CLOVERLY CUBS’ CODE Parents … Students … Staff … Community I will respect others’ rights and property. Keep hands, feet, and all objects to myself. I will be a respectful listener. Respect others’ opinions. I will be a responsible person. Complete all work on time and make good honest choices. I will make wise decisions…. Read more »
Ethical Guidepost How do you make your Choices? HORMONES vs VALUES REVENGE vs RESTRAINT IMPULSE vs CONSCIENCE IMMEDIATE vs DELAYED DISCARD vs RESPECT
Agree or Disagree Charts 1. You can go into your sister’s bedroom and borrow something without permission because she visited your bedroom and took something without permission . 2. You can wear your hair, color your hair, cut your hair any way you wish! 3. It’s up to parents to set up the ground rules… Read more »
Selfishness, people not thinking of the rights of others: 56% People who don’t respect the law and the authorities; 52% Wrongdoing by politicians: 48% Lack of parental discipline of children and teens: 47% Courts that care more about criminals’ rights than victims’: 45% Too much emphasis on money and materialism: 41% Lack of morality/ethics in… Read more »
Who We Are: We are young talented thinkers, writers, and speakers focused on the core ethical values that make each of us a better person. Our Core Ethical Values: Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Caring, Fairness, & Citizenships (from Character Counts), and other values we may adopt, consistent with the core values. Our Belief: We are entitled… Read more »
Light in Dark Times: highlights literature, multi-cultural traditions, cross-curricular springboards thematically based on light. This month’s column features more of an idea-bank than specific instructions for unit. Please, share additional ideas with us, or let us know what you did with the theme! (dhamry@scdsschool.org) Brainstorm as many action verbs for light as students can think… Read more »
In my 20 years of Asking High School Seniors “Would you save your dog or a stranger first if both were drowning?”one- third always vote for the dog, one- third always vote for the stranger, and one- third always find the question too difficult. But the second question is even more interesting to me. I… Read more »
Harvest, Gratitude, Sharing Highlight include: N.W. Cultures, Totem Poles, Potlatch-Give-Away, Chief Sealth’s Speech This month’s activities will culminate with a popular N.W. tradition, the potlatch or “give-away.” The various N.W. coastal tribes have unique traditions, but all include sharing with each other and “give-away” as well as feasting. I like this very much because it… Read more »
Using Tom and Huck to Develop Moral Reasoning Brief Description Demonstrates how to use dilemma situations for literature to develop adolescent moral reasoning. Dilemmas involve questions of responsibility, fairness, rightness and wrongness, empathy and caring, and motive or intention. Sample activities focus on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Adapt these activities to any piece of… Read more »
1. Identify the problem. 1.1. Be alert; be sensitive to morally charged situations. Look behind the technical requirements of your job to see the moral dimensions. Use your ethical resources to determine relevant moral standards . Useyour moral intuition. 1.2. Gather information and don’t jump to conclusions. While accuracy is important, there can be a… Read more »
