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What are your ground rules for class discussions?

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Conflict Within a Person’s Mind

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If A = B then

Does B = A?

Foreign Different

Different Foreign

For example …

Wobblers (If A = B)

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Primary School Concepts

Me Fairness Real Language Home Telling lies Growth/Change Same Pets Emotions Friends Thinking Belonging Dreaming

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Secondary Concepts

Hero Lies History Sport Identity Culture Bullying Real Fair Knowledge Language Test Drama Tourism Poem Music 125

3 weeks old 2 years old 4 years old Adult

What makes you, you?

Are you the same person you were when you were a baby?

If you had a different name, would you be a different person?

When you play make believe, are you still you?

What Makes Me, Me?

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Recent Demo Lesson Concepts

What is a toy? (Prep)

Was the mouse telling lies? (Yr 1/2)

What happens when you die? (Yr 6)

What’s the difference between tragedy and romance? (Yr 9)

What is culture? (Yr 10)

Is zero the same as nothing? (Yr 11)

What is a chair?

Just because you can’t define something, doesn’t mean you won’t recognise it when

you see it. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ranking to identify best answers

Play together

Know each other well

Understand each other

Like each other

Keep secrets

Trust each other

Friends …

War

Sport

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Coming out of the Pit with Venn Diagrams

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