Tapestry of Faith: Riddle and Mystery: A Program on the Big Questions for Grade 6

Handout 2: Fairest of All

Do you remember the terrible stepmother in Snow White? She wants to be the "fairest one of all." Unfortunately, she was talking about her looks, not about treating everybody equally.

Imagine that you are in charge of the whole Universe. You want to make it the fairest place it can be. How do you do that? You start by creating every country and every person in the fairest possible way. This means making them equal in all the most important ways. What are those? That is what you need to decide right now.

Think about countries first. What does every single country need to have equal amounts of, to make the fairest Universe possible? List at least five things on these lines, and add more if you want. Here is one to get you started:

1. Natural resources

2. __________________________

3. __________________________

4. __________________________

5. __________________________

In the fairest universe you can make, what will every single person have in equal amounts? List at least five things on these lines, and add more if you want. Here is one to get you started:

1. Good health

2. __________________________

3. __________________________

4. __________________________

5. __________________________