A grade three student says, "You mean we can be friends again after we make amistake?" Students learn the “Make-it-Right Formula" and ah-ha! moments are visible in their eyes. The thrill of those ah-ha! moments gives me great joy! And it doesn't matter if it happens with children or adults; the thrill is the same.
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Analogical Problem-Solving ™ is what I call teaching by living inside a story such as the Us and Them unit. Students have agency/voice to make decisions inside their class story, an analogy of life. As teachers, we carefully follow their suggestions and integrate lessons as we plan strategies that allow them to discover their learning. Students learn real-life lessons without real-life consequences. They realize at a profound level that we have so much in common. We are all connected. Ultimately the students decide war is not worth the enormous human cost. And they internalize that we are all part of the human race.