Fairness:Activity; The Egg (Needed: clear drinking glass, 1 cup water, 1 fresh egg, 1/4 cup salt, and a tablespoon). Place 1 cup water in the glass. Name your egg; I am calling the egg Bob. Do not use a name of anyone present or in the classroom/troop. Carefully add Bob (the egg), to the glass. Explain that Bob represents someone who is not being treated fairly, and the unfair treatment continues over and over. Bob has sank to the bottom of the glass which represents how he feels. He feels like someone who is sad, mistreated, depressed, and defeated.
Remove the egg from the water. Add salt 1 tablespoon at a time. As you stir in every tablespoon of salt, explain that the salt represents all of the ways to show fairness toward other people. (Give examples): Taking turns, being honest, treating others with respect, helping someone who is not being treated fairly.
After all of the salt has been stirred in, carefully place Bob back into the water. Explain: If Bob has been treated fairly, he floats! Now Bob feels supported with kindness, feels accepted by others, and is being treated fairly.