HE.5.R.2.1

Describe the importance of having the courage to the do the right thing even when it is difficult.
General Information
Subject Area: Health Education
Grade: 5
Strand: Resiliency (starting 2024-2025)
Date Adopted or Revised: 07/23
Status: State Board Approved

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5015070: Physical Education - Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))

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Lesson Plans

Honesty is the Best Policy:

Using the case study, “The Honesty Reward”, students will discuss the importance of having the courage to do the right thing even when it is difficult. Students will create personal narratives to demonstrate a time they may experience a challenge that forces them to do the right thing even when it is difficult.

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How To Do What Is Right:

Using the case study, “What is the Right Thing to Do?” students will be defining what peer pressure and external influences means to them. They will use the problems of the characters in the case study to list solutions of how to positively deal with a peer pressure situation. Students will role-play each side of the situation to determine which is the right course of action. They will reflect and connect their learning to how they will respond to difficult moral and peer pressure situations in the future.

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Text Resources

Case Study: The Lost Loggerhead:

Using this case study, students can discuss, "Why is it important to communicate effectively and do the right thing even when it’s hard to?"

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Case Study: What is the Right Thing to Do?:

In this case study, students can discuss, "What should you do when your friends encourage you to do the wrong thing?"

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Case Study: Friend or Foe:

Using this case study, students can discuss, "How does social media affect our relationship with ourselves and others?"

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