Frederick

by Leo Lionni

Goal

To have the students understand:

• We need more than physical things to survive.
• We need to take care of our spiritual and emotional self as well as our physical self.

Introduction:

• Emotional drought or rut.
• Different things can do to get out of drought or rut.

Procedure:
1. Introduce topic and book.
2. Read book.
3. Assess students understanding and clarify if necessary.

Assessment:
What did Frederick gather? Why?
Why were the things Frederick gathered so important to the mice?
What was the relationship like between Frederick and the mice:

• in the beginning of the story?
• at the end of the story?

What would you gather if you were Frederick? Why?
Parting thought:

spiritual self vs. physical self
Frederick representing spiritual part of person, other mice representing the physical needs to the same individual

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