Developing Empathy through Retold Fairy Tales | PBS LearningMedia - 0 views
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Ask students to define empathy
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Natasha Luebben on 10 Oct 213G: use a student's thinking and experiences as a resource in planning instructional activities by encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting oral, written, and other samples of student thinking
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After watching the video, discuss the following questions: What was the most memorable moment in the video? Why did that moment have an impact on you?
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4E: 4E understand how a student's learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, and prior learning, as well as language, culture, family, and community values
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Explore the notion of perspective taking and how it leads to empathy. Ask students, Why is it important both at an individual and a more global level to understand and respect each other’s experiences? (People’s experiences inform their viewpoints.) Have students brainstorm other ways a person can use to become more aware of how another person is feeling, thinking, or behaving and why such insights are important.
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4E understand how a student's learning is influenced by individual experiences, talents, and prior learning, as well as language, culture, family, and community values
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As the groups deepen their understanding of their characters, they should write down or express their ideas through drawings. Circulate among groups and ask guiding questions to help students answer the questions. For example, “What did you read or hear that makes you write/draw that?”
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7I support and expand learner expression in speaking, writing, and other media
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Groups should take a few minutes to share and reflect on their work, either with other groups or as a class. Here are some questions to consider:
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7I support and expand learner expression in speaking, writing, and other media
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After discussing some of the core skills that are needed to be empathetic, present students with their assignment as well as a rubric. Ask them to choose a folk or fairy tale or myth and rewrite it from the perspective of a different character. (They can choose a hero or heroine, but it may be easier to choose the villain.) How would a more empathetic understanding of the character change the narrative? How would it affect the meaning of the story?
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7I support and expand learner expression in speaking, writing, and other media
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