Each story in What We Carry follows the same architecture: a young person carries something they can't put down, and an elder meets them - not with answers, but with testimony. This guide helps readers move from receiving a story to inhabiting it. Use one unit per week, or one per session in a coaching or counseling context.
Each unit contains:
A Core Truth - the story's thesis in one sentence
A Memory Word - anchor vocabulary for the unit
Three Discussion Questions - ordered from surface to deep
A Reflective Writing Activity
A Carry Forward prompt - connects the story to the reader's actual life
Educator & Coach Notes appear at the end of this guide.
Each story in What We Carry follows the same architecture: a young person carries something they can't put down, and an elder meets them - not with answers, but with testimony. This guide helps readers move from receiving a story to inhabiting it. Use one unit per week, or one per session in a coaching or counseling context.
Each unit contains:
A Core Truth - the story's thesis in one sentence
A Memory Word - anchor vocabulary for the unit
Three Discussion Questions - ordered from surface to deep
A Reflective Writing Activity
A Carry Forward prompt - connects the story to the reader's actual life
Educator & Coach Notes appear at the end of this guide.