Elementary (K-5)

Trustworthiness traits include loyalty, integrity, reliability, and punctuality. 

• Describe how personal choices lead to personal actions. 
• Explain what it means to be trustworthy.
• Identify personal actions that build trustworthiness, including being honest and punctual. 

The ability to understand the concept of responsibility and how personal actions demonstrate responsibility. 

Responsibility traits include accountability, perseverance, diligence, and self-control.

• Describe and give examples of how feelings and beliefs influence personal actions.
• Describe how to make personal choices before speaking and acting.
• Define self-control and identify instances in which self-control is important. 

The ability to understand how personal actions demonstrate characteristics of caring.

Caring traits include kindness, empathy, charity, generosity, patience, consideration, and compassion.

• Define patience and identify actions that demonstrate patience.
• Explain and identify examples of how actions can demonstrate kindness to others. 

The ability to understand how personal actions can demonstrate good citizenship.

Citizenship traits include respect, courtesy, concern for the common good and the community, fairness, freedom from prejudice, justice, patriotism, school pride, respect for authority and law, and gratitude. 

• Define fairness and identify examples of fairness in a variety of situations.
• Define and identify examples of patriotism.
• Explain what it means to demonstrate respect and courtesy and why it is important to demonstrate respect and courtesy to others.
• Define good citizenship. 

The ability to understand how personal responsibility relates to being trustworthy.

Trustworthiness traits include loyalty, integrity, reliability, and punctuality. 

• Identify and define traits of trustworthiness, including reliability and loyalty.
• Identify and practice strategies for being honest and punctual.
• Define and identify examples of unethical behavior.

Responsibility traits include accountability, perseverance, diligence, and self-control.

• Explain what it means to be responsible for personal decisions and actions.
• Describe positive and negative consequences of personal decisions and actions.
• Identify and demonstrate ways to practice self-control.
• Describe the relationship between being responsible and accountable. 

The ability to understand how personal actions demonstrate characteristics of caring.

Caring traits include kindness, empathy, charity, generosity, patience, consideration and compassion.

• Describe how feelings impact decision making and behaviors.
• Explain how one can show patience, consideration, and compassion.
• Define empathy and discuss the connection between empathy and charity. 

The ability to understand how personal responsibility is associated with citizenship.

Citizenship traits include respect, courtesy, concern for the common good and the community, fairness, freedom from prejudice, justice, patriotism, school pride, respect for authority and law, and gratitude. 

• Describe the differences and similarities among gratitude, respect, and courtesy.
• Compare fairness and justice.
• Discuss the importance of obeying laws and rules.