HANDBOOK
A handbook will equip you with the skillset necessary for introduction of storytelling into your lessons. You will get answers to questions:
Why do teachers need storytelling?
How can you influence the development of students’ emotional intelligence through storytelling?
When did the first stories appear?
Why are stories so powerful when it comes to shaping cultures, beliefs and attitudes?
What are scientific explanations of how stories work?
How empathic listening brings stories into life?
… and many more.
LESSON PLANS
To help you get started, we developed examples of scenarios of lessons, elaborated according to the story seekers method and containing stories invented based on storyboards. We offer you 18 examples of scenarios:
for early school education (grades 1-3);
for Biology;
for Physics;
for Geography;
for Math;
for Grammar;
for Foreign Language;
for educational hour (godzina wychowawcza).
Sample lessons to download:
CARD GAMES
STORY CARD GAME
A set of 17 cards in the form of a card-game will support you in the stories’ elaboration for any topic. The cards are universal for all topics and will guide you through the process of building and telling the story around each of them.
CARD GAME FOR KIDS
We have prepared a special game “TELL ME A HISTORY”, which you can, use in the classroom, or in extracurricular activities, or play at home with your children or friends. This game is super fun and learning at the same time, not only for kids! Thanks to it, the player learns to build engaging stories, develops imagination, learns to use stories in everyday communication.
EXTRACURRICULAR WORKSHOP SCENARIO
If you want to develop storytelling skills in your students, we have a ready-made set of scenarios for after-school activities. During the six workshops, young people will learn:
What is storytelling and what is a story-building scheme?
How do stories affect us and why they are important?
How stories support learning.
How to use storytelling in presentations and public speaking.
VIDEOS
If you want to know more about storytelling and developing your storyteller’s skill, watch our videos.
Watch 3 videos:
“Teacher Journey” – learn more about building, telling and tending stories and become a better storyteller;
Sample Story – listen to an example story and find out how the stories affect your audience;
Interviews with teachers – see the conversations and find out how teachers use storytelling in the classroom and what the effects are.