Doing the Right Thing aims to promote values that will assist students to become responsible New Zealanders who respect others and the law.
What students will learn
These year 4¨C6 resources will help students to learn:
- to distinguish the difference between lies and the truth
- the need for rules and how to developed rules and laws
- the qualities of a role model.
Five focus areas
Learning activities are arranged in five focus areas.
Focus area 1: Respect
Students name people in the community whom they respect and explain how they show these people respect.
Focus area 2: Right and wrong
Students distinguish right behaviour from wrong behaviour and explain how it feels when we do the right thing.
- Right and wrong (PDF, 700KB)
- Right and wrong (Word, 399KB)
Focus area 3: Rules, laws and consequences
Students come up with positive group rules and explore positive and negative statements about following rules.
- Rules, laws and consequences (PDF, 113KB)
- Rules, laws and consequences (Word, 173KB)
Focus area: 4 Honesty
Students use masks to indicate they can distinguish lies from the truth and write slogans that show that cheating has negative consequences.
Focus area 5: Role models
Students write a job description for a role model that shows they understand the qualities and behaviours that make a good role model.
- Role models (PDF, 333KB)
- Role models (Word, 104KB)