Thomas Edison’s story
Target group: students from 12 to 18 years old
Pedagogical aims:
to inspire pupils. To indicate alternative choices. To make them believe on their personal
skills more than pure knowledge. To make them believe that a school failure does not mean
a life failure.
description:
Counsellor gives to pupils the worksheet (1). We explain that there is the first part of a story,
and we ask them to give an end. We give them about 10 minutes to close the story. Then we
collect all worksheets and read some of them trying have a discussion. At the end we read
the full story, revealing that little Thomas is the great scientist, researcher and entrepreneur-
ship Thomas Edison.
Time: 40 minutes
Material: a worksheet