What is fairness and why does it matter?
Fairness is treating people and ideas with justice and impartiality.
“Make a change and inspire people, because we could always use more fairness in the world!” Steven Danielson 2020 West Valley High School junior. PACE guest columnist January 2020.
“The concept of “fairness” is critical to earning the trust and respect of others.” Bryan Collins Spokane Valley Fire Chief. PACE guest columnist January 2019.
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TALK – Fairness
CREATE A CHARACTER MOMENT WITH YOUR FAMILY
TALK – use this prompt to start a conversation with your family about this month’s character trait:
What is “fairness?” How do you know when something is unfair?...
Read More DO – Fairness
CREATE A CHARACTER MOMENT WITH YOUR FAMILY DO AN ACTIVITY TOGETHER ABOUT THIS MONTH’S TRAIT, WHICH IS ALIGNED WITH YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL PACE CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
DO – explore this month’s character trait through these engagement activities:
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- Take time to play your favorite board game as a group.
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LEARN – Fairness
CREATE A CHARACTER MOMENT WITH YOUR FAMILY
Learn together about this month’s trait, which is aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.
LEARN – explore this month’s character trait through books available from the Spokane County Library District....
Read MoreJanuary: Good Character Reading!
Spokane County Library Suggests…
Fairness List
K-2
An ABC of Equality by Chana Ginelle Ewing
Feast of Peas by Kashmira Sheth
Hot, Hot Pancakes! by Kimura Yuichi
Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine
Two for Me,...
Guest Column: Fairness
Fairness by Jingle Gorton
What is fairness?
I asked the resident expert at home, my 8-year-old third-grader, what she thinks fairness is. In answer, she said that fair means equal. To illustrate her point, she gave an example of having two cookies compared to her younger brother,...
Read MoreCharacter Moments for Families – Fairness
Below are three easy ideas to stimulate family conversation and activity to explore character concepts, aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.
January – Fairness
Treating people and ideas with justice and impartiality
- TALK – use this prompt to start a conversation with your family about this month’s character trait:
What is “fairness?” How do you know when something is unfair? ...
