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Sabrina Dee Rose Tooth

Sheba Rahim

GNED 221

Wednesday, October 19,2016

Lesson from The Little Prince

The lesson that the Little Prince has shown throughout the book has taught children to keep

being themselves and to never grow up too fast. This book has in detailed about becoming a

grown up through the seven different planets and the wisdom of the Fox. The Little Prince has

been taught by the seven planets and Fox through their own experiences that could help him

when he was upset about this plane. This plays role in schools and how the book relate to

different areas of subjects, such as language arts, science and history. The book has intrigued

students to learn more in schools and have a fun experience.

In the classroom, students learn about Western and Non-western cultures that shows the

differences between them, by explaining that Chinese medication is different compared to

agriculture. It is important for students to be exposed to critical thinking and being biased about

their own opinions. This shows how students can take in information and critically analyze

through the bases of different sciences, such as, science inquiry, human aspect of science, and

how it plays a role in various cultures. When the little prince was exploring the seven planets, it

showed him the different aspects of sciences that let him continue to explore and to be curious

while making assumptions and not being biased about it. As he continued his journey through the

seven planets, he met a fox that was very wise and showed him the different aspects of the

human sciences that

adults take for granted. The human aspect of the sciences told by the fox from fifth planet that

shows how the adult wants to do is work and never wants to stop working. The fox has taught the

little prince how to be wise to the planet that he is on. Fox has controlled the way the little prince

has been thinking and what to do with all of the other planets out there to see.

The fox represents instinctive values, not the artificial ones represented

by the men on the asteroids. A helper, he is the only one who gives wise advice.

Bored because all men are the same to him, the fox points out that relationships

create individuality. He has the little prince tame him so that he becomes unique

to the little prince and the little prince becomes unique to him. The fox then states

the major theme: one must see with the heart, not the eyes. (pg.1)

This teaches the little prince how to be child and never to grow up.

The social science aspect come from when the little prince travels to Earth from an

asteroid called B-612. His description of the history about the asteroid alludes the effect on

political environment for scientific research.

Indeed, as I learned, there were on the planet where the Little Prince

livedas on all planetsgood plants and bad plants. In consequence, there were

good seeds from good plants, and bad seeds from bad plants, But seeds are

invisible. They sleep deep in the heart of the Earth's darkness, until some one

among them is seized with the desire to awaken. Then this little seed will stretch

itself and begin^timidly at firstto push a charming little sprig inoffensively

upward toward the Sun, If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush,

one would let it

grow wherever it might wish. But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as

soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it. (p. 20-21)

This passages connects with the significance of human control and over the sciences that

take over the world. Especially the topic environmental science, which has become more

important for science researchers, educators, and students because it has become more of a

conflict between the community and the environment to upkeep on the planet. As educators, we

need to educate students how to take care of the environment and beware of the conflicts

between environment and large corporation. As comparison to the little prince, he shows that the

environment needs to be taken care of when situations become severe and not to forget about

how important the environment is to him. Especially the rose that he found that has shown him to

be caring and sincerely about the environment. The rose has taught the students that caring for

the environment is one of the most important aspects of living on earth. The little prince's

flower, a rose, illustrates this point while showing that flaws do not disqualify one from being

worthy of love. Because she is vain and given to telling lies, she tests his worthiness. After he

learns to see beyond her physical similarity to the roses on Earth, the little prince learns that she

is, as she claimed, unique in the universe. (pg.1) It has encouraged students to take the initiative

help the environment and to take into consideration of the sciences that are provided for them by

the educators.

Most students learn by doing things in certain subjects, such as science, art and many

more. When students are learning by doing this is called tactile. They learn from hands-on

experiences that could help them improve their own learning style. In the little prince, he visits a

planet to meet an
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elderly geographer-cartographer that has only been mapping what he can only imagine instead of

exploring the world. When the elderly guy starts to talk to the little prince he says:

I am not an explorer... It is not the geographer who goes out to count the

towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts. The

geographer is much too important to go loading about. He does not leave his desk.

But he receives the explorers in his study. He asks them questions, and he notes

down what they recall of their travels. And if the recollections of anyone among

them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's

moral character. (p, 63-64)

The science that the geographer has studied were second hands-on information. Instead

of getting dirty and making a mess with his hands to explore his own planet, he takes the

knowledge he knows and starts to create maps to show his people what his planet is about

without exploring the planet. Thus himself creating a job for himself. The geographer, an old

man who depends on others for his knowledge, confuses magnitude with value. He treasures

mountains, but he dismisses the flower (and thus the love she represents) as ephemeral.(pg.1)

This confused the little prince on why the geographer only did secondhand resources and not

wanting to explore the world. As the geographer explains to the Little Prince about the flower

and how it is ephemeral. This means that the flower is going disappear and not going to live

forever. Thus the Little Prince believed that the flower he claimed was capable of having eternal

life with himself. As for the students, they see this as only having one job but not wanting to
explore his planet. Although students learn that its not all about reading the books alone, but to

learn and experience meaningful and traditional parts of

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science that exploited by laboratory work and field experiences. Thus the students learning this

way, it creates an inquiry approach that is taught by the teachers for the students to learn more.

Some teachers have incorporated some of their ideas into the classroom and their own

teaching style. As the teacher is planning around the book called the Little Prince, they take in

the details and intertwine with other subjects that are included in the curriculum. By intertwining

the curriculum throughout the book gives students critical analyzes to complete the final project.

The final project usually includes certain detailed of the assignments given out. It usually

includes reading and writing, art, and scientific aspect of the book to conclude their final journey

of the book. This leads into inquiry based learning that educators use in the classroom. When

using inquiry based learning, it lets students explore the elements of the book without the

educator getting in the way. If the students are working on an art project for the Little Prince,

they might decide to take it into a different direction compared to what the educator has shown

them. The students learn from each other rather than having a teacher explaining the whole

processes of the project.

As educators, we change the way students think about projects and how they describe the

book. It changes the whole aspect of their own world through this book by learning the key parts

of the seven planets and the wise Fox. In conclusion, the Little Prince has learned many lessons

from his journey throughout the book.

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