Object Exchange Lesson Plan
How can the story exchange deepen our connection to others in our community?
During this lesson, students will use deep listening and empathy skills to complete a alternate version of the story exchange. During an object exchange, students will choose an object to tell a story about. They will exchange their story with a partner. After they exchange stories, they will join a larger group and retell their partner’s story in the first person. Participants will be given time for reflection and closing.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to share a story about themselves based on an object of their choosing.
Students will be able to deeply listen to their partner's story and retell their story from the first person perspective.
Materials
- Writing materials
- Object of sentimental value
Preview Lesson Plan
Object Exchange Overview
10 minutes
- Example Object Exchange Prompt: Choose an object you have with you. Tell a story about a memory sparked by this object.
Note: Objects can be intentionally brought in by participants OR can be objects that participants happen to have with them.
- Modeling: Two facilitators should model the story exchange with one other person. Person one models telling a true story based on the story exchange prompt. Person two models the retelling of that story.
