Responsible Decision-Making Teacher Resources

How many decisions must a student (of any age) make in one day? A key competency of Social and Emotional Learning is responsible decision-making; what a valuable skill! Check out Lesson Planet's resources to help students evaluate the right choices, and come to a responsible, ethical, safe, and constructive decision. 

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Social & Emotional Learning in Middle School: Responsible Decision-Making

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Making choices can be scary, especially for middle schoolers. With so many pressures it's hard sometimes to know what to do. Here's a collection of unit and lesson plans, activities and projects, videos, and worksheets designed to help...
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Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum: Decision Making

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Responsible Decision Making, Module Two in the Overcoming Obstacles High School collection, introduces participants to the six steps in the decision-making process. Using the Fallout Shelter scenario, pupils define the issue, gather...
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Overcoming Obstacles Elementary K-2 Curriculum

For Teachers K - 2nd
A 12-lesson curriculum set by Overcoming Obstacles focuses on several social-emotional competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Young scholars participate in...
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Overcoming Obstacles Elementary 3-5 Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A curriculum set by Overcoming Obstacles includes 12 lessons for grades 3-5. Lessons boost social-emotional learning competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making....
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What is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Learn about Social-Emotional Learning and how to set positive goals with your students so they can make responsible decisions in school and life. This collection will provide an overview of the CASEL standards and strategies.
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Personal Health Series is designed to teach middle schoolers how to improve their own health. The 22 lessons address the CASEL competencies and are divided into five categories: Fitness and Fun; Hygiene; Nutrition; Puberty, Growing...
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Health Smart Virginia: 9th Grade Social Emotional Health

For Teachers 9th
To begin the Social-Emotional Health series designed for high school freshmen, a seven-page packet of activity ideas, lesson plans, and information resources provides instructors with a wealth of materials to support teaching the...
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Civics Curriculum Guide

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The 10 lessons in the Civics Curriculum Guide series, designed for high schoolers, contain 28 activities focused on important civic topics. Young scholars consider what it means to be an American and a good citizen, examine the Four...
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Core Competencies of SEL

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Six short videos detail six competencies of Social-Emotional Learning—social awareness, self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and future self. Videos stress the importance of social and...
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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Decision Making

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The five lessons in the Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Decision Making Module teach middle schoolers a five-step decision-making process. Through a series of games and activities, participants learn how to gather...
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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Problem Solving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The four lessons in the “Problem Solving” Module of the Overcoming Obstacles Curriculum teach middle schoolers strategies they can use to approach any problem. Participants practice these skills and strategies through a series of games...
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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Confidence Building

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The six lessons in the Confidence Building Module of the Overcoming Obstacles course are designed for Middle Schoolers. Activities and games encourage participants to consider who they are and what they value. They learn to identify...
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Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum: Confidence Building

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The second unit module in the Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum focuses on factors that can build self-confidence. Participants identify their strengths, values, and healthy habits to reduce stress. They also engage in...
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Health Smart Virginia: 5th Grade Social Emotional Health

For Teachers 5th
The 10 resources in a fifth-grade social-emotional health unit emphasize demonstrating interpersonal skills, assuming responsibility for personal health habits, and practicing behaviors that promote active, healthy lifestyles. The first...
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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Looking to the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Five lessons comprise the Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Looking to the Future Module. Through a series of activities, scholars learn that change is inevitable and that accepting change with a positive attitude is key to...
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In Sync Personal Development: Year 9

For Teachers 9th Standards
Change is inevitable—learning how to manage those changes is the focus of the 10 lessons In Sync Personal Development unit module designed for high school freshmen. Scholars develop behaviors and strategies for identifying and expressing...
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Transforming Education: SEL for Educators Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Become a champion of social-emotional development with an informative video series created for educators. Intended for those that teach kindergarten to twelfth grade, the toolkit includes a companion guide, presentation, reference list,...
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My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Is it possible to combine many voices into one national identity? That is the question addressed by the unit module “My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States.” The unit consists of six lessons that ask high schoolers...
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Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum: Getting Started

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Social-emotion learning has become even more critical in post-COVID classrooms as learners readjust to in-person instruction. A course in Overcoming Obstacles begins with an overview of the skills participants will learn in the course....
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Crash Course: Business Soft Skills

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
A series of 17 videos teach future entrepreneurs about the soft skills they need to succeed in business. Viewers learn the importance of developing trust, the secrets of business writing, how to speak with confidence, how to craft a...
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Health Smart Virginia: 10th Grade Social Emotional Health

For Teachers 10th
The 16 activities and lessons in this curriculum set support high school sophomores' social and emotional development. Scholars learn how to evaluate websites and online resources and gather accurate information about various types of...
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Health Problems Series Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The KidsHealth in the Classroom: Health Problems Series, designed to address the CASEL competencies, focuses on helping middle schoolers understand what can happen when the body doesn’t function properly. The 18 lessons cover three...
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Establishing Opening and Closing Routines

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In the post-COVID classroom, it is more important than ever to establish routines that help learners transition into the classroom and focus on the day’s lesson. The 15 activities in the Establishing Opening and Closing Routines...
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Health Smart Virginia: 7th Grade Social Emotional Health

For Teachers 7th
A 12-part social and emotional health unit is designed to help seventh graders develop the skills they need to cope with disappointment and manage stress. They practice stress reduction techniques and share ideas for how to handle...

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