Lesson Plan: I Was Wondering About Imagination
Great Thinker's Challenge:
Make connections between hypothetical scenarios and real-life experiences by role playing as a fictional character, meeting new and unfamiliar people from a different world. Create an imagined avatar that is like oneself, but also adapted to a different environment and society. Think critically about the challenges that might be faced by people from two different worlds meeting for the first time. Draw from real world technology and ideas to design tools or devices that would support harmonious interaction between these characters. Think about how these imagined tools, if invented, could help future generations.
Learning Objectives:
(Social Studies) Describe some of the ways in which a distinct community has adapted to their location, climate, and physical features.
(Social-Emotional Learning) Develop skills to recognize the needs of others, and relate to their perspectives and experiences with empathy.
(Science) Define a simple design problem reflecting a need, or a want, that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials.
(Literacy) Generate ideas about a character, using a variety of strategies and resources.
Materials/Preparation:
Images for inspiration of different natural worlds (e.g., Clouds for cloud world. Water for ocean world. Tunnels, or caves for underground world.)
Markers, pens, crayons
Paper
Imagine It! Worksheet
Grade Range: 2-5
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