Online Empathy Box

Overview

You and your team will examine the contents of a box containing a variety of objects. You will be asked to generate information about the owner of the box by creating stories, making connections, and trying to understand the owner through his or her collection of objects and artifacts and determining how you would reach them if they were your student. Closely examine the contents, and think about why the owner may have chosen to save the different objects. Create a brief sketch and outline describing what you have been able to surmise about the box owners and answer the survey questions at the bottom of the page.

The Activity

Explore this person's empathy box. Consider how you would instruct them if they were your student. What would you use to engage, motivate, and interest them?