Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Directed by Stephen Daldry - 2011)
Starring Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Read an excerpt from the novel by clicking on the picture.
What similarities do you notice between Oskar and Christopher? Although these characters are meant to represent Autistic students, in what ways can we relate to them beyond this? How might the way they deal with change and the world around them help to define the challenges we all have in adapting to change?
What similarities do you notice between Oskar and Christopher? Although these characters are meant to represent Autistic students, in what ways can we relate to them beyond this? How might the way they deal with change and the world around them help to define the challenges we all have in adapting to change?
Create a game to help adolescents cope with change, especially after a dramatic situation like 9/11. Explain how such a strategy might help someone like Oskar Schell. See below for a very simple example.
Change Your Seat
Description/Process: Participants are asked to change where they are sitting so they can experience the emotions and feelings often associated with change. After the class gets situated and comfortable, the facilitator should ask participants to change seats.
Discussion Questions
Change Your Seat
Description/Process: Participants are asked to change where they are sitting so they can experience the emotions and feelings often associated with change. After the class gets situated and comfortable, the facilitator should ask participants to change seats.
Discussion Questions
- How did it feel to be asked to change seats?
- Did you view changing seats as an opportunity to sit with someone new or as an uncomfortable or undesirable change?
- What are some things that make people resistant to change?
- What can you do to make it easier for people in your organization to accept the changes?
- Why is it difficult to maintain changes once they are made?