Chapter Two — Fans & Fiction
THEME: Is Being Sneaky Okay?
⏰ Time: 30-40 minutes depending on your chosen activities.
(This is a short lesson and can be combined with lesson 1 or 3)
Add 15-30 minutes for Omnopoly Quiz Game & Travelogue Writing Prompt
which can be done at any time after the session
🎁 Experience Enhancers: Ocean sounds, pile of luggage
👀 AT-A-GLANCE options (details & links below supplies list; the order of activities is up to you)
- ⏪ RECAP previous chapter
- 🎭 If you have a big trunk or box, kids can play at being stowaways & re-enact the scene when Frankie & Finn discover the Robinson kids
- 🔍 Research steamer trunks
- 🤔 Deduce what would be in 1950s luggage
- 🎨🪡 Make (or decorate) a poodle skirt
- 🦄 🧳 Take a tour of the "luggage room"
- 🔬 Learn the difference between types of wildcats
- 💬 Chapter Discussion topics
Meanwhile...
At the end of (or after) the lesson
- ♟️Omnopoly Quiz Game
- ✍️Travelogue Writing Prompt
- ⛺️🗓️ Today's Story Advent{ure} Calendar action (if applicable)
- ☎️ 🌊 This week's FATHOMS group call (optional)
📐 Scroll to bottom for Skills, DISCIPLINES, and Ages breakdown for this lesson 📏
SUPPLIES SUGGESTIONS
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🗄️ DETAILS by Category
1. ⏪ RECAP previous chapter - As you recall ... We met Frankie & Finn who were pretending to be old enough to be on the "adults only" cruise
2. 🎭 RE-ENACT (See Supplies List above for Cosplay props)
- Frankie & Finn running from fans
- Frankie & Finn finding the Robinson kids
🔍 RESEARCH
- What is a steamer trunk and how did they function as "wardrobes" (closets) in the Golden Age of Ocean Travel.
🤔 DEDUCE
- What sort of things would you expect to find in luggage from 1953?
3. 🎨 DRAW, MAKE, or DESIGN
- 🧵Make or decorate a poodle skirt with just a few supplies. No sewing needed with the instructions in this short video. (Or even just color one)
- Would the students like to design a steamer trunk of their own?
- Or perhaps draw a Cerberus?
4. 🦄 🧳 IMAGINE
- Have the kids come up with ideas of things they might find in the luggage room, as well as inside the luggage itself
5. 🔬🔍 SCIENCE-NATURE
- Get to know your wildcats 🐆
6. 💬 DISCUSS
- If you were to “chase” a celebrity, who would it be?
- Why is it important to follow through on things you commit to?
- What is a sanitarium and why would someone stay there?
- When and how should we help strangers?
- When is it okay to be sneaky? (example: keeping a surprise party secret)
- Now that you've read the chapter, where do you think it gets its title?
Let the kids play the wildcat or even the peacock!
[For convenience, here again is the "wildcat" video linked in the PDF]
👶 WEE ONES OPTION 📦
(for those too young to read or participate fully)
Play Peek-a-Boo with them in a "trunk" (or use a large shipping box in place of the trunk)
🤪 ZOOMIES OPTION 🙃
(for wild ones who need to burn off energy)
🔬Give students a compass and send them in a particular direction to find something special
♟️Omnopoly Quiz Game 2 (includes vocabulary)
✍️Travelogue Writing Prompt: What do you think it would be like being a stowaway?
📐SKILLS (dependent on age): Being quiet, being brave, critical thinking & self-control (for safety), bravery, meeting strangers & introducing yourself, imagination, play-acting, using a compass (optional), understanding concepts, Q&A discussion, memory
