In the Book called "The Ugly Duckling" it is a one the well known folktale stories out there. It is written by Hans Christian Andersen. This folktale story is told by a mother had a group of ducklings born and all were normal but one, and was considered as the Ugly Duckling but the ugly Duckling was the last one to be born. He had so many different traits about him, he was grey, the strongest fastest swimmer out of his group. The Ugly Duckling suffered from his new group of ducks, they did not allow him to participate, would pick on him, and so did the other animals on the farm where he was born. But then one day, he found other swans swimming that looked liked him so he joined them and he finally felt he was apart of again and that he was a beautiful swan.
The Ugly Duckling is known as a the folktale genre. The moral of the story is Everyone is beautiful in their own way even though you may be different from others.
The social Justice I want to use for this story is that, its not about looks, its about who you are known as Self Identity. It is important to know your identity and to accept for who you are because no one is the same and looks do not define one as an individual. Also, social justice is Bullying, because everyone picks on the ugly duckling when there is nothing wrong with him, only just looks different.
I love this story because it shows a powerful message about how we shouldn't judge someone based on their appearance.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the best social justice elements to use for this story are self-identity and bullying. This story also helps students develop the sense of empathy which is an EXTREMELY important trait to have.
I love this story because it shows a powerful message about how we shouldn't judge someone based on their appearance.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the best social justice elements to use for this story are self-identity and bullying. This story also helps students develop the sense of empathy which is an EXTREMELY important trait to have.
This is one of my favorite books and I think it is an excellent pick. It really helps children understand self identity like you said and social justice showing bullying and may help children get through bullying in their own life.
ReplyDeleteThis story kind correlates with our experiences, being different in our hearing community and we learned that it didn't matter, because we already have our own ' different swans' to join and develop our identity.
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