Changing Curriculum through Stories

Changing Curriculum Through Stories: Character Education for Ages 10-12 is a book about transforming school culture from one that supports a culture of competition to one where an understanding of how we are 'All In it Together' permeates what is studied and how. Whether the issue is 'going along to get along', 'shunning an outsider', 'bullying', 'learning to share', 'anger management' or 'forgiveness', Changing Curriculum Through Stories: Character Education for Ages 10-12 makes clear how an individual's behavioral choices, seemingly without consequences, ultimately effect everyone, including themselves. Using original and folkloric stories as jumping off points for discussions, Marc Levitt's new book provides a holistic antidote to 'shallow selfishness', substituting instead, a curriculum and a pedagogy that provides the intellectual and visceral tools to help students understand and to act based on an awareness of their connections to one another, the value of community and the joy of living amidst diversity of all kinds.

Marc Levitt is an author/consultant/filmmaker/radio host and producer who has worked in over sixty countries. His films, Stories in Stone and Woven in Time have been seen on PBS and at film festivals around the United States and his radio show,Action Speaks, Underappreciated Dates that Changed America, has been broadcast on over 200 Public and Independent stations.

Preface
Introduction
How Can You Use This Book
Stories, Thoughts and Curriculum/Pedagogical Suggestions
Chapter One: Andrea's Party and How Gary Became Part of a Conspiracy Not to Attend One
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions: Social Studies, English, Critical Thinking and Media Studies
Chapter Two: Long John Skinny; Too Tall, Too Thin or Was He?
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; Multiple Intelligence Theory, Cooperative Learning
Chapter Three: The Tickle Karate Master
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; History and Economic Policy
Chapter Four: How Important Is a House of Cards
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; Literacy and Physical Education
Chapter Five: Giuseppe the Juggler; To Share or Not To Share?
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; Science and Inventions, Arts, Copyright Law
Chapter Six: Alligator, All That? (Folktale from India)
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; Gender Studies, Media Studies and Social Studies
Chapter Seven: Nasrudin; The Wise Fool and the Meaning of Clothes (Folktale from Turkey)
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; Fashion and Media Studies
Chapter Eight: Two Woodchucks and the Art of Forgiving
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; History, Global Studies, and Religious Studies
Chapter Nine: How the 'Grouse' Earned Their Name
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Curriculum and Pedagogical Suggestions; History, Science, Physical Education, and Business
Chapter Ten: The Mouse's Problem and Yours!
Questions for Students
Thoughts for Students
Thoughts for Teachers
Conclusion
Conclusion for Students
Conclusion for Teachers
A Bonus Story for Completing This Book... for Students and Teachers!