Zoe Brown-January Blogpost

Blogpost 1- Invasive curiosity is when someone is intrigued by something and asks questions or pursues it at the expense of someone else’s privacy and emotional well-being. I think in order to model positive curiosity students need to first understand respect when it comes to interacting with others. For instance they should know what topics are respectful to talk about with others at school. It’d also be important to show students the consequences of invasive curiosity, a great way to do that would be to use the book The Suitcase. Students need to see how their own curiosity (even if it’s well intended) can be harmful to someone else.

Blogpost 2- I’d like to base an SEL lesson around the book The Suitcase where students examine the interaction from each character’s point of view. While doing these examinations they’ll be able to identify possible motives for why the characters did what they did. They’ll also be able to empathize with how the group’s decisions impacted the creature. I’d then like to have students create an alternative story where they change some of the character’s decisions and explain why they made the choices they did. I believe this exercise will help them learn to empathize while also having an introduction to invasive curiosity and how to make responsible decisions when it comes to interactions.