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Editor's Note: On May 25, the Myanmar government announced that it would extend the detention of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose words of wisdom are included in Teacing Tolerance's One World Poster Set. Teaching Tolerance calls on educators who have received this free teaching kit to hang Suu Kyi's poster in their classrooms as an act of protest. The following activity is included in the teacher's guide accompanying the posters and can be used with or without the poster.
Grade Levels: Elementary
Poster: We will surely get to our destination if we join hands. - Aung San Suu Kyi
Objectives
- Students will understand the concept of interdependence
- K-3 students will make a paper doll piece of art
- 4-6 students will make an original collage art piece
Time and Materials
Step 1: Poster Talk
Ask student to look at the poster and describe what they see (answers will vary). Ask the following questions:
- Who do we hold hands with? (mom, dad, grandparents, guardians, friends)
- Why do we hold hands? (to not get lost, to cross the street safely, because we like someone)
Step 2 for K-3: Paper Dolls
Give students a copy of paper doll holding hands. Ask them to write the names of people they like to hold hands with on the paper dolls. Have them share with a friend whom they feel they are close to or like to hold hands with. Hang these around the classroom.
Step 2 for 4-6: Collage Art
Give students appropriate magazines so that they can cut out photos of people and/or animals (depicted in the poster) and make their own collage. Point out to them that the people and pets in the poster are all moving toward a destination (a heart). Ask them what they think that might mean (answers will vary, but something like "love"). Direct them to place a symbol of some kind at the top of their collage as well. They can have other students guess what it might mean and then share their own meaning as well.
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