Fairness, Justice & Shared Decisions
Objectives
- D09.S1.06.01 Identify the difference between a fact, a belief, and a value in a short text or conversation.
- D09.S1.06.02 Describe a moral dilemma (two right-seeming choices in conflict) and weigh the consequences of each.
- D09.S2.06.01 Distinguish between fairness (what people deserve) and justice (correcting wrongs and protecting rights), using examples.
- D09.S2.06.02 Explain how rules, laws, or systems can treat some groups unfairly even when no one person intends harm.
- D09.S3.06.01 Explain the difference between a democracy, an autocracy, and other ways of making decisions, and their strengths and limits.
- D09.S3.06.02 Describe how ordinary people have worked together to change something unfair, using a historical or local example.
- D09.S4.06.01 Analyze a conflict to identify each side's needs and feelings, and propose a fair resolution.
- D09.S4.06.02 Explain the aims and limits of restorative justice, and compare it with punishment.
Essential questions
- What is the difference between a fact, a belief, and a value — and how do I weigh a moral dilemma?
- How do fairness, justice, decision-making, and repair shape a shared and just life?
Big ideas
- Facts, beliefs, and values differ, and moral dilemmas weigh two right-seeming choices and their consequences.
- Fairness is not the same as justice, systems can treat groups unfairly without anyone intending harm, and democracy and its alternatives, collective action, and restorative repair each have strengths and limits.
Lessons
- 1 Fact, Belief, or Value? 45 minutes
- 2 A Moral Dilemma: Two Right-Seeming Choices 45 minutes
- 3 Weighing the Consequences of Each Choice 45 minutes
- 4 Fairness vs. Justice 45 minutes
- 5 When Systems Leave People Out — Without Anyone Meaning To 45 minutes
- 6 Democracy, Autocracy & Other Ways of Deciding 45 minutes
- 7 Ordinary People, Changing What Was Unfair 45 minutes
- 8 Seeing Both Sides of a Conflict 45 minutes
- 9 Proposing a Fair Resolution 45 minutes
- 10 Restorative Justice vs. Punishment 45 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of fact-belief-value distinction, dilemma talk, and conflict analysis; a fact-versus-belief-versus-value note, a moral-dilemma weighing, a fairness-versus- justice note, and a restorative-justice comparison as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 10 — Fairness, Justice & Shared Decisions
Overview
This unit turns those questions inward to the self and the group, building on Grade 5’s values, rights, and collective action. Learners identify the difference between a fact, a belief, and a value in a short text or conversation, and describe a moral dilemma — two right-seeming choices in conflict — weighing the consequences of each. They distinguish fairness, what people deserve, from justice, correcting wrongs and protecting rights, and explain how rules, laws, or systems can treat some groups unfairly even when no one person intends harm. They explain the difference between a democracy, an autocracy, and other ways of making decisions and their strengths and limits, and describe how ordinary people have worked together to change something unfair, using a historical or local example. They analyze a conflict to identify each side’s needs and feelings and propose a fair resolution, and explain the aims and limits of restorative justice, comparing it with punishment. Questions are held as questions, never answered as dogma.
Essential questions
- What is the difference between a fact, a belief, and a value — and how do I weigh a moral dilemma?
- How do fairness, justice, decision-making, and repair shape a shared and just life?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.06.010.01 | Fact, Belief, or Value? | D09.S1.06.01 |
| L.06.010.02 | A Moral Dilemma: Two Right-Seeming Choices | D09.S1.06.02 |
| L.06.010.03 | Weighing the Consequences of Each Choice | D09.S1.06.02 |
| L.06.010.04 | Fairness vs. Justice | D09.S2.06.01 |
| L.06.010.05 | When Systems Leave People Out — Without Anyone Meaning To | D09.S2.06.02 |
| L.06.010.06 | Democracy, Autocracy & Other Ways of Deciding | D09.S3.06.01 |
| L.06.010.07 | Ordinary People, Changing What Was Unfair | D09.S3.06.02 |
| L.06.010.08 | Seeing Both Sides of a Conflict | D09.S4.06.01 |
| L.06.010.09 | Proposing a Fair Resolution | D09.S4.06.01 |
| L.06.010.10 | Restorative Justice vs. Punishment | D09.S4.06.02 |