Inquiry
Central Idea: Fair rules and consequences can protect the rights of others and promote wellbeing for all.
Lines of Inquiry:
- An inquiry into democratic process (form)
- An inquiry into rules and consequences (connection)
- An inquiry into how fairness promotes wellbeing (function)
- An inquiry into how our choices impact others (responsibility)
Concepts: Form, Connection, Function, Responsibility
Related Concepts: democracy, fairness, rules consequences, inclusion, well being, justice
Media
- Let's Be Fair
Vin arrives from India and is initially treated unfairly because of his beginner’s English. The children learn about the right to be treated fairly.
That's Not Fair!
That's Not Fair! by Call Number: E 323 MCL; EBOOKISBN: 9781771382083Publication Date: 2016The bumbling Mayor Moe and his councillors, a multicolored group of anthropomorphized creatures, make unfair laws, each of which brings unforeseen consequences.
Also found as ebook on Sora.
Stories about rules and fairness from the HIS Library
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Call Number: EF CROISBN: 9780689832130Publication Date: 2000The cows at Farmer Brown’s farm find an old typewriter and type out their complaints to the Farmer who learns a valuable lesson about how to treat others fairly.
This Is Our House by Call Number: EF ROSISBN: 9780763628161Publication Date: 2005Red-haired George does not allow girls, twins, short people or children with glasses in his cardboard house. But one day when everybody jumps into his house, they decide to exclude people with red hair traumatizing George and teaching him a lesson.
Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot! by Call Number: GN(E) BELISBN: 9781536215519Publication Date: 2021Meet Chick and Brain. And their friend Spot. Chick likes to follow the rules. Brain might not be as smart as he looks. And Spot just wants to eat lunch.
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Call Number: JF DICISBN: 9780763680121Publication Date: 2015Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots, but no horse, until he meets Maybelline and it is love at first sight, until Leroy forgets the third rule of caring for Maybelline.
Library Lion by Call Number: EF KNUISBN: 9780763637842Publication Date: 2009A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs by Call Number: JF APPISBN: 9780062392480Publication Date: 2016Roscoe Riley, upset with the notion that his teacher could get in trouble, comes up with a plan to keep the bee antennae on the first graders' heads, and help the drummers stay in their seats for the open house play.
Princess Smartypants Breaks the Rules! by Call Number: EF COLISBN: 9780141501550Publication Date: 2009When the Queen packs off Princess Smartypants to finishing school, it seems that our favourite royal might become a perfect princess after all ...huh, no chance! Instead, Princess Smartypants makes her own school rules and teaches those other do-goody princesses just exactly how to have fun.
More Books
Why Do We Have Rules? by Call Number: E 303.33 PEAISBN: 9781740709200Publication Date: 2006Contents: What are rules? -- Rules for road safety -- Rules for safety at school and at home -- Rules for fairness -- Rules for learning at school -- Rules for learning -- Rules for health -- Rules for games -- Rules for the environment -- Rules for respecting property -- Rules for transport -- Rules for customs and traditions -- Rules for life.
Click here to see a collection of books on Epic! that deal with fairness and rules.
Why Do We Need Rules and Laws? by Call Number: Epic! and E 340 PEGISBN: 9780778726043Publication Date: 2016Explains what rules and laws are and why it is a good reason to follow them.
Folktales About Fairness
Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice by Call Number: EPIC!ISBN: 9781623236144Publication Date: 2013Lazy farmer Rabbit steals from hardworking farmer Guinea Fowl in this tale from Africa.
The Little Red Hen by Call Number: E 398.2 GALISBN: 9780899193496Publication Date: 1985The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.
The Ant and the Grasshopper by Call Number: E 398.2 VAGISBN: 9781499483710Publication Date: 2017An adaptation of Aesop's fable in which a happy-go-lucky grasshopper sings and plays all summer while the ant steadily gathers food for winter.
