Inside Out Activity for High School
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Objective
I can evaluate the effectiveness of the movie Inside Out in representing complex emotional processes and discuss its potential impact on understanding mental health.
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Warm-up video
Unknown Channel · 5:00
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Practice
7 questions
Identify the five emotions that are introduced as characters in the video.
Describe how one of the emotions (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, or Fear) is visually represented in the video.
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Based on the video, how effectively do you think Inside Out portrays the complexity of having multiple emotions at once? Explain your reasoning. In the video, the emotions are represented as individual characters. Do you think this is an effective way to help people understand their own emotions? Why or why not? ”
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