This is part of a series of inquiry-based provocations for essential elements of the PYP and the Learner Profile. For more, click here.
This is the last post in this series! However, I hope it will continue to grow via comments as readers add their own ideas.
Most students go straight to honesty and moral uprightness when it comes to defining integrity. But I also really like the secondary definition,
“the state of being whole and undivided.”
So much to unpack and explore with this concept, especially for those teachers working to set the stage for a new school year.
Resource #1: Alike by Pepe School
Resource #2: Bill Watterson: A Cartoonist’s Advice (comic by Zen Pencils featuring a speech by Bill Watterson)
Resource #3: Buster Keaton: Art of the Gag via The Kid Should See This (if you’re short on time, just watch 6:30-end)
Resource #4: Dove Real Beauty Sketches (at first I debated including this one, but the more I ponder, the more I think this kind of integrity to self is an essential part of the discussion).
Resource #5: Picture Books! (at first I thought about only including strong “moral of the story” books–and Strega Nona is one example of that–but then I thought about the many options that explore the concept of integrity with a bit more exploration, including with that idea of “being whole & undivided” (Extra Yarn) or even when honesty is a question up for debate (True Story of the 3 Little Pigs & This is Not My Hat).
Provocation Questions:
- How does having integrity impact the lives of people around you?
- How does having integrity impact your own life?
- What are the different perspectives on what integrity means?
- What responsibility to have integrity do we have for our communities? For ourselves?
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