Lesson 10 — Fairness & Our Shared Rules, All Together

Summary

Learners gather everything from the unit into one six-part “fairness” page: reasons for and against, the same act in different situations, needs and wants, left out made more fair, a rule and its reason, and calm-down-talk-through-and-repair. They share their page and build a class “Fairness & Our Shared Rules” book.

Objectives

• Give reasons for and against a simple choice and say what they would do and why. (D09.S1.03.01)
• Explain why the same act can be good in one situation and not in another. (D09.S1.03.02)
• Tell the difference between a need and a want and explain why meeting needs fairly matters. (D09.S2.03.01)
• Identify a situation where someone was left out or treated unequally and describe how to make it more fair. (D09.S2.03.02)
• Explain how rules keep a group safe and fair and propose a rule for a shared space with a reason. (D09.S3.03.01)
• Explain what it means to have a voice in a group and what can happen when someone’s voice is not heard. (D09.S3.03.02)
• Use a simple step-by-step way to calm down and talk through a conflict without hurting anyone. (D09.S4.03.01)
• Explain what it means to repair harm rather than only punish, using an example. (D09.S4.03.02)

Connection

Fairness is not one big thing — it is many small things you can do every day: weighing reasons for and against, remembering that the same act can be good or not depending on the situation, meeting needs before wants, noticing who is left out and changing it, proposing a rule with a reason, hearing every voice, and going from conflict to calm talk to repair. When you put them together, you are practicing how to live fairly with other people — at home, in class, and anywhere on Earth people are together. Today you will put them all together.

Materials

• A six-part “fairness” page per learner
• Crayons and drawing tools
• Stapler, string, or clips for a class book

Preparation

• Prepare a six-box page for each learner (or one large shared sheet): “reasons for and against,” “the same act, different situations,” “needs and wants,” “left out — made more fair,” “my rule and its reason,” and “calm down, talk it through, repair.”
• Set up a gathering place and a spot to assemble the class book.

Facilitator note

Written to the learner (“you”). This is the unit’s capstone: each learner authors their own small statement of fairness and shared rules. Keep all six boxes optional in depth — a word, a mark, or a drawing counts. This is a celebration of what learners can do, not a test of what they know; there is no “correct” page. Celebrate each page as a real contribution, and never rank pages against one another. A learner who does not speak aloud shares by pointing to a box and to a picture, or by signing; a learner who is blind or low-vision describes their page aloud and the boxes are read back to them; a learner with a motor difference can have a partner draw while they choose and direct. Every voice matters — not just the loudest or fastest — and a learner may always pass. The proposed rule, the “left out” change, and the “calm down, talk it through, repair” strip stay live after this lesson, so the unit’s habits continue beyond the page. Questions stay questions: fairness is practiced, not preached.

Procedure

1. Gather (5 min). Remember the unit: reasons for and against, the same act in different situations, needs and wants, left out made more fair, a rule and its reason, having a voice, and calm-talk-repair. You have practiced all of it.
2. Fill the six boxes (20 min). On your page, draw or write one thing in each box: a choice weighed with reasons for and against; the same act good in one situation and not in another; a need and a want, and why needs come first; a “left out” moment and its fair change; a rule for a shared space and its reason; and a calm-talk-repair path for a small conflict.
3. Share (10 min). With a partner or small group, show your page and tell about one box you are proud of. Listen to theirs.
4. Make the class book (5 min). Add your page to the “Fairness & Our Shared Rules” book or wall. Now everyone’s fairness is together.
5. Close (5 min). Fairness is many small things you can do every day. Your choices matter — to your friends, your community, and you.

Differentiation

• Support: Complete one box at a time with a grown-up scribe; a single word or mark in each box counts. A non-speaking learner points to pictures for each box.
• Extension: Invite learners to add a seventh box: “tomorrow” — one fair or caring thing they will do next.

Assessment

• Summative (portfolio): The six-part “fairness” page shows a weighed choice, the same act in two situations, a need and a want, a “left out” change, a rule and its reason, and a calm-talk-repair path.
• Observation: Does the learner connect each box to the right idea from the unit and share it in their own words?

Home connection

Take your “fairness” page home and share one box with your family. Ask them what fairness means to them, and listen.

Resources

• CASEL SEL Framework (responsible decision-making, social awareness, relationship skills): https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (child-friendly summary): https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention