Tool Tuesday: Seasonal “Stories”
This post will be shorter in description and longer in the resources provided. Maryellen, Sheila, and I have had many conversations about how almost any context can be put into story form with Story Grammar Marker®! On the flip side, we know that it takes practice and linguistic flexibility to consider what “fits” as each story element, though I often also say that you can’t really do it wrong. There are many ways to tell a story.
As the holiday season is upon us, I was thinking about the variety of cultural and religious (or both) observations that take place around this time, and how they tie into the observation of the winter solstice. For me, this astronomical event takes prominence as I wallow in Boston with Seasonal Affective Disorder during these short days, it marks a kind of “cosmic hump day” where the days start to get longer.
I wanted to produce a resource of text linked to elements of SGM® that we could use as a guide to “mapping” these intercultural observances with our students this year and beyond. Included below are infographics of a sort, with text explanations of the solstice, Christmas (religious tradition), Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
Producing these was a bit tricky, and if I have worded anything in a manner that you would like to change, YOU CAN ACCESS THE SLIDES HERE.
As with other resources, please do not request edit access, as this will not allow you to make the lesson your own. While signed into a Google account, from the File menu, select Make a Copy, and it’s yours to edit.
Suggested applications and extensions of these lessons:
- Use these contexts with the SGM® Maps, Magnet Sets, or Digital Icons.
- Take these models and produce the more “secular” story of Christmas.
- Watch and map any holiday-related book or TV “special.”
- Copy the text into ChatGPT and ask it for images that will support your story mapping lessons.
Have a wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year!
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