Non-fiction ideas audio stories

Stories are powerful and effective. They are also available in plenty - identify local stories, folk stories etc. In addition non-fiction audio resources can be quite thought provoking and creativity enhancing for older students.

The very process of creating a resource can help the students think more deeply about an issue or a topic and develop their own perspectives and thinking. Supporting students to do this in a team/group / collaborative manner also helps them to understand diverse perspectives / views on any issue.

The non-fiction topics can also be connected to other topics/subjects students are already engaging with. Some examples are given here

A conversation between two historical figures:
 * 1) Historical context/event - such as
 * 2) between Onakke Obbava and her husband after her bravery
 * 3) Historical event but in a contemporary context
 * 4) Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhiji discussing the social issues of today
 * 5) Sarojini Naidu and your Panchayat President on gender issues in your village
 * 6) Recording of an event - conversations amongst participants
 * 7) Panchayat meeting
 * 8) Hotel - arguments between customers and waiter
 * 9) Hospital - discussion between Nurse and patient
 * 10) Court - arguments between prosecution and defence lawyers, cross-examination of witnesses
 * 11) Bank - customer requesting for a loan
 * 12) Recording of imaginary conversations between two or more (other than human beings) - on contemoporary issues
 * 13) Hybrid plant discussing its happy and sad state with its cousin which is not hybrid
 * 14) Corona virus and Dengue virus and Aedes Egypti musquito
 * 15) School bench and black board