Lesson Plan
Investigation Guide
Students will distinguish honesty, integrity, and reliability by acting as detectives, analyzing case files, and categorizing behaviors to build ethical decision-making skills.
This lesson fosters trustworthiness and ethical reasoning by giving students hands-on practice identifying honest, reliable, and integrity-driven actions, strengthening their social-emotional learning.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Material Setup
10 minutes
Step 1
Detective Briefing
5 minutes
Step 2
Mini-Lecture on Terms
7 minutes
Step 3
Case File Sort
10 minutes
Step 4
Class Verdict Poll
8 minutes

Slide Deck
Integrity Investigation
Detective Briefing
Integrity Detective Toolkit
What Is Honesty?
What Is Integrity?
What Is Reliability?
Case File Sort
Class Verdict Poll
Debrief & Discussion

Script


Game

