Episode Name: My two favorite people/ Memories of Boom Boom Mountain
Targeted Age Group: Tween/Teen (10-16)
Plot:
1st episode: Jake is disappointed that when he hangs out with one friend, he misses out on the activities with the other. To rectify this, Jake introduces Finn and Lady Rainicorn so the three of them can hang out together. But when Jake and Lady also become friends, Jake becomes jealous. Will his jealousy cause him to lose both his best friends?
2nd episode: Finn remembers when he was on Boom Boom Mountain and no one helped him when he was in need. He made a vow that whenever someone was in need, no matter how big or small, he would help them so they could be happy. Finn is faced with a dilemma when everyone shows up with needs that conflict with what the others want. Will Finn be able to help everyone get what they want and still be happy?
Personal thoughts:
The basic moral of the two episodes is learning to be tolerant of everyone's differences and getting along. The first episode shows that Jake was not being excluded by his friends, but in reality he excluded himself because he chose to be jealous of their friendship which he had wanted them to have in the first place. The second episode showed that everyone in town was able to work together in assisting with the others needs while also satisfying their own.
Educational tie-ins/Learning activity:
Lesson in tolerance. The teacher can separate their class in half. One half of the class get a red wrist band, the other half gets a yellow wrist band. For one whole day, the red band group gets extra special treatment, do what ever they want (read, color, play boardgames), no school/homework, a special treat (candy for example), etc. The Yellow group is treated harshly: extra homework, no treats but watches as the other group get some, has to do classwork, etc. On the very next day the roles are reversed and the red group is treated exactly as the yellow group was the previous day and visa versa. On the third day of class, have the students write a short paper explaining how they felt being treated on those two days and how they felt seeing how the others were being treated at the same time. This can be a precursor to a Civil history lesson.
