Teaching the Discovering the Real Me Series

Teaching the Teaching the Discovering Discovering the Real Methe Real Me Series SeriesStudent Textbook and Teacher’s Student Textbook and Teacher’s

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Discovering the Real MeDiscovering the Real Me::Student Textbook and Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 3:Teacher’s Manual 3:

Living Happily Ever AfterLiving 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 The Discovering the Real Me Series—Book 3Series—Book 3

• 17 stories

• Two lesson plans per story

• Students read aloud

• Activities and discussion bring out story’s theme

Universal StoriesUniversal Stories

• Transcend time and place

• Teach right and wrong

• Engage students’ interest and imaginations

Character Education’s Goals:Character Education’s Goals:

• To know the good — head

• To care about the good — heart

• To do the good — hands

Each Story has Cognitive, Each Story has Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Affective, and Behavioral

GoalsGoals

Educating the Head, Heart, and Educating the Head, Heart, and Hands Hands

Sample StorySample StoryChapter 2: “Cat in the Corner”Chapter 2: “Cat in the Corner”

The StoryThe 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 Cat in the Corner”: Cognitive ObjectivesObjectives

• Students will learn that hard work is rewarded

““Cat in the Corner”: Affective Cat in the Corner”: Affective ObjectivesObjectives

• 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 Cat in the Corner”: Behavioral ObjectivesObjectives

• Students will describe jobs done and the rewards received

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——DiscussionDiscussion

•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—ActivityLesson 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 Work Reward Did the MotherDishes thanked me

Studied hard A+

Helped Dad Ice cream

Sample StorySample StoryChapter 12: “The Tiger’s Chapter 12: “The Tiger’s

Whisker”Whisker”

The StoryThe 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 StoryThe 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 The Tiger’s Whisker”: Cognitive ObjectivesObjectives

• 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 The Tiger’s Whisker”: Affective ObjectivesObjectives

• 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”: The Tiger’s Whisker”: Behavioral ObjectivesBehavioral 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 PlanLesson Plan—Discussion—Discussion

• Angry people can be scary

• Sometimes we can handle them on our own

• Sometimes we need help or advice

Students, When Should You Ask for Help from an Elder?

When a bully is after you

When someone threatens you

When your friend teases you

When someone lost in a game

When someone thinks you stole something that you didn’t

Lesson Plan—Small Groups Lesson Plan—Small Groups Activity (May Be Role Play)Activity (May Be Role Play)

What to Do if: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 AfterLiving Happily Ever After Empowers ChildrenEmpowers 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 Virtue Is its Own Reward and Makes for a Happy LifeMakes 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 More Stories from Living Living Happily Ever AfterHappily Ever After

• “The Lost Horse”• “Out of the

Ashes”—The Indian Cinderella

• “Taro, Son of the Dragon”

• “Roses and Diamonds, Snakes and Toads”