Kid Thinker 5 -

"A lie gets half way around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on."
Winston Churchill

A lie gets half way around the world - poster

A lie gets halfway around the world - worksheet

Things To Talk About

• What do you think this quote means? Is it meant to be funny?
• Will we remember what this quote is saying because the quote (or the picture on the poster) is funny? What does that tell us?
• What is a lie?
• Have you ever told a lie which has spread very quickly? Did you mean it to spread?
• Have you ever passed on some information which you suspected might be a lie? How did it make you feel?
• What do you think you should do if you are told something which could be a lie?
• What is gossip? Is gossip always lies? If you hear some gossip which you know to be true, does that mean it is alright to tell other people?
• Has somebody ever spread a lie about you? How did it make you feel?
• What can you do if somebody spreads a lie about you, or tells a lie about someone you know?
• Can telling lies by fun (see Activity Ideas below)? How do you distinguish between a "fun" lie and a hurtful lie?

Activity Ideas

• Play Chinese whispers.
• Talk about the sort of lies children tell about other children. Think about why people tell lies, and how you can stop lies spreading.
• Think up a short, catchy phrase which sums up the message of our poster, and make your own poster to display at school or at home.
• Practise telling funny lies! "Did you hear that Angela dyed her hair green last week?" "Mrs Smith found some buried treasure in her front garden yesterday!" Notice how easily some of these "stories" could be thought to be true if they were overheard.
• Play your own version of "Call My Bluff".

Extension Ideas

• What can you learn about Sir Winston Churchill? Perhaps you could write a short biography on one of our notebooking pages (below).
• Churchill was not only a brilliant politician and war-time leader, but he is known as one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century. What is an orator?
• You can listen to some of Churchill's most famous speeches here.
• Write your own short speech about something that is happening today, or something that you feel passionate about. Give your speech to an audience - your family or class - and see if you can excite them or arouse their interest in the same way that Churchill could. Remember that Churchill use to practise his speeches for hours to make them perfect!
• What stories have been told in history that have subsequently been proven to be lies? Do you think that people believed the lies at the time?
• Why do you think lies spread so quickly? Can you stop it happening?
• Make your own poster to illustrate what this quote means to you.

Sir Winston Churchill notebooking pages

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