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Set the Scene

Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy Petal – Honest and Fair badge requirements.

Items Needed

  • List of scenarios (below or printout of VTK Is This Honest Or Fair by GSUSA)
  • Paper
  • Troop coloring supplies (crayons, makers, or colored pencils)

Instructions

  1. Scouts work together to make and decorate signs for four categories: honest, fair, dishonest, and unfair.
  2. Place the signs in different areas of the room.
  3. Explain the Activity – Share that they’ll listen to scenarios and decide if they are honest, fair, dishonest, or unfair by physically moving to the matching category.
  4. Play the Game – Read a scenario aloud and have scouts move to the sign that fits. Encourage discussion about their choices. Ask: “Why did you pick your answer?” and “How is this situation honest, fair, dishonest, or unfair?”

Honesty Scenarios

  1. You tell your teacher you will clean up your toys, but you don’t.
  2. You accidentally spill juice on your friend’s drawing and tell them right away.
  3. You find a pencil on the floor. You tell the teacher so they can find who lost it.
  4. You forget to practice for a school play and pretend you did when the teacher asks.
  5. You break a small toy at home and hide it instead of telling your family.

Fairness Scenarios

  1. There’s only one ball during recess, so you take turns playing catch with your classmates.
  2. One friend gets extra stickers during an art project. You ask them to share so everyone has the same number.
  3. Everyone lines up to play a game, but one child tries to cut the line. You encourage them to wait their turn.
  4. You have extra crayons, so you give them to a classmate who doesn’t have any.
  5. There are cookies for everyone, but one child tries to take two before others get one.

Sharing Scenarios

  1. You bring a new toy to school, and another child asks to play with it. You let them play with it after you’ve had your turn.
  2. At snack time, you have pretzels and share them with a friend who forgot theirs.
  3. During a group project, you share your colored markers with everyone in your group.
  4. You have two balloons after a party and give one to a classmate who didn’t get any.
  5. You’re building with blocks, and you share some with a friend who wants to join you.

Inclusion Scenarios

  1. A new student doesn’t know how to play a game during recess. You invite them to join and teach them the rules.
  2. During a classroom activity, you notice one child isn’t chosen for a group. You invite them to join your group.
  3. You notice a friend sitting alone and ask them to play with you.
  4. A classmate asks to join a pretend tea party you’re hosting. You make space for them at the table.
  5. You’re making teams for dodgeball. Instead of picking only your friends, you include everyone.
Tia Kennard