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29 MARCH 2017
INTERMEDIATE Respect
A way of
RESPECT ca n include m any elemen respect for ts: self, others a nd causes. Having resp ect for othe rs means accepting th at o but that they ther people are differe nt are just as im you feel you portant as are. Respecting yourself me an stand up fo r yourself. Yo s that you u don’t allo yourself to w be talked in to doing something that you kn ow is wrong that you fee or l uncomfort able with. When you re spect a cau se, you rega other value rd s and you d o your best your life by to live these value s.
NiE Activity 1 Critical thinking
● Identify ● Reason ● Measure ● Organise
Creative thinking
Problem solving
● Imagine ● Brainstorm ● Connect
● Question ● Recreate ● Present
Have you seen anybody mistreated for being different? Are some students ridiculed at your school? Why? What do they get picked on about? Is it about their height, weight, appearance, disability, accent, skin colour, etc.?
Communicating
Collaborating
● Oral
● Listen ● Contribute respectfully
● Written ● Aural
A teenage girl in India was kicked out of school after an incurable medical condition turned her skin scaly and red, causing her classmates to complain, the daily also reported. The 16-year-old girl became affected by erythroderma or “red man syndrome”, which causes the skin to dry out and turn reddish all over the body. The skin condition cannot be fully cured yet but medical treatment is available to keep it under control, which her parents cannot afford. Despite the family’s appeals, the school management booted her out, citing complaints about her “snakelike” appearance. The Star, Jan 31, 2017
Read the story above that appeared in The Star. Next, answer these questions based on the story in the passage. Finally, share some of your opinions as a class. 1. Exactly how do you think this student was picked on? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2. How do you think this student felt about this? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3. How do you feel about it? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4. How does that kind of behaviour affect the climate in your school? ______________________________________________________________
5. How would you react and what would you do if one of your friends was affected by the “red man syndrome”? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 6. Do you think your friend would be expelled from school, too? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 7. What would it take to prevent things like this from happening in that particular school? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
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NiE Activity 2 Critical thinking
● Identify ● Reason ● Measure ● Organise
Creative thinking
Problem solving
● Imagine ● Brainstorm ● Connect ● Invent
● Question ● Research ● Recreate ● Present
Communicating
Collaborating
● Oral
● Listen ● Contribute respectfully ● Compromise ● Attain goal
● Non-verbal ● Written ● Aural
Spielberg: Be the movie heroes of real life In a world full of villains, Harvard University graduates must become the heroes, filmmaker Steven Spielberg told the 2016 class during a commencement address. Spielberg invoked stories from his films and his life as he encouraged the graduates to take on the world’s woes. “A hero needs a villain to vanquish, and you’re all in luck,” he said. “This world is full of monsters. There’s racism, homophobia, ethnic hatred, class hatred. There’s political hatred and there’s religious hatred.” The answer, he told graduates, was to question voices of authority, to seek “defining character moments” in their own lives and to learn from the past. He shared how he was bullied as a child for being Jewish, and he warned that anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise. To combat them, he urged students to listen to others’ stories and to share their own. “The only answer to more hate is more humanity,” he said. “We have to replace fear with curiosity.” The Star, May 28, 2016
Read this ar ticle that ap peared in Th Steven Spie e Star. Do yo lberg that m u agree with ovies can ch people and ange the m combat hat indset of e crimes? Refer to The Star. Pick on e movie that the televisio is currently n or in the ci showing on nema (see St Then, write ar2). Watch about how th the show. e characters other. Use th interacted w ese questio ith each ns to guide and critique your though about how th t p ro cesses e the show. issue of resp ect was port rayed in ● In wh at ways did they treat ea disrespect? ch other wit Provide spec h respect or ific example ● Do yo s. u approve o f the way th other? e characters treated each ● Did yo u feel differe ntly toward others with s characters respect from who treated those who d ● Whic idn’t? h did you lik e better? W hy?