Educational activity around the short film Les ailes du papillon
EMC: Participate in discussions constructively, situate your remarks in relation to others, provide arguments, mobilize knowledge, respect the usual rules of communication.
Oral language: Listen to the teacher, ask questions, express your point of view, your feelings, speak in front of other students to reformulate, summarize, tell, describe, explain reasoning.
Les ailes du papillon © Benjamin Gibeaux
TitleLes ailes du papillon
ThemeDespotism
Genre & keywordsNarrative, king, dictatorship, tyranny, war, animals, childhood.
Age (for film)9-11 years old
Duration09 min 17 s
DirectorBenjamin Gibeaux
MusicBenjamin Gibeaux
ProductionBenjamin Gibeaux (France, 2006)
Violence, respect, justice and injustice.
1 Describe What is this film about? Can you describe what these children are going through? 2 Give your opinion What do you think of the attitude of the two leaders? 3 Make connections Have you ever seen child victims of war on television? Have you ever been afraid of experiencing this kind of situation in your country? 4 Debate Choose one or more themes from those proposed in one or more sessions. 5 Remember from the debate Written trace of the conclusion (what we should remember from the debate).
Theme 1: Violence Do you suffer from the violence of words, threats, blows? At home, at school, on the street? Is it easy for you to recognize a simple fight, for play, as real violence that causes suffering? How do you defend yourself? All alone ? By grouping up? By talking to older people to get help? Do you know any children who are violent to you? Did you stand up for them? Did you talk about it? If you are violent, is it because someone was violent with you? Were you insulted or rejected? Do you envy those who are respected without getting angry?
Do you believe that violence is used to get what you want? To appear stronger? Or does it make you lonely and sad? Do you think that the violence of adults, in the news and in certain films makes you want to be violent? What would you suggest to fight against violence?
Theme 2: Respect If you don't respect anything... Don't you think about how other people feel? Do you care? Are there people you don't respect? Do you know why? Are you aggressive towards others? Because you are afraid of them? For you, being respected means being feared? And to respect is to be fooled? Do you feel respected? in your family, at school?
If you respect others, things... What does respect mean to you? Listen, have attention, have respect? Follow the rules to live together? Do you have confidence in yourself? Do you know how to apologize when you are wrong? Are you respected by your parents, your brothers and sisters, at school? Who respects you the most? Are you sometimes shocked by the lack of respect from adults, from children, in the street, on TV, in sport, in the world?
Theme 3: Justice / injustice Are you rejected, even though you try to be nice?
Don't you think it's fair that there are wars? Poor countries? Hungry children? Not going to school and working? How do you react to injustices? Are you suffering? Are you rebelling? Are you violent? Are you silent? Are you talking? Are you unfair sometimes? Do people listen to you when you complain about injustice?
Have you ever been the victim of injustice? Would you rather be unfair or suffer injustice? Do you follow the rules? Do you like others to follow the rules?
Activity sheet written by: Séverine Devillers. Discover the blog Le cartable de Séverine...
