"Power" Photo and Writing Exercise
Materials:
- Camera
- A very large Bucket Filler Bucket decorated. You can get a large plastic bucket form Lowe's and paint it a bright color and add ribbon for the handle. Or, you can wrap the plastic bucket in colored duct tape. Paint a face on the bucket.
- Paper for writing.
Preparation:
- Play the song, "Power to Change the World" and have students listen to the words. Tell the students that they are going to have their picture taken in such a way that it will show the power that they have as a Bucket Filler.
- Take a picture of each student in the class holding the Bucket Filler Bucket over their head and pose like they have the muscle power to be able to hold the bucket up.
- Have each student glue the picture to the top of their wrtiting paper (see below for writing assignment).
Activity:
- Play the song, "Power to Change the World" and then have a discussion about what it means when Red sings the line, "We have the power to change the world". Discuss the words from the chorus and the verses to the song.
- Ask students to think about how they might be able to change the world right now.
- Give the students the writing assignment: How I have the power to change to the world.
- Place their writing assignment below their picture and hang them around the room as reminders about how powerful they really are with their Bucket Filler Buckets.
