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This A Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools unit plan also includes:
Instill kindness with a unit all about empathy. Lessons and activities follow a prepare, engage, reflect, and action sequence. Learning experiences include making the classroom a safe environment, peer-invented handshakes, discussions about favorite things, a daily check-in on feelings, practice with conflict mediation, breathing exercises, self-reflection, and more.
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Concepts
empathy, kindness, respect, friendship, likes and dislikes, favorite things, sharing, caring, conflict resolution, mediation, social issues, social awareness, perspective, perspectives, character traits, personal growth, personalities, martin luther king jr., gratitude, strengths, life skills, self reflection
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Instructional Ideas
- Invite your school's counselor to be part of a discussion and exercise in your classroom
- Add a journal that pupils can write in if they don't wish to share their thoughts and feelings out loud
- Draft a letter to parents and guardians detailing the contents of the unit, offer tips to encourage empathy outside of school
Classroom Considerations
- Each lesson takes between 30 minutes and one hour
- Take note of how class members respond, verbally and non-verbally, take necessary action with families and administrators as needed
- Lessons are grade-level specific
Pros
- Stresses the importance of practicing empathy not just discussing it
- Provides a quick easy-to-read one-pager that outlines the unit's components
- Activities get pupils up, moving, and talking
Cons
- None