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    Week 5 Lesson Plan: What is Fair?

    Day 1
    Time: 1 hour
    Adapted from Philosophy for Kids: 40 Fun Questions that Help You Wonder About
    Everything by David A. White
    SWBAT: discuss justice in different situations, create their own definitions of justice,
    Materials: Printed skit, folders.

    Introduction: 5 minutes
    Begin by writing this question on the board: Are you a fair and just person? Ask the
    students to take a few minutes to answer the question in their notebooks, giving at least
    two reasons for their answer.

    Role Play: 10 minutes.


    Ask for a volunteer to perform a brief skit with you.
    Instructor: Hey, _______, I have a big math test tomorrow. Can I please borrow your
    calculator?
    Student: I don’t know. I have a test this week, and I might need it to study.
    I: Please? I know I can’t pass the test without one.
    S: Alright. You can borrow it, but I’d really like it back tomorrow.
    I: OK. Thanks!
    The next day…
    S: How did you do on your test?
    I: I think I passed! All because I am so smart and talented.
    S: Yeah, and also because you have my calculator. Can I please have it back?
    I: You want it back…now?
    S: Yeah. It’s mine and I need it.
    I: Let’s pause here. For those of you in the audience, I’d like you to write down what you
    think is the fair and just thing for me to do?

    A. Convince my friend that I still need it.


    B. Keep it as long as I can—I need the calculator to help me on my tests!
    C. Return the calculator. It’s not mine, it’s my friend’s.
    D. I can make another friend. Keep the calculator.

    Ask the students to write down their choice and a brief explanation why. When most are
    finished writing, ask for volunteers to discuss their answers to the first question—are you
    just? And then the second—what should I do about the calculator? What does this
    situation tell us about justice? What does justice mean?

    Transition: Can you think of a situation where it would not be right to return someone’s
    possession?

    Activity 2: Change in scenario (15 minutes)


    Now ask the students to imagine this situation, discussed by Socrates: You borrow a
    sword from a friend to chop down some plants in your yard. During the time you have it,
    your friend becomes mentally unstable. After a few days, he asks for the sword back, but
    you suspect that he might hurt someone with it. What should you do?
    A. Keep the weapon because you don’t know what your friend will do with it.
    B. Return the weapon. It belongs to your friend.
    C. Talk to a philosopher and ask him or her what the true definition of justice is.
    D. Try to get professional help for the friend.

    Allow the students to choose a reaction and write why, briefly. Share answers. Then
    discuss what each letter might suggest about justice (For example, choice D might help
    the friend, but it avoids the issue of who the sword should go to).

    Activity 3: Create your own scenario (15 minutes)


    Ask students to create their own situations where justice might be questionable. Ask
    each student to write their situation on the board. Call on each to explain the situation,
    and then facilitate discussion.

    More questions to consider…


    Should you be just to your enemies as well as your friends?
    Can you be just to yourself?

    Close (5-10 minutes)


    Ask each student to write their own definitions of justice in their notebooks. Share out.
    Next week, we will look at real-world situations where justice is in question.

    Optional
    Choose a Big Question from the Class Poster to discuss.

    Day 2
    CREATIVE BREAK
    As a break in the program, students will complete an art project that promotes pride in
    their club.
    Ideas:
    1. Design a t-shirt for Philosophy Club.
    2. Create posters for other schools advertising Philosophy Club.
    3. Create Philosophy business cards.
    4. Create Sock-rates puppets. (Sock puppets!)

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