The Six Pillars of CharacterThe Six Pillars of Character

TrustworthinessTrustworthiness

• • Be honest Be honest • • Don’t deceive, cheat or steal Don’t deceive, cheat or steal • • Be reliable — do what you Be reliable — do what you

say you’ll do say you’ll do • • Have the courage to do the Have the courage to do the

right thing right thing • • Build a good reputation Build a good reputation • • Be loyal — stand by your Be loyal — stand by your

family, friends and countryfamily, friends and country

RespectRespect

• • Treat others with respect; follow Treat others with respect; follow the Golden Rule the Golden Rule

• • Be tolerant of differences Be tolerant of differences • • Use good manners, not bad Use good manners, not bad

language language • • Be considerate of the feelings of Be considerate of the feelings of

others others • • Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone

• Deal peacefully with anger, • Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreementsinsults and disagreements

ResponsibilityResponsibility

• • Do what you are supposed to do Do what you are supposed to do • • Persevere: keep on trying! Persevere: keep on trying! • • Always do your best Always do your best • • Use self-control Use self-control • • Be self-disciplined Be self-disciplined • • Think before you act — consider Think before you act — consider

the consequences the consequences • • Be accountable for your choices Be accountable for your choices

FairnessFairness

• • Play by the rules Play by the rules

• • Take turns and share Take turns and share

• • Be open-minded; listen to Be open-minded; listen to others others

• • Don’t take advantage of Don’t take advantage of others others

• • Don’t blame others carelesslyDon’t blame others carelessly

CaringCaring• • Be kind Be kind

• • Be compassionate and show you Be compassionate and show you care care

• • Express gratitude Express gratitude

Forgive others Forgive others

• • Help people in needHelp people in need

CitizenshipCitizenship

• • Do your share to make your Do your share to make your school and community better school and community better

• • Cooperate Cooperate • • Get involved in community affairs Get involved in community affairs • • Stay informed; vote • Be a good Stay informed; vote • Be a good

neighbor neighbor • • Obey laws and rules Obey laws and rules • • Respect authority Respect authority • • Protect the environmentProtect the environment

ProjectProject

•With your group With your group members, create a members, create a poster of the do’s and poster of the do’s and don’ts of your pillardon’ts of your pillar

Your Pillar Goes HereYour Pillar Goes Here

• Do’s go hereDo’s go here • Don’t go hereDon’t go here

Color SchemeColor Scheme

• Trustworthiness: Trustworthiness: BlueBlue — like "True Blue" — like "True Blue" • Respect: Respect: Yellow or GoldYellow or Gold — like the — like the

Golden Rule Golden Rule • Responsibility: Responsibility: GreenGreen — as in being — as in being

responsible for a garden or finances; or as responsible for a garden or finances; or as in being solid and reliable like an oak in being solid and reliable like an oak

• Fairness: Fairness: OrangeOrange — like dividing an — like dividing an orange into equal sections to share fairly orange into equal sections to share fairly with friends with friends

• Caring: Caring: RedRed — like a heart — like a heart • Citizenship: Citizenship: PurplePurple — as in the regal — as in the regal

purple representing the state purple representing the state