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CPD activity: Using stories
From the Teaching about Distant Localities online
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Stories are an excellent way of enabling children to feel what
it might be like to be somewhere else or in someone else's shoes.
They can extend the range of children's imagining and, whether they
are set in unfamiliar contexts or familiar environments, they will
be a major stimulus to thought and discussion about places.
Some locality packs include stories. However, as with everyday
objects, it is important that the story used is locality specific.
A story set in Ecuador should not be seen as giving accurate information
on a specific locality such as Otavalo in the Andean region.
Sharing stories
Aim:
To share ways of using stories.
What to do:
You will need a flip chart and pen, and a selection of story books.
Ask teachers to share ideas on how stories might be used in studies
of localities in the South and note these on the flip chart. Three
suggestions from Oxfam courses have been:
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Questionning
Show the book cover and ask 'where is it?', 'what is it about?'.
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Speech bubbles
Ask pupils to fill in speech and/or thought bubbles for characters
pictured in a story.
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Role playing
Ask pupils to take up positions exactly like those in a picture.
Use this as a starting point for enacting their own story.
Acknowledgement: 'Long Ago and Far Away', Birmingham DEC.
From the Teaching about Distant Localities online
resource
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