfect.

6) Why is being honest important?

It helps people trust you and feel safe with you. It makes it harder to have friends. It means you never talk to anyone.
Trust grows when people know you tell the truth.

7) You broke a pencil by accident. What is an honest way to fix the mistake?

Hide it and hope no one sees. Tell an adult what happened and say, "I'm sorry." Say someone else did it even if they did not.
Honesty plus "I'm sorry" is a good way to fix mistakes.

8) Which words could you use to be honest and kind at the same time?

"I made a mistake, but I will try again." "I never make mistakes, only you do." "I do not care what really happened."
You can be truthful and gentle at the same time.

9) Which sentence shows you understand honesty?

"I only need to be honest when I want a prize." "I should never tell the truth." "I can try to be honest every day, even with small things."
Honesty is for everyday moments, not just big ones.

10) Which choice is a good "honesty promise"?

"I will hide my mistakes so no one knows." "I will try to tell the truth and fix my mistakes." "I will say whatever gives me what I want."
Trying to tell the truth and fix mistakes is a strong honesty promise.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can say in simple words what it means to be honest. Student can give at least one example of an honest choice at home or school. Student can explain that everyone makes mistakes and that honesty helps fix them. Student can say how honesty helps people trust each other. Student shows a basic understanding that honesty belongs in everyday life.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk about being honest. 🙂 I know some ideas about being honest, but I want more practice. 😅 Being honest still feels a bit tricky to me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Telling the truth about what really happened Saying "I'm sorry" and fixing a mistake Giving back things that are not mine
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