Values and Ethics for the Humanist Child: Showing respect for another person’s innate worth
Posted by Breeze on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 8:24 amCategory: Breeze
Story: Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.
Pre-Reading Discussion Questions
- Has anyone ever teased you?
- How did that make you feel?
- How did you wish that person would treat you?
- How should we treat others?
- Why should we treat people that way?
- Have you ever been unkind to anyone?
- How do you think think that made him or her feel?
- What does the word respect mean?
Post Reading Questions
- How did Jo, Rita, and Victoria treat Chrysanthemum?
- What did they tease Chrysanthemum about?
- How did their treatment make Chrysanthemum feel?
- When did Jo, Rita, and Victoria change their minds about Chrysanthemum’s name?
- How did you know they had changed their minds?
- Why did they change their minds?
- Why did the fact that their favorite teacher had a name like Chrysanthemum’s and was planning to name her baby Chrysanthemum change their minds about the name?
- Should it matter whether or not something about a person–a name, an outfit, a hobby, etc.–is cool or not when we are deciding how to treat that person?
- What should matter when we decide how to treat a person?
