Empathy

By Chioke Coreathers

​EMPATHY

Have you ever seen this word before?​

Open Ended

What do you think EMPATHY means?

Empathy is...

​Experiencing and understanding the thoughts and feelings of another. Seeing a situation from someone else's perspective.

By Chioke Coreathers

Perspective is...

​a persons point of view or their way of seeing a situation or circumstance.

By Chioke Coreathers

Open Ended

In your own words, What does EMPATHY mean to you?

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZBTYViDPlQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

By Chioke Coreathers

Open Ended

How is EMPATHY different from SYMPATHY?

By Chioke Coreathers

​Sympathy...

​

feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

​https://youtu.be/35Wt8LhoVHA

By Chioke Coreathers

​

​Empathy, sympathy, and compassion allows for a world where we/people don't feel alone.

​

How is theatre used to show empathy, sympathy, and/or compassion for others?​

Open Ended

Why do you go to the theater/movies?

Open Ended

Why do we need actors in the theatre/movies? What do actors add to theatre/movies that you find to be very important?

By Chioke Coreathers

​

​People have and need to EXPRESS THEMSELVES, COMMUNICATE, and TELL STORIES of the world around them. Their thoughts, struggles, dreams, fears, things that make them laugh, cry, or inspire them. Theatre is used to form a LINK between them and others so that they do not feel alone.

Open Ended

BEFORE technology, how do you think people told stories, communicated, and told stories to one another?