1. RAINBOW SPACE

2. READY FOR THE THREE AGREEMENTS?

3. AGREEMENT 1: WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT! YOU

4. AGREEMENT 2: WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS! YOUR THOUGHT YOU

5. AGREEMENT 3: THE WAY WE THINK COMES FROM THINGS WE HAVE SEEN, FELT, TASTED, HEARD and SMELLED. YOUR THOUGHT YOU

6. READY FOR THE BIG CHALLENGES?

7. BIG CHALLENGES: To think VERY hardTo think VERY hard To LISTEN to each otherTo LISTEN to each other To work as a TEAMTo work as a TEAM DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES? YES OR NO BIG CHALLENGES: To think VERY hardTo think VERY hard To LISTEN to each otherTo LISTEN to each other To work as a TEAMTo work as a TEAM DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES? YES OR NO

8. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO?

9. WE ARE GOING TO … 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNERD FROM EACH OTHER WE ARE GOING TO … 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNERD FROM EACH OTHER

10. READY FOR TODAY’S STORY?

11. THE ELEPHANT STORY RETOLD by VANESSA ANDREOTTI and LYNN MARIO DE SOUZA THE ELEPHANT STORY RETOLD by VANESSA ANDREOTTI and LYNN MARIO DE SOUZA

12. Once a group of curious people came to an intelligent man called Buddha. They asked Buddha: “Sir, some people say that what is real is what we see with our eyes and can feel with our hands. Other people say that this is all an illusion, that our minds cannot understand what is really real. What do you say?” Buddha told them a story similar to this one…

13. Four blind men were given the task of finding out what an elephant was. None of them had known an elephant before. Each one created a different story about the elephant. The first touched its tail. He said 'an elephant is a rope'. The second touched its ears – he said 'an elephant is a rug'. The third touched its leg – he said 'an elephant is a pillar'. The fourth touched its trunk – he said 'an elephant is a hose'.

14. The blind men started arguing. They each thought his story about the elephant was true and the only possible story to be told. They all said: I know I am right!

15. After that interesting discussion they started listening to each other and their ideas about the elephant started to change. Hose & rope Rug, rope & pillar Pillar & hose Rug & hose

16. Finally, after some more discussion and thought, they came to only two conclusions. Two blind men agreed that the elephant was a man and the other two agreed that the elephant was a bird. So, they went all around the world trying to convince everyone that their stories were right!

17. Buddha concluded that all people are like the blind men because different people understand the world in different ways according to where they are coming from. Like the blind men we keep trying to convince each other that our stories are right – that what we think or experience is what everyone else should think and experience. But no one knows for sure what the elephant/reality REALLY looks like.

18. THE END

19. NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

20. DRAW A PICTURE OF YOUR THOUGHTS OR WRITE THEM DOWN

21. NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

22. I WONDER… 1.Is the elephant everything around us? 2.Do different people see things in different ways? 3.Is what we learn at school only one version of a story? 4.If Buddha is right, why do people keep fighting for their stories? 5.Is Buddha also a blind man? 6.What did the elephant make of the blind men? I WONDER… 1.Is the elephant everything around us? 2.Do different people see things in different ways? 3.Is what we learn at school only one version of a story? 4.If Buddha is right, why do people keep fighting for their stories? 5.Is Buddha also a blind man? 6.What did the elephant make of the blind men? CHOOSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO EXPLORE OR WRITE YOUR OWN

23. NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER NOW IT IS TIME TO 1.LISTEN to a STORY 2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS 3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS 4.TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

24. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED… 1.ABOUT YOUR OWN THOUGHTS? 2.ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR CLASS? 3.ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED… 1.ABOUT YOUR OWN THOUGHTS? 2.ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR CLASS? 3.ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? THINK ABOUT …