Cheating: Pressures, Choices and Values
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesExplores why young students may resort to cheating. More importantly, viewers are challenged to consider their own values and integrity. Various scenarios portray different types of cheating: a student copies a friend’s homework because she fears she doesn’t have enough time to do the work herself; a boy enhances his essay by plagiarizing articles on the Internet; a tennis player tries to avoid being cut from a team by falsely calling her opponent’s balls out; a high-achieving student must decide whether to give a popular student test answers as a sign of friendship. After each scenario, a moderator asks viewers about the characters’ choices, what the potential consequences are, and what values should be considered when making such choices.
Media Details
Runtime: 17 minutes 57 seconds
- Topic: Social Science
- Subtopic: Values and Ethics
- Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
- Standards:
- Release Year: 2012
- Producer/Distributor: Human Relations Media
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