Understanding the central idea

The students today watched the video ‘We all laugh in the same language.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtaGMjVBUSE

and reflected on how we may have different looks, we may talk in different languages, have different cultures, traditions but we all laugh in the same language. We all have emotions like of being happy or sad. We all have families whom we love and cherish our bond with. The discussions were very fruitful as the children were able to compare themselves amongst each other too. They reached a conclusion that though we are different we are alike.

The students then tried constructing a meaningful sentence out of the jumbled set of words given to them. They were able to arrive at the unit’s central idea

‘People are more alike than different from each other’ and penned down their thoughts as a group.

Yet another fruitful day.