Lesson 5




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Lesson Five - Intermediate

Working as a Group -Compromising

Preset:

Story: The Man and His Camel

Why did the Man and the Camel have trouble?
Why didn't the camel compromise?

Development: Compromising means that two different ideas or needs have to be blended together to make something new - maybe something even better than either idea was by itself. Compromising is a very healthy and mature thing to be able to do.

Compromise is a little like making a banana split or a recipe. Lots of things go together. By itself ice cream is excellent. When we add chocolate and nuts and whipped cream it gets even better. It doesn't taste the same. It doesn't look the same. It is a blending together of good things to make something even more special. Compromise is like that.

Activity:

Divide into groups. Let each person be a different part of a banana split. Do a silly acting-out of agreeing to be a part of the treat or wanting to stay separate and not combine.
In groups of four make a banana split. divide students up to add different ingredients

Summary: What is a compromise? When is it difficult? What is the reward? How can you make it easier for yourself to compromise? Did someone in the group have a difficult time letting go of an idea to accept someone else's plan? How can group members support that person?

Discouraging Things to Do or Say

Messages that Help and Support

Materials needed:

Story: The Man and His Camel
Banana split fixings

The Man and his Camel

There once was a man who had a greedy camel. One cold night, the man heard a noise outside his tent. There was the camel, looking down at him. "Master," said the camel, "it is very cold out here. May I just hold my head inside your tent?

"You have a coat of hair to keep you warm," said the man. "I have not, but you may hold your head inside." Soon the camel said, "Master, the rest of me is cold, and my head feels so warm, may I not just put my front feet inside?"

The man moved over to make room for the camel's front legs. For a minute, all was quiet. Then, "Master," said the camel, "my back legs are freezing. If you moved into the corner I could get them inside." So the man moved again and the camel came in. But now there was no room for the man to even turn. "Master, said the camel, there is not room for both of us. You should go outside."

"I should have guessed this would be the result," said the man, as the camel pushed him out into the cold. "Someone who is greedy never has enough."

You should now:

Go on to Assignment 2
or
Go back to Supportive Discipline

E-mail J'Anne Ellsworth at Janne.Ellsworth@nau.edu