Story Exchange Lesson Plan
How can the story exchange deepen our connection to others in our community?
During the story exchange, participants will share a true story from their life based on a story prompt. 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 true story from their life with a beginning, middle and end.
Students will be able to deeply listen to their partner's story and retell their story from the first person perspective.
Materials
- Story Exchange Prompts
- Writing Materials (Paper/Pencil)
- Tissues
- Story Exchange Slide Deck
Preview Lesson Plan
Introducing the Story Exchange
15 minutes
- To begin, explain the process of the story exchange to participants and explain why you’ve chosen to run this story exchange with this particular group of participants today.
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- Say: Today we are going to experience a story exchange. During a story exchange, two people will be partnered to share true stories from their lives based on a story prompt. After exchanging stories, you will rejoin a larger group to share your partner’s story from the first person perspective.
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- Model the story exchange for your participants. If you have two facilitators, one person will tell a story from their life based on the prompts your participants are using today. The other facilitator will model retelling the story that was told.
- Show directions, prompts and pairings to participants and direct them to where they will be sharing stories in pairs.
