Transforming Education
Self-Efficacy Toolkit
A PowerPoint presentation prepares instructors for teaching learners about self-efficacy, a key competency of social-emotional learning. The 29-page presentation is designed to give administrators and teachers a deeper understanding of...
Transforming Education
Social Awareness Toolkit
A 32-slide professional development presentation introduces administrators, counselors, and teachers to the social awareness competency. The presentation includes specific strategies to help learners develop social awareness, identifies...
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Victoria State Government: Sociodramatic Play (Interacting With Others)
Sociodramatic play is where children act out imaginary situations and stories, become different characters, and pretend they are in different locations and times. Sociodramatic play is the most advanced form of play, and constantly...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Conflict Resolution
Use role-play to set up and resolve conflicts, in this activity from Arthur.
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Cope
Using advice and role-play, help guide your children through an exploration of how to handle scary situations, focusing on what happens when you are lost, in this educator guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
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Five Steps to Teaching Solid Character in Students
The author of this article argues that character development must be taught in schools and that teachers must take steps to make sure students understand what perseverance, determination, empathy, responsibility, respect, and caring are....
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Feeling Left Out
For young children, being excluded by their peers is a common, painful experience. Role-play with a puppet or stuffed animal to explore the issue.
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Gartner: 10 Ways Technology Will Change What It Means to Be Human
An article from Campus Technology magazine that discusses how technology is changing the human condition and many of these changes are driven by the wants, needs, and interests of people. For example, artificial emotional intelligence...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Caregivers Lesson Plans: See, Think & Do Activity Guide
Turn the family and educational themes of the Berenstain Bears into fun, practical, and empowering classroom learning experiences for young children.
California State University
Expressionist Art Lesson
Great lesson for upper elementary young scholars who think that all art has to look "real." Through the images of Edvard Munch's work, students come to understand the role emotion can play in creating visually compelling work.
A&E Television
History.com: After 9/11: 5 Cultural Moments That Helped Americans Move Forward
From David Letterman's emotional monologue to George W. Bush's World Series first pitch, these collective experiences helped the nation process its shock and grief.While the United States was still reeling after the September 11...