Trustworthiness Activities

February/March 2009
PreK-1 –
Tower of Trust
“Continue the Story” Game
The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!”
A Walk in the Dark
Living Truth
Meet a Character: Shinrai
K-1 –
Trust Throughout the Day “No legacy is as
Chopping Down Lies
rich as honesty.”
Grades 1-3 –
Building Trustworthiness ~William
The Sultan and the Seeds
Shakespeare
Grades 1-4 –
Keeping Promises Recommended Titles from the
Class Rules Contract
Character Traits Handbook “Honesty”
Promise-Keeping in a Story
Trustworthy People
Edward Fudwupper Fibbed Big – Berkeley Breathed
Trustworthiness at the Mall
The Empty Pot – Demi
Building Trust
A Day’s Work – Eve Bunting
Be a Good Egg
Brave Harriet – Marissa Moss
Everyone Can Be a Hero

Grades 3-5 – Recommended Titles from the

Classroom Library
Character Traits Handbook “Trustworthiness”
Dishonesty in TV Shows
Grades 4-6 –
Swimmy – Leo Lionni
A Monument to Value
Cowardly Clyde – Bill Peet
Practicing Integrity
The Emperor’s New Clothes – Hans Christian Anderson
Honesty Skit
retold by Ruth Belov Gross
Promise-Keeping Skit
When People Steal from Me
Loyalty Lesson
Sweet Honesty
Role Playing with Papier-Mâché Puppets