Caine’s Arcade

Step 1

Answer the following questions.

1. What toys did you use to play with when you were a child?

2. Did you use to play more indoors or outdoors when you were a child?

3. Did you use to invent any games when you were a child?

4. Did you use to invent any toys when you were a child?

5. Do you think children are more creative than adults? Why? Why not?

6. Do you think children are more or less imaginative now than in the past?

7. Do you think that you’re an imaginative person?

Step 2

Answer the following questions:

• What games did you use to invent when you were a child?

• …Did you invent any toys when you were a child?

Step 3…Now you will watch a short film in which a nine-year-old boy is very creative and imaginative. While you watch the film,note down his inventions. Watch the film. https://player.vimeo.com/video/40000072

Step 4

Below are the names of the people in the film.…Caine Monroe…George Monroe…Nirvan Mullick…Now watch the film a second time and make brief notes about the people and how they relate to the story and the film. Also , write down adjectives to describe their character.

Step 5…Answer the following question: What lessons can be learned from Caine’s Arcade?

Step 6…These are some short article Lessons from Caine’s Arcade. Read the article and compare them with your own.

Caine’s Arcade is a beautiful and inspiring film which teaches us lots of useful lessons about life.

1.Have a passion. Like many young kids, Caine is passionate about arcade games. So much so that it was inspired to create his own cardboard arcade.

2.Be committed. Even though Caine had hardly any customer, he wasn’t deterred from building up his arcade. He was totally committed to working on his passion.

3.Never give up. Even though people ignored Caine’s requests to play his arcade games, Caine didn’t give up.

4.Take the initiative. Caine had a passion and an idea, and he used his initiative to make his dream come true.

5.Use what you have. Caine didn’t need the latest gadgets to be creative; he used the cardboard boxes, everyday office supplies such as packing tape, scissors, staplers, and markers, and junk he found in his father’s auto-part store.

6.Seize opportunities. When Caine had to spend his summer holiday at his father’s store, he didn’t consider this as a boring vacation, but rather he saw it as an opportunity to let his imagination and creativity run wild to create his arcade.