Storytelling as a coping mechanism

• religious education TTO
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

STORIES STORIES LESSON

Lesson Plan

1. reflect on stories

2. freedom, human rights, corona virus

What is your favourite childhood story?
(answer in English)

What does your favourite story teach you?
(answer in English)

Lesson goals 

1. You can explain what a 'rationalization' and 'proportionality' is

2. You will reflect about the relation between human rights and circumstances like the corona pandemics

 3. You will learn  what story-telling can do to cope with a negative experience

UN says ‘unacceptable’ to use Covid-19 pandemic ‘as an excuse to limit freedom’

what condition is NOT given by the UN to restrict human rights in the case of a national cause like a pandemic?

1. it has to be proportionate to the need
2. it has to be limited in time
3. it has to have a clear need
4. it shouldn't be time-bound

proportionality =

the idea that a punishment for a particular crime must relate to how serious the crime is:
The Court overturned a case on proportionality grounds

Give an example of the kind of freedom restrictions the UN calls illegal

rationalization

Is "rational" a positive or negative word?

always positive

mostly positive

it all depends

mostly negative

always negative

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rationalization

Why is story telling so important after a negative experience ?
(answer in English)

What do you need to be a good story teller? (answer in English)

Is this story

fact or 

fiction?

?

what is the message of this story, and why did the story 'work' (or not...)?

what is the message of this story, and why did the story 'work' (or not...)?

Now make up your own story....

what is the situation that needs to be made acceptable?

how does your story make it acceptable?

why is the story accepted, or not, by others?

Watch the slides and take notes!