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Details of the Program
Part I: The Assembly
Part II: The Classroom Follow-up
Helping Friendship not lead to
problems
People everywhere have much in common
The 1WOW program takes a game show format. To "come on down" to the
stage with enticing props, students must name things they've spotted in the slides that
are like their own town.
The slides feature scenes from multiple continents, cultures and
economic status, each to their regional music. Volunteers are picked and observations
acknowledged.
A second quick world tour shows people playing, working
, hugging and marrying, buying and selling. Lyrics sing about our common humanity and
feelings. Responses shift to the feelings and activities of people around the world.
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Good people can have conflicting viewpoints...
The 19 student volunteers in line on stage each represent 100 million
people. Various sized hoops are populated in order: Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, the USA
and China. It is an eye-opener to see how much land Russia's population has compared
to Mexico and Nigeria. Similarly, the USA hoop easily holds three students but matches a
China hoop that must hold twelve.
Tension mounts as snack food is distributed. Volunteers
demonstrate and make understandable common world issues by their natural actions on stage.
Everyone sees this situation is not peaceful. These aren't bad people, just people. Teachers
can reference this model for numerous classroom discussions.
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If we want to see the world become a better
place...
The concluding segment of the slides and music returns the emphasis to
their immediate activities and classrooms. Saying one wants something without working to
create it is just talk. Pictographs highlight the functionality of math skills. The
ability to effect a clean environment requires understanding science, and fixing
the world's social problems being leaders in the future requires learning social
studies and language skills.
The last slides for grades 3 and up conclude with introducing the
"6 Steps for Building Peace." These steps, and discussions on
leadership are then developed more thoroughly in smaller group sessions for the
balance of the day... as described below.
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One person can make a
difference...
How the students act in class influences others. Each person affects a
class; a class can change a school; a school impacts a town. Program pictures show
Kennedy, King and others. These leaders had dreams strong and clear enough to
inspire others to follow. Maybe a student here has such a dream. This idea is reinforced
during follow-up sessions...
In a 45 minute classroom session, the empathy and lessons
started in the assembly are focused on helping students see why and how to help each
other. To have the best impact, whole grade levels should quickly experience this same
lesson. Fortunately, the lesson can be concurrently presented by leaders on your
school staff, while our presenter is doing other assemblies or visiting other
classrooms.
Click here to see the classroom Detailed
Lesson Plan. This is a PDF file.
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Experienced school-wide, the 1WOW
program is a unifying event
for subsequent classroom discussion on social issues, and a
framework builder for comprehending current news events.
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