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Integrity & Honesty This issue of being likable is extremely important to the teen and young adult, who is in an important life period of self-development and empowerment. Students will see how caring about the traits of honesty and integrity can help them avoid harmful behaviors such as illicit drug and alcohol use, no matter how difficult it can feel to avoid these temptations when trying to “fit in.” Ultimately, true honesty and integrity require a deep level of self-respect and self-love. Students will wrap up their learning by understanding how greater self- respect can increase a person’s honesty and integrity, and vice versa—how aiming to be more honest and have more integrity in day-to-day life can increase a person’s sense of self-worth and self-respect. And, oh, how this matters, because the true leaders of the future (on local and global scales), who will be able to make a significant difference in this world, are the ones who believe in themselves enough to do it.

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Text-Dependent Questions 1. What are “values?”

2. Why are those who have integrity and honesty less likely to take illicit drugs? 3. Why was Abraham Lincoln able earn respect from his peers and constituents? Research Project Have you ever let someone take the blame for something you did, or have you failed to keep a promise, or gossiped about a good friend? Explain why all of these actions show a lack of integrity.

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