So, scientists have studied human beings to learn tips or tricks for how some human beings control their emotional elephants to get their life goals. There are ways to help that emotional elephant want to go in the direction you set. We call the path for the it: “Smoothing elephant.” Draw Cartoons of DEMONSTRATE Slide #4: When is it hard to control your emotions? Cartoon Time (20 min) Facilitator gives instructions for making a cartoon drawing, similar to a storyboard. (15 min) Say: make cartoons. I want each of you to think about Emotional Now let’s Competence and draw a cartoon of some exact scenario that happened recently, where you were in a Tug-Of-War between your Emotional Elephant and your reasoning Rider. Think of a scenario where your Elephant won the war and the Rider lost. Make 3 frames of the cartoon: Frame #1: Pre-Elephant Rampage; Frame #2: Elephant Rampage Frame #3: Post-Elephant Rampage. Label your cartoon with cartoon labels so someone else can understand the cartoon. Every frame must show what the Elephant said in your head and what the Rider said in your head. Keep it anonymous. I will be collecting them and using them tomorrow for our Freeze Drama. Say: Sharing of Cartoons (if time allows; can also be shuffled and repeated several (5 min) times.) Now, collect all the cartoons, shuffle them and pass them out again. I’ll Everyone read a cartoon that you didn’t do. Video: EXPERIENCE Slide #5: Self-Control is Exhausting! Self-Control is (8 min) (4 min. Say: Exhausting! video; 4 min. These cartoons might have stirred something up in terms of how hard it is to discussion) resist that chocolate cake or how easy it is to get angry at your Mom when she gives you advice. this clip we call: Self-Control is Exhausting! Let’s watch
So, scientists have studied human beings to learn tips or tricks for how some human beings control their emotional elephants to get their life goals. There are ways to help that emotional elephant want to go in the direction you set. We call it: “Smoothing the path for the elephant.” DEMONSTRATE (20 min) Draw Cartoons of (15 min) (5 min) Slide #4: When is it hard to control your emotions? Cartoon Time Facilitator gives instructions for making a cartoon drawing, similar to a storyboard. Say: Now let’s make cartoons. I want each of you to think about Emotional Competence and draw a cartoon of some exact scenario that happened recently, where you were in a Tug-Of-War between your Emotional Elephant and your reasoning Rider. Think of a scenario where your Elephant won the war and the Rider lost. Make 3 frames of the cartoon: Frame #1: Pre-Elephant Rampage; Frame #2: Elephant Rampage Frame #3: Post-Elephant Rampage. Label your cartoon with cartoon labels so someone else can understand the cartoon. Every frame must show what the Elephant said in your head and what the Rider said in your head. Keep it anonymous. I will be collecting them and using them tomorrow for our Freeze Drama. Say: Sharing of Cartoons (if time allows; can also be shuffled and repeated several times.) Now, I’ll collect all the cartoons, shuffle them and pass them out again. Everyone read a cartoon that you didn’t do. EXPERIENCE (8 min) Video: Self-Control is Exhausting! (4 min. video; 4 min. discussion) Slide #5: Self-Control is Exhausting! Say: These cartoons might have stirred something up in terms of how hard it is to resist that chocolate cake or how easy it is to get angry at your Mom when she gives you advice. Let’s watch this clip we call: Self-Control is Exhausting!
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