September Activity – Integrity Portrait

1.  Students will be able to define the meaning of integrity in the context of honesty and responsibility.
2.  Students will be able to recognize what it means to be a responsible citizen

1.  Students will be able to explain their understanding of integrity in their own words.
2.  Students will describe what it means to be a responsible citizen

Skills - Communication, problem-solving and creativity

Values-Integrity

Notebooks, pens, chart paper/plain A4 size paper/blank papers

Session 1: For a 45 min session Step 1-2 

Step 1 – Introduction

Time: (15 Min)

1. Narrate this short incident to students:

Monu couldn’t prepare for exams and decided to create chits to copy in the exam. On the exam day, one of his classmate Rani who had found his brand-new eraser, comes to him, and returns it. He is very surprised and asks her, why are you giving it back. Rani responds that she found this lying under the desk and kept it. When her mother found out about this incident, she told her that we should not take others stuff without informing them as it’s not truthful behavior. So, Rani says as your friend it is my duty to give this back to you. At this point, Monu started thinking about what he was about to do. He realizes it is wrong & dishonest on his part, so he decides not to copy in the exam. He also promises himself that as a student he will be truthful in daily life and fulfil his responsibility of being prepared for exams.

2. Ask the student following questions:

A. What stopped Monu from doing wrong/ being tempted?

B. What value or belief did Monu practice?

The teacher should elicit the value of Honesty /Doing Right/ Truthfulness/ not taking others stuff, obeying teacher, listening to instructions, helping each other, following class rules, being prepared for exams, etc., through these questions.

Teacher will introduce the activity with help of introduction given above.

Step 2 – Integrity Portrait

Estimated Time (30 Mins)

1. Teacher will divide the class into 4 groups. Each group will be given one issue card as given in Annexure 1.

Note: In case of large group size, teacher can also divide in 6 groups, extra issue cards are available. Teacher can also use same example for all groups. Objective is to understand about Integrity means being honest and responsible. 

2. Ask students to discuss the problem and present responses covering following questions:

a) What should you do in this situation? (Choice)

b) What would you do in this situation that shows honesty? (Truthful)

c) What should you do as your responsibility? (Responsibility)

d) Why should you do anything to solve the issue? (Why take action?)

e) How would you solve the issue? (Solution)

3. After reading the problem, they will think about the above questions and present the responses as characteristics of a person like a Portrait shown below. Teacher can show this example.

Example: Integrity Portrait

4. The teacher would move around in the classroom to ensure that the groups are doing the activity as instructed.

Homework: (Optional)

Students can beautify their portraits and add points if they wish to in discussion with each other as Homework/time during breaks till next session day.

Note: Please pre-inform the date of the next session for students to bring completed homework on the activity day.

If Homework is not given Teachers can collect portraits and keep/display in class to use in next session.

Session 2: For a 45 min session Step 3-4 

Step 3 – Presentation of Portrait (30mins)

1. Invite each group to present their Integrity Portraits. Limit each presentation to 5 minutes each.

2. If other students have any questions to the group, they can ask after group finishes the presentation. Avoid asking questions in between presentation.

3. After the groups present, the teacher can write on board or orally summarize the points of discussion (few given in picture below for reference) as per the time & resources available.

Step 4 – Debrief of Activity (10 mins)

Ask students the following questions to debrief the activity:

1. What have you learnt from the activity? (Take 1-2 responses.)

2. What are some characteristics of a person with Integrity?

3. Why is it important to be a responsible person?

4. How can responsible person contribute to the community/nation?

Homework: (Optional)

In what ways can you demonstrate honesty and responsibility in your daily life, whether it is at home, school, or in your community.

Reflection Sheets, Activity Report & Feedback Form  

Teachers kindly fill in the feedback form, remind office bearers to fill activity report and remind students also to fill up the reflection sheets. 

Annexure 1 – Issue Cards

Teacher can choose any four, extra cards are given in case if class size is larger, and more groups are to be made. If teacher wants entire class to work only on one/two issue, they can also choose that option.

Annexures 1