Unit
Integrity
Guiding question
To tell the truth, expose untruths, and keep your promises. In examining the stories of those who have practiced integrity, students will learn the challenges and benefits of acting with integrity.
- 16 Lessons
- 17 Activities
- Civil War
- African American History
- Cold War
- Equality
- Justice
- President
- Treaty
- Women’s History
Founding Principles
Virtues
Lessons:
All lessons can be found below!
- Henry David Thoreau: What I Have to Do
- George C. Marshall: In Peace and In War
- My Allegiance is to this Union: Henry Clay, Political Compromise, and Integrity
- Owen Lattimore and Integrity: A Very Interesting and Satisfying Life
- The Unshakeable Witness: Whittaker Chambers and Integrity
- Jeannette Rankin: Nothing Left but My Integrity
- Robert Carter III and Integrity
- Breaking the Heart of the World: Henry Cabot Lodge, the Treaty of Versailles, and Integrity
- No! No! Not a Sixpence! The XYZ Affair and Integrity
- Calvin Coolidge, Reducing the Debt, and Integrity
- The Sage of Concord: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Integrity
- The Case of Max Morris and Urban Renewal: Integrity in Washington D.C.
- David Lucas’ Beachfront Property and Integrity
- Harry Truman, the Firing of Douglas MacArthur, and Integrity
- North or South: Robert E. Lee’s Fateful Decision
- Under My Vine and Fig Tree: George Washington’s Resignation and Integrity
Lessons
How did the actions and live of Henry David Thoreau embody the virtue of integrity?
How was the life of George C. Marshall shaped by integrity?
How were Henry Clay's actions guided by his integrity and how did they help advance freedom?
How did Owen Lattimore's actions of challenging Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s demonstrate his sense of integrity?
How did Whittaker Chambers' actions embody the principle of integrity?
How did the actions of Jeannette Rankin's, the first woman elected to U.S. Congress, voting record demonstrate integrity?
How doe the actions of Robert Carter III demonstrate his integrity?
How did Henry Cabot Lodge practice integrity during the debates regarding the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations following World War I?
How did the diplomats in the XYZ Affair maintain their integrity?
How is Calvin Coolidge an example of integrity for students today?
How did Ralph Waldo Emerson act with integrity?
How did Max Morris act with integrity to try to save his business and his neighborhood from the effects of an urban renewal plan that he believed to be an unconstitutional taking of his property?
In this lesson, students will learn how David Lucas acted with integrity when a new law deprived him of the right to use his property. Lucas boldly challenged what he believed to be an unconstitutional taking of his property.
In this lesson, students will learn about the life of Harry S. Truman and how it was shaped by integrity. They will explore actions throughout his life and how they impacted his identity and purpose. Through his example, they will learn how they can maintain the principle of integrity in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will learn about the life of Robert E. Lee and how it was shaped by integrity. They will explore his actions and how they helped shape his identity and purpose. Through his example, they will learn how they can pursue integrity in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will learn about the presidency of George Washington and how it was shaped by integrity. Through this example, students will learn how they can pursue integrity in their own lives.