U4 L6 Honesty

HONESTY

​WHAT IS HONESTY

​Being honest is being open, trustworthy and truthful. When people are honest, they can be relied on not to lie, cheat, or steal. Honesty is telling the truth. ... It is being honest and sincere with others and yourself. You are a person of integrity when your words and actions match

​IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONESTY

​Honesty helps in developing good attributes like kindness, discipline, truthfulness, moral integrity and more. Lying, cheating, lack of trust, steal, greed and other immoral attributes have no part in Honesty.

​When is honesty difficult?

​Many people will say that it is most difficult to be honest when your answer will hurt somebody. However I think that most people actually find it most difficult to be honest when the answer will make their life more challenging or hurt themselves in some way.

​WHY IS IT GOOD TO BE HONESTY

Honesty leads to a fulfilling, free life. Honesty is not just about telling the truth. ... Honesty promotes openness, empowers us and enables us to develop consistency in how we present the facts.​

LET US HAVE AN ACTIVITY!

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

Poll

Your mom said you could play on the tablet for 30 minutes and has set the timer.

• When the time is almost up,you secretly add more time on the timer so you can keep playing.

• You stop playing when the timer rings.

Multiple Choice

What does honesty mean?

• to be truthful

• to tell people what they want to hear

• to make people happy

Poll

Jay broke the neighbor's window, what should he do?

Multiple Choice

If you don't tell the truth you are ______.

• Honest

• Dishonest

• Kind

Multiple Choice

Arya always tells her parents the truth, even if it means she might get in trouble. Her parents consider her to be very ____________ .

• intelligent

• trustworthy

• helpful

• wonderful

Multiple Choice

Riya wanted to go outside and play, but her Dad said she has to finish her project first. She just put everything away neatly to pretend she was done and told her Dad she was finished, then he let her go outside.

• Honest

• Dishonest

Multiple Choice

Aarav totally forgot to do his homework assignment. When it was time to turn it in, he told his teacher he was sick and hadn't been able to do the work.

• Honest

• Dishonest

Poll

You broke the table. Your mom asked who broke the table.

• You tell her you did it.

• You tell her that you don't know what's happened.

• You blame it on your brother/sister.

​✅Record your answer to the questions (record on the next slide):

1. Why do you think people tell lies?

2. If you saw a classmate cheating, what would you do?

Audio Response

✅Record your answer to the questions:

1. Why do you think people tell lies?

2. If you saw a classmate cheating, what would you do?

Open Audio Recorder