Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Create a Circle of Life metaphor
Objective: Circle of Life metaphor
Activity:
1) Show video clip of Lion King’s "Circle of Life” and Pocahontas’ "Colors of the Wind”
2) Draw, act-out, or create a metaphor for what is meant by these two songs. [Arts connection]
3) Share and discuss, including:
a)What is meant by the circle of life?
b) What is your role in this circle?
c) What is the sustaining source of this circle?
