Chapter 4, Understanding Your Action
Lesson 1: Integrity and Character
A. Describe, Define, or Identify:
1. Character – the inner strength you show through your actions. (p. 138)
2. Trait – a distinguishing feature of your character. (p. 138)
3. Principles – your moral and ethical standards. (p. 143)
4. Loyalty – allegiance or faithfulness. (p. 144)
5. Commitment – dedicated focus on an idea, cause, issue, plan, or task to the
exclusion of any interruption, distraction, or compromise. (p. 144)
6. Accountable – answerable for the outcomes of one’s words and actions. (p. 144)
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B. Fill in the Blanks:
1. Having integrity means being whole: Your thoughts, actions, and words are in sync.
(p. 139)
2. You don’t need a body suit, funny mask, or a cape to be a good role model. (p. 141)
3. For Aristotle, excellence in action was the most important indication of a person’s
character. (p. 141)
4. No permanent society has succeeded without integrity. (p. 139)
5. Gerald Ford became the first President to testify before Congress, when he went to
Capitol Hill to explain the circumstances of the pardon of Richard Nixon. In 1976
Ford narrowly lost the presidential election to Jimmy Carter. (p. 142)
6. People of integrity don’t think about themselves first. (p. 140)
7. Good leaders also show their followers that they are committed to achieving results.
A commitment to achieve results, or goals, is a major source of a leader’s power. (p.
144)
8. St. Peter Claver said to those who worked with him, referring to the people he was
trying to help, “Before we speak to them with our words, we must speak to them with
our hands.” (p. 143)
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C. Matching:
Match the definition in Column A with the word in Column B. You may use each word
only once.
Column A
Column B
__c__ 1. Gerald Ford succeeded him as vice-president
of the United States. (p. 142)
.
a. Colin Powell
b. Jimmy Carter
c. Spiro Agnew
d. Richard Nixon
e. Gerald Ford
f. Passengers of United
Flight 93
g. Peter Claver
h. Mother Teresa
i. George W. Bush
j. Martin Luther King Jr.
k. James Cannon
l. Aristotle
__g__ 2. Ministered to African slaves in the New World.
(p. 143)
__f_
3. May have saved the US Capitol or the White
House from destruction. (p. 140)
__b_ 4. Thanked his predecessor for what he had done
to heal the nation. (p. 142)
__h__ 5. Worked as a missionary in Calcutta. (p. 144))
__a__ 6. Son of Jamaican immigrants, he served as
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under a
Republican and then a Democrat. (p. 145)
__d__ 7. He had to resign the presidency. (p. 142)
__e __ 8. He served as vice president and then president
without being elected to either office. (p. 142)
_ _l_ 9. A philosopher who believed that anyone who
is good at his or her job is worthy of admiration.
(p. 141)
__k__ 10. Gerald Ford’s biographer. (p. 142)
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D. List or Describe:
1. List some characteristics of a person of integrity.
Confidence
Justice
Courtesy
Reverence
Honesty
Optimism
Trustworthiness
Perseverance
Selflessness
Patience
Service
Courage
Credibility
Responsibility (p. 139)
Humanity
2. List some characteristic actions of someone who is a worthy role model.
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Approaching tasks with confidence
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Being courteous
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Being honest
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Gaining people’s trust
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Thinking of others first
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Serving family, school, and community
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Keeping a positive outlook on life
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Persevering and showing courage through challenging situations
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Being patient
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Acting responsibly
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Reserving judgment on others
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Helping people in need (p. 141)
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E. Crossword Puzzle:
(Note: Leave a blank square between words in a two-word answer.)
Across
Believed “excellence in action” was the most important indication of character.
ARISTOTLE. (p. 141)
5. _______ speak louder than words. ACTIONS. (p. 141)
6. The appointed president. FORD. (p. 142)
9. Because of heroic actions by its passengers, _________ Flight 93 missed its target.
UNITED. (p. 140)
13. Immigrants’ son became secretary of state. POWELL. (p. 145)
14. A distinguishing feature of your character. TRAIT. (p. 138)
15. _______ _________ are usually too busy doing whatever it is people admire about
them to notice that people want to be like them. ROLE MODELS. (p. 141)
3.
Down
1.
2.
4.
7.
Your moral and ethical standards. PRINCIPLES. (p. 143)
Allegiance or faithfulness. LOYALTY. (p. 144)
Answerable for the outcomes of their words and actions. ACCOUNTABLE. (p. 144)
You can _________ a person with integrity because you know where he or she
stands. TRUST. (p. 139)
8. The inner strength you show through your actions. CHARACTER. (p. 138)
10. The dedicated focus on an idea, cause, issue, plan, or task to the exclusion of any
interruption, distraction, or compromise. COMMITMENT. (p. 144)
11. Another name for character. BACKBONE. (p. 143)
12. A Spanish priest who ministered to slaves. CLAVER. (p. 143)
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