Can't the Minions Just Get Along?

I was brainstorming a fun way to teach PEACE to kids, and I became inspired by minions.  

Because we have a giant one at our house.  Giant minion = oxymoron or no?

They are literally always fighting!  There are tons of funny videos of them (here's one, here's one, here's one. Do you believe me now?)

They need guidance and counseling, y'all.

They are also super cute and they need our help, y'all!  I developed this lesson to discuss getting along, peace, and conflict resolution.  

I created this little booklet and a slideshow, and my class visits went like this:

1) I showed the videos and we discussed conflict.  There has been and will forever be differing views and ideas in this world.  Conflict is inevitable.  It's how we handle it that matters!  Also, we can laugh at the minions, and at videogames ~ but when real people are involved, it's not funny.  

2)  We talked abut the color white, and how it represents peace.  If you take pure white light and separate it, it makes a rainbow of different colors.  We want to take our differences and bring them together for pure white light.  Peace.

3) I passed out these little booklets I made in Pages and fired up this slideshow .  Examples of my creations:

Avoiding or attacking will make the problem worse!  Mark those two out and circle WORK TOGETHER!

FORGIVE!!!

This was a super fun lesson!  How much do I love minions? 

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