Build Empathy12 min Low None
Before and After
Students create two frozen images — the moment before and after a turning point.
Makes change and consequence visible and physical — students understand cause and effect through their bodies.
Instructions
In groups of 3-4. Give them a turning point — a historical event, a personal decision, a moment of change. They create two frozen tableaux: the moment just before and the moment just after. Show both to the group with a 5-second gap of movement between them. Debrief: what changed? What stayed the same?
Classroom timer
12:00
Best used when
During any lesson involving historical events, narrative turning points, or social change.
Variation
Add a third image: what could have happened instead if one thing had been different.
Time
12 min
Noise
Low
Prep
None
How did it go?
Quick evaluation — helps you find what works again.