3.5: The other side of the story
In this activity students consider how inaccurate perceptions can lead to mistaken assumptions about people's motives and behaviours and the importance of considering all perspectives
Tasks
- Ask students to recall the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs. On the board or on butcher's paper, record the main events of the plot.
- Now read The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs.
- Ask the students to compare the two stories and to provide examples of how the wolf has been misjudged.
- Lead
a class discussion on how inaccurate perceptions can lead to mistaken
assumptions about people's motives and behaviours and the importance of
considering all perspectives.
- As a follow up to this
activity, ask students to select another fairy tale and rewrite it from
the point of view of one of the character's using The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
as an example. In their versions of the fairy tale, student's should
address how their character has been judged unfairly. Handouts 9 and
10: Bias in fairy tales (1) and (2) may be used by teachers as a stimulus to assist students.
- This activity may be conducted over several sessions.
- Some
students, for example newly arrived students from non-English speaking
backgrounds, may be unfamiliar with the traditional fairy tale about
the three little pigs. In such cases, it may be necessary to read the
traditional fairy tale to the class before commencing this activity.
- Instead of using The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs,
teachers may choose to give their own examples of what the wolf's
motivations may have been, and as an alternative, ask students to
create their own versions of The Three Little Pigs, writing from the wolf's perspective.
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Downloads
- Text: The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
- Butcher's paper
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