Page - 59 - in Reflective Cosmopolitanism - Educating towards inclusive communities through Philosophical Enquiry

ELLA (MANUAL) 59 Exercise: Building analogies Try to create your own analogies. Then go on to explain the connection you are mak- ing. Now all students may discuss the relevance of explanations. Example: Language is like a flower because it is so diverse and colorful. 1. A friend is like........................................ because .......................................... 2. Language is like..................................... because .......................................... 3. The sun is like......................................... because .......................................... 4. The sky is like.......................................... because .......................................... 5. Imagination is like.................................. because .......................................... 6. A lion is like............................................. because .......................................... 7. A table is like............................................ because .......................................... 8. A word is like........................................... because .......................................... 9. A secret is like.......................................... because .......................................... 10. My thoughts are like............................... because .......................................... Exercise: Analogies involving opposites 1. Happy is to sad as deep is to……………………………………………………………. 2. Understanding is to misunderstanding as friend is to………………………............. 3. Difficult is to easy as angry to………………………………………………………….. 4. Large is to small as thick to……………………………………………………………... Episode 6 Leading Idea 1: Respect This episode starts when Ella‘s family goes hiking. Ella suddenly notices that Laura is tell- ing her brother what to do. She is thinking about her question, how people can know what is good for another person. She is also reflecting about respect – are you respecting the other if you tell him what he has to do? Respect can have great importance in everyday life. There are different kinds of respect and we can draw distinctions among these kinds of respect. For example, we can have respect for the elements – the mountains, the thun- derstorm – we can have respect for agreements and human rights. We can show respect for a person – and we can also have respect for the environment, institutions and laws. Discussion Plan: Respect 1. Why did Ella think that Laura does not respect her brother? 2. Did the other characters in this episode show respect for each other? 3. What does ‘respect for others’ mean? 4. Are there different levels or degrees of respect? 5. Is respect morally important? 6. Can you respect someone and not like him/her? 7. Can you like someone and not respect him/her? 8. Do you respect yourself?