This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online. 

Plot Summary: In Jiaqi Emily Yan’s animated short “Mind Games,” a child sits bored at a school desk, trying to focus on classwork. Their brain jumps out of their head, stuffs it with books, and heads outside to play while the child robotically regurgitates the information from the books onto their paper. When the schoolwork poses the question “What is the meaning of life?” the child can no longer rely on the books to answer, causing a meltdown. The brain returns and draws a colorful picture in response to the question.