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 7¨C8 resources will help students to learn:
- about leadership and how to handle difficult situations
- how to make good decision
- about the consequences for victims when offenders break laws
- to distinguish the difference between lies and the truth and how to handle temptations to lie
- to take action to be a role model for others.
Five focus areas
Learning activities are arranged in five focus areas.
Focus area 1: Respect
Students role-play someone making a good choice.
Focus area 2: Right and wrong
Students suggest how to handle situations in which they might be tempted to tell a white lie and create messages about honesty to share with others.
- Right and wrong (PDF, 295KB)
- Right and wrong (Word, 64KB)
Focus area 3: Rules, laws and consequences
Students list the consequences of breaking the law, identify common offences and prepare a diagram to show how victims of crime feel.
- Rules, laws and consequences (PDF, 141KB)
- Rules, laws and consequences (Word, 173KB)
Focus area 4: Honesty
Students list the qualities that make a good leader, role-play ways of handling difficult situations and set and work towards a personal goal that will help protect the environment.
Focus area 5: Role models
Students carry out a pledge to become a better role model.
- Role models (PDF, 344KB)
- Role models (Word, 72KB)