This belief, however, is questioned when certain scenarios arise. The general consensus is that people should be able to quit an obligation or duty if it affects their personal well-being and creates a life without pleasure. The discussion leader can introduce questions about whether or not the crayons’ reasons for quitting are justified, and more broadly, what sort of things justify “quitting” an obligation or duty. The crayons in Duncan’s box provide an animated metaphor for how we feel when an obligation infringes on our liberty and well-being. Cicero, an early philosopher who discusses duty in his work “On Duty”, suggests that duties can come from four different sources: as result of being human, as a result of one’s particular place in life, as a result of one’s character, and as a result of one’s own moral expectations for oneself. Obligation and duty can come from a variety of places. The first and probably most important question that comes to mind is: Do the crayons have an obligation to do what their owner wants them to do because it is their duty, or should they be able to satisfy their self-interest and do what they would like to do instead? The red, gray, and blue crayons feel they are overworked the beige and white crayons have some identity issues and the purple, black, yellow, and orange crayons all feel like they should be doing something different than the owner’s wishes. All of the crayons in Duncan’s box have problems with their current positions as crayons and send letters to Duncan explaining why they are quitting. Should we be able to ignore our duties/obligations just because we want to? Is it okay to quit something when other people depend on you? This book raises many questions about obligation versus self-interest.
Read aloud video with origami illustration by Jenny Chan Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion Obligation vs. To make his crayons happy again, Duncan must figure out some way to please each of them, for they all have different reasons for quitting. To create a poster titled "I QUIT!" where one of the crayons lists their reasons for quitting and what they want to changeĪnd now I'm struggling for my 5th lesson.Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Day the Crayons Quit introduces the conflict between obligation and self-interest and asks questions about social norms and aesthetics.ĭuncan is assigned a coloring assignment in class, but when he looks inside of his crayon box, he finds a parcel of letters from his crayons, each detailing why they’ve decided to quit. This way they don't know what Duncan really decides to do and gives the children more of an opportunity to explore alternative endings. I was going to do this as the first lesson so that I can do it before the book has finished. Opinion writing - the children pick a colour that they want to use and a colour that they don't want to use and with this they write a piece where they explain why they want to use this colour over the other colour, focussing on a balanced argument. To consider the feelings of others and to undergo role-play where the children explain why they're feeling sad to their partner and their partner responds with what they're going to do to help them/make them feel better. I wondered if you could help me though as I'm struggling to find 5 activities to do for Literacy? So far I have: I'm a student teacher and next week I've been asked to teach 5 literacy lessons to my Year 2 class (ages 6-7) focussed on 1 book and I was looking to use this book!
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