One way to disrupt student thinking is to help them learn to empathize with others. Through empathy, our students can build connections with others because they can better understand how others are thinking and feeling. Characters in dystopian novels provide rich opportunities to practice empathetic thinking because the novels feature characters who are driven by a cause. Empathy maps provide one way for students to get into the minds of others--in this case, into the minds of the characters.
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For this challenge, using the image below as a guide, create an empathy map for one of the characters in your dystopian novel. You may download one of the maps, fill it out, and then upload it as a PDF to your portfolio. Or you may recreate it using a digital tool such as Popplet or Padlet.
