The Golden Rule: A Lesson For Beginners (1953)

[Music] often in school we talk about the Golden Rule you know the words do unto others as you you would have them do unto you you have also heard the Golden Rule at home where you may have heard the words from the Bible this way as ye would that men should do to you do ye also to them likewise or another way as you would that men should do to you do you also to them in like manner but they mean the same thing at church school too we often talk about the Golden Rule Do you know how to say the Golden Rule do you my father says it this way th is you would be done by wherever we hear the Golden Rule however it is worded we know that it means the right way to live wise and good men all over the world have taught ideas similar to the Golden Rule in China many centuries ago a wise man named Confucius said what you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others and in many parts of Asia today people remember what confucious taught and try to live by his rule in another part of the world the holy land of Palestine Jesus Jus Liv he said as ye would that men should do to you do ye also to them likewise today people the whole world over remember what Jesus said and how he lived and they try to live by the Golden Rule there is an easy way to say the rule do unto others as you would have them do unto you but just what does that mean let's look at the words and figure them out do unto others that means simply do for others what do we mean by others we mean other people our mothers and fathers our brothers and sisters we mean our friends and our neighbors we mean everybody everywhere do for others really means do for everyone as you would have them that means what you would like them them everyone to do for you do for everyone what you would like everyone to do for you but wait what you would like how do you know what you would like that calls for thinking pretty soon we'll want to see what someone is thinking and this is the way we'll do it [Music] listen we'll call this thought land and here we can see what someone is thinking Nancy seems to be thinking that thought land is a a strange and wonderful place we'll come back to thought land but right now the Chimes carry us back again into our real story that's the way we're going to think together about the Golden Rule do for everyone what you would like everyone to do for you do unto others as you would have them do unto you now let's think about how we can use the Golden Rule every day Sally has a brand new Jump Rope a jump rope is something you can have fun with all by yourself but look here comes Sally's friend Jane now what should Sally do should she hide the RO so Jane won't see it what about showing Jane the rope and making her jealous but no Sally thinks about the Golden Rule and she thinks what would I [Music] want here we are in thought land what if Jane had a new Jump Rope Sally thinks What would I like what would I want her to do why I'd want her to share it with me we could take turns or have fun jumping together now Sally knows what to do she'll do for Jane what she would like Jane to do for her do you see how Sally has used the Golden Rule to decide what she should do let's try using the Golden Rule another time look what are Chuck and Sharon doing is this a race who's going to win uhoh be careful Sharon Sharon look out Sharon isn't hurt but she can't get up for a moment Chuck wants to laugh at her but then he thinks what would I want if this happened to me [Music] me let's think with Chuck if you fell down and had your feet caught so you couldn't get up what would you like wouldn't you want someone to help you so what should Chuck do the Golden Rule tells him to do for Sharon what he would like Sharon to do for him do you see how you can use the Golden Rule to help you decide what to do try it again Hopscotch is a game these girls enjoy but look at Jimmy is he too little to play with them Gail seems to think so she thinks he would just get in the way but what about the Golden Rule [Music] Gail thinks what would I want if I were the littlest one and some older children were playing think about it what would you like is this what you would like is this what Gail should do for Jimmy do you see how thinking what you would like helps you to follow the Golden Rule now with Andy let's try one more time to think how the Golden Rule helps us decide what is the right thing to do look what's happening do you see the puppy now Andy has wanted a puppy for some time and he thinks this one is mighty cute in fact he would like to take the puppy home with him but Andy is thinking of the Golden Rule and so are we let's all say it together do unto other others as you would have them do unto you what do you think Andy should do if you had a puppy and it got out of the yard what would you want wouldn't you want someone to bring it back to you when we use the Golden Rule to help us find to do we make other people happy and at the same time ourselves happy too [Music]