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Teaching the Discovering the Real Me Series. Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 3. Discovering the Real Me : Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 3: Living Happily Ever After. For children age 8-9 years old, but appealing to all ages Folk and fairy tales from around the world
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Teaching the Discovering the Real Me Series Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 3
Discovering the Real Me:Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 3:Living Happily Ever After • For children age 8-9 years old, but appealing to all ages • Folk and fairy tales from around the world • In Book 3, the student textbook and teacher’s manual are separate books
The Discovering the Real Me Series—Book 3 • 17 stories • Two lesson plans per story • Students read aloud • Activities and discussion bring out story’s theme
Universal Stories • Transcend time and place • Teach right and wrong • Engage students’ interest and imaginations
Character Education’s Goals: • To know the good — head • To care about the good — heart • To do the good — hands
Each Story has Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Goals Educating the Head, Heart, and Hands
The Story • An African man asks a cow, a wart hog, a dog, and a cat to help him build a house because the rainy season is coming • All the animals give excuses why they cannot help • The cat decides to pitch in, thus earning a permanent “cozy spot by the fire”
“Cat in the Corner”: Cognitive Objectives • Students will learn that hard work is rewarded
“Cat in the Corner”: Affective Objectives • Students will feel that it was fair when the cat received a reward for helping and the other animals did not
“Cat in the Corner”: Behavioral Objectives • Students will describe jobs done and the rewards received
Lesson Plan—Discussion • The theme, hard work is rewarded, is discussed • The teacher points out that this same kind of story appears in many different cultures, like “The Little Red Hen” in this book • Most people in the world agree that helpful, hard-working behavior will lead to happiness and success
Lesson Plan—Activity • Children discuss jobs and rewards • Students keep a journal of the work they do and the rewards they receive • This activity motivates children to help out at home! Hard WorkReward Did the Mother Dishes thanked me Studied hard A+ Helped Dad Ice cream
The Story • A woman asks a wise elder for a magic potion because she’s about to marry a man with a bad temper • The elder requires a tiger’s whisker to make the potion • The woman spends several weeks making friends with a tiger to get a whisker
The Story • The elder throws the whisker in the fire! • He tells the woman, “If you can win the trust and friendship of a wild tiger, surely you can do the same with a husband!” • The woman vows, “I will do with my husband as I did with the tiger. Day by day, I will win his heart with love until he is always gentle to me.”
“The Tiger’s Whisker”: Cognitive Objectives • Students will learn that love conquers all • When love is given truly, with service and sacrifice, even a fierce heart can be won
“The Tiger’s Whisker”: Affective Objectives • Students will admire the courage of the young bride as she strives to tame the tiger • They will appreciate the wisdom of the elder’s advice
“The Tiger’s Whisker”: Behavioral Objectives • Students will distinguish when they can change an angry person and when they need a teacher or parent’s help • They will describe kind ways to resolve conflict
Lesson Plan—Discussion • Angry people can be scary • Sometimes we can handle them on our own • Sometimes we need help or advice
Lesson Plan—Small Groups Activity (May Be Role Play)What to Do if: • Kim is always arguing with Yuki during sports. Yuki is getting tired of it • Essie is always grumpy. Joanne heard Essie’s grandmother died. Joanne wants to help Essie • Kristen yells and stamps her foot when she can’t get her way. Mindy wants to help Kristen stop this
Living Happily Ever After Empowers Children • Even though they are small and not so powerful, like the cat or the bride, their actions can make a difference
Virtue Is its Own Reward and Makes for a Happy Life • When teachers share these short, entertaining stories, their students learn the vocabulary of virtues and the behavior that goes along with it • The seventeen stories in Book 3 highlight the following virtues: hard work, gratitude, kindness, a good attitude in bad fortune, unity, love conquers all, royalty is in the heart
More Stories from Living Happily Ever After • “The Lost Horse” • “Out of the Ashes”—The Indian Cinderella • “Taro, Son of the Dragon” • “Roses and Diamonds, Snakes and Toads”