This is part of a series of inquiry-based provocations for essential elements of the PYP and the Learner Profile. For more, click here.
For a culture of kindness to truly grow in our school, we need to constantly nourish and discuss it. After all, if we limit the discussion to the occasional anti-bullying assembly we can’t really expect students to thoroughly catch the vision of what it really looks like, and to feel comfortable speaking up for kindness. If your class is in need of a recharge, please use any or all of these resources to inquire into what it means to be caring!
Resource #1: “Give a Little Love, Get A Little Love” Kritovatka
Resource #2: Kind is…Radical Hospitality by Soul Pancake
Resource #3: The Gnomist: A Great Big Beautiful Act of Kindness by Great Big Story (this is a longer video at 17 minutes, but if you happen to be able to make the time, I promise it’s worthwhile. Here’s the trailer, too!)
https://vimeo.com/158075143
Resource #4: “Those Shoes” by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
Provocation Questions:
- What does it mean to be caring?
- What is people’s responsibility to be caring?
- What are the different perspectives in a community when it comes to public acts of kindness?
- What are some obstacles that sometimes stand in the way of expressing caring?
- What can we do to overcome obstacles that sometimes stand in the way of being caring?
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