Empathy: Mojo Discovers The Maze
From Big Ideas by ClassDojo · 2016
4 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Everything falls apart and Mojo lands in "the Maze" — the tangle of frustration and hurt feelings that stops a team from working. He starts to see how his own emotions got in everybody's way.
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The cast argues and Mojo feels genuinely rejected for a stretch — a good conversation starter, resolved in episode 3.
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Discussion
Feelings don't stay put. They spread through a group and jam it up.
- What is the Maze? What put Mojo in it?
- How did Mojo's feelings change how the whole cast worked?
- Has a bad feeling ever spread through your group? What happened?
- What is one thing a teammate could say to help someone in the Maze?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: the Maze, frustration, teamwork, emotions, stuck.
Try it: Draw a maze and write one feeling at each dead end. Then write one way out beside the exit.