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Prompt
Walk in their shoes
6–12 · Any subject · Build social-emotional skills
What students see
Pick a person from something we studied or read. Retell one event from their point of view. What did they see that others might have missed?
Why it works
Retelling an event through someone else's eyes builds social awareness, because students have to think about what that person knew, felt, and feared. History, literature, and current events all work.
How to run it
- Add it to your Space. The Topic comes with this prompt and these settings, and you can edit both.
- Share the Topic link with your students.
- Approve posts as they come in. Until then only the person who posted and Space admins can see them.
Make it yours
Assign two people from the same event so the class can compare their accounts. In science, try a researcher whose idea was rejected at first.