Monika Antolin Kelebercová

I have tested the lesson plan The Perception of Beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, designed in collaboration with my colleague, with my bilingual class. I would like to share with you the mind map they created as I got mesmerized by their mature and creative approach towards the topic which is for many people a sensitive one. The mind map I attach is the result of their hard work and the ability to cooperate and share their opinions coming from different perspectives, as well as to respect each other’s opinion, demonstrating perceptiveness and critical thinking.

The creation of the mind map itself was preceded by the discussion answering the following questions with the objective to prepare students for the follow-up activity:

1)     What is beauty?

2)     How important is it to you?

3)     To what extend is your perception of beauty influenced by the society?

After that the students were divided into groups and asked to think about each of the given category from two points of view and give specific examples:

1)     How is the perception of beauty by today’s society reflected in each category?

2)     How is today’s society influenced by the perception of beauty in each category? 

Fashion trends

Beauty products

Media

Social media

After the set time was over, the students shared their group’s ideas and together they created this wonderful Mind Map.