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Purdue University

Benefits of Connecting with Nature

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Feel the healing effects of nature. Individuals learn about the benefits of nature using imagery. They begin by defining words to express how they feel emotionally and then practice using those words with hands-on activities. Once they...
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California Department of Education

Tension and Release: Creating Mindful Harmony (CTE)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Perhaps the Doobie Brothers said it best when they sang, "Listen to the Music." With the third of four lessons from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project series, pupils discover the connection between music and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Emotions

For Students K - 1st
In this Emotions activity, students trace the words to finish the sentences about 4 different emotions. Each sentence matches an illustration.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Music and Emotion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the various emotions created by different types of music. They Identify role of music in creating various emotions for film and television . They observe and practice various ways of playing percussion...
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Health Smart Virginia

Mental Health/Social Emotional Skills

For Teachers 9th
A 7-page packet of activity ideas, lesson plans, and information resources provides instructors of high school freshmen a wealth of materials to support teaching the concepts in a Health Smart unit.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Showing not telling writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
How do good writers exhibit emotion in their work without using an emotion word (angry, sad, happy, etc.)? This plan offers learners model texts that describe an emotion without using an emotion word. A well-formatted writing activity is...
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Canada

How Do You Feel?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Photographs can show a range of emotions. Discuss Dorothea Lange's photo Migrant Mother and a range of other images in relation to emotion. After the discussion, class members contribute to a set of photographs that express various...
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Curated OER

Self-Portraits

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create self-portrait showing value and emotion, and gather information about color and emotion through different handheld applications.
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Project B.A.S.I.C. Child Development Specialist and Child Care Consultation

Better Attitudes and Skills in Children

For Teachers K - 3rd
Little kids often have very big feelings, and need help expressing them. A set of social emotional lessons provide tangible ways for young elementary learners to visualize their emotions, focus on clear communication, and channel their...
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Activity
Curated OER

Marvelous Moods

For Teachers K - 1st
It isn't always easy to tell another person how we feel; and little ones have an even more difficult time identifying and expressing their emotions. They get a chance to discuss and explore how they can express how they feel in different...
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Worksheet
Kids' Pages

Feelings/Emotions Matching

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
When you are feeling thirsty, you should...go to bed? Using common phrases and clip art images, youngsters practice matching feelings to what their appropriate responses should be. 
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Curated OER

Poetry and Emotional Health

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore self-expression through poetry. For this personal health lessons students read and discuss poetry regarding teen topics of interest. Students write poems, that express empathy.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Helping Students With Emotional Challenges

For Teachers 1st - 6th
How to help the emotional student function normally in class.
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Mirroring Emotions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you ever give your class the "teacher look"? Without saying a word, they become silent and engaged (hopefully). How do they know what you're thinking? Explore the concept of nonverbal communication and how it relates to our mirror...
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Museum of the Moving Image

Playing on Emotions: Focus on Political Ads Featuring Children

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Political ads are designed to play on viewers' emotions. The focus of this resource is on ads that feature children, either to establish the candidate as family friendly, or to create fear for children in the minds of viewers. Groups...
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Unit Plan
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Feelings and Emotions

For Teachers 10th Standards
The focus of the second in a 10-session course on Social, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive and Spiritual (SPECS) health is on learning to express and manage feelings appropriately. Class members learn different ways of identifying, coping...
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Writing
Keep Your Children Safe

What Is Anger

For Students K - 3rd Standards
Enhance emotional intelligence with a learning exercise that allows scholars to explore the feeling of anger. Learners detail what makes them feel angry and draw an angry face. 
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Activity
Curated OER

Today I Feel Silly Activity Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
A big part of learning how to be emotionally healthy is learning how to identify and express your emotions. The book Today I Feel Silly is the inspiration for a wonderful activity plan that is intended to teach young children how to be...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I'm Just a Bag of Feelings

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and discuss different kinds of feelings and emotions. They take turns pulling a feeling out of a bag, and acting out their feeling while the other students guess the feeling. Students also complete a Feelings...
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Curated OER

My Feelings

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and discuss different emotions and feelings, and how people can react when they are in an unsafe situation. They discuss a feelings thermometer, and complete a worksheet involving identifying how they feel in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clowning Around: Drawing

For Teachers K - 1st
Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...
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Curated OER

Lesson: A Special Place

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Everybody has a special place they like to go. I hang out on top of the fridge, for example. Upper graders analyze the painting Mountain Lake, in terms of technique, style, and imagery. They then write or draw a place that expresses...
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Canada

Artful Emotions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Blue is sad, and red is angry, but why is that? Young artists explore the expression of emotions through art by observing and creating artwork. Starting with a questioning session about images of art, this plan moves into a sculpture...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Feelings: Happy

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this exploring emotions worksheet, students fill in features on a blank face and then write about themselves when they feel happy.

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