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Building Trust

Eleventh graders build relationship skills by learning how trust is built — keeping your word, honesty, confidentiality, and owning mistakes — and how quickly it’s broken. Trust is the foundation of every strong relationship. They sort the behaviors, then set a trust goal.

Grade 11Building Trust45 minutes1 class periodCASELExplicit teaching4 StandardsCASEL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know what builds trust.
  • ✓Spot what breaks it.
  • ✓Be reliable & honest.
  • ✓Earn trust.
Essential Question

How is trust built — and how easily is it lost?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Builds, or Breaks Trust?

Project this and sort each into Builds trust or Breaks trust.

🤝 Sort each — builds trust, or breaks it?Try it
💛 Builds trust
👎 Breaks trust
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The Lesson · Explicit teaching

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Check-In — Who You Trust

4 min

Think of someone you deeply trust — what did they do to earn it?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Reflect quietly.
  • Share if you like.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Reflect.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Trust

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Builds or Breaks Trust?
  • Sort each one.
  • Note trust is built slowly.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a trust-building action.
  • Name a trust-breaking one.
  • Say why it matters.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Name.
  • Say.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Set a trust goal.
  • Name one reliable action.
  • Plan to keep a confidence.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Set.
  • Name.
  • Plan.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a trust-building habit.
  • Name a trust-breaking one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.

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Relationship Skills

Build and maintain trust.

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Relationship Skills

Communicate honestly.

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Self-Management

Act with reliability.

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Responsible Decision-Making

Keep commitments.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Builds/breaks cards.
  • Frame: "keeping your word ___."
  • Use clear examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Sort builds vs breaks.
  • Use 4 behaviors.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Repair broken trust.
  • Build team trust.
  • Reflect on reliability.
Materials

What to gather

  • 🤝Behavior cards
  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💻Builds or Breaks Trust?
  • 📋Trust-goal sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

trustconfidence in someonereliablesomeone you can count onhonestybeing truthfulconfidentialitykeeping things privateintegrityconsistent honestyaccountabilityowning your actionspromisea commitmentreputationhow others see you
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a habit that builds trust.
Keep your word, be honest, keep confidences, or admit mistakes.
QUESTION 2
Name one that breaks it.
Breaking promises, lying, gossiping, or blaming others.
QUESTION 3
Why does trust matter?
It’s the foundation of strong relationships.

Reflect: building trust.

Have students set a trust-building goal. A printable goal sheet is in the SEL library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: accountability, confidentiality, honesty, integrity, promise, reliable, reputation, trust
  1. someone you can count on
  2. confidence in someone
  3. keeping things private
  4. consistent honesty
  5. a commitment
  6. being truthful
  7. how others see you
  8. owning your actions

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a habit that builds trust.
  2. Name one that breaks it.
  3. Why does trust matter?
Answer key — Part A: 1) reliable · 2) trust · 3) confidentiality · 4) integrity · 5) promise · 6) honesty · 7) reputation · 8) accountability
Part B: 1) Keep your word, be honest, keep confidences, or admit mistakes. 2) Breaking promises, lying, gossiping, or blaming others. 3) It’s the foundation of strong relationships.