A character to tell a story
Life skill related:
Self-regulation
Methodology:
Active listening
Listening to oneself
Subject:
History & Social sciences
Age/Grade:
Middle school
Timing:
90 minutes
Materials/suggestions
Describe and situate the historical background (Roman, Greece, Feudal Middle Ages, ….)
Choose and prepare a number of characters as much as the the number of pupils
Behind the picture write a description of the character with weaknesses and strengths
Place the pictures on a desk
The pupils go and choose a picture
Description of the activity:
Pupils have to choose a picture
They return to their seats
They turn the picture over and read the character description
The pupils can choose whether to keep the character or to assign it to another classmate on the basis of the similarities of characteristics, giving reasons for their choice
In the event that a pupil is assigned more than one character by his or her classmates, the pupil must choose which character to keep, again based on the affinities of characteristics (giving reasons for the choice)
In the event that a pupil is left without an assigned character, he or she will have to make a choice among the remaining characters (again, on the basis of affinities of characteristics).
Group discussion on the "correctness" of the choices and assignments
Possible revision, reflection and change of assignments
Each pupil has to set goals for improvement in relation to the characteristics that have emerged
Do a similar activity again after 3 months