Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Words Feel?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discuss the difference between harsh words and soft words, and how words feel. They feel various mystery materials such as sandpaper, or cotton, and decide if the materials would describe a word that is harsh or soft.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Response to War: How Do You Feel? What Do You Think?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The class discusses how they feel about war. They brainstorm emotions that teens have toward the war in Iraq, and then discuss their opinions of the war in small groups. The discussion is then opened up to the entire class. What do you...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing and Contrasting Images of Child Labor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study child labor in the 19th century through one painting and multiple photographs. In discussion and writing, they consider the differences between photography and painting as mediums for expressing these attitudes.
Activity
Amani Project

Teach the Mood Meter

For Parents 3rd - 8th
The third activity from the Amani Project has youths create a Mood Meter. The colorful meter, divided into red, yellow, blue, and green squares, lets participants indicate not only how they are feeling but also permits them to indicate...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Express Yourself

For Students 6th - 12th
Emotions are written all over your face. Pupils match six emotions with full facial expressions in an engaging online interactive. The scholars move on to align the same six emotions with only the expressions from the eyes by dragging...
Activity
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Recognizing Strengths

For Parents Pre-K - 2nd
Learners think of something they're good at and reflect on how they feel about it. Pupils then think of ways to be even better at it and set a mental goal to practice.
Activity
Amani Project

Harmony Break! Mood Meter Floor Board

For Parents 3rd - 8th
The big idea in the fourth lesson from the Amani Project is that people can experience different emotions in precisely the same event. One participant uses their body to express an emotion. Then other participants move to the area of the...
Activity
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Management Exercise: Self-Motivation

For Parents Pre-K - 2nd
Encourage self-motivation with an activity that allows scholars to reflect on their challenges and set goals to better them. A script prompts pupils to listen to the Can-Do Coach inside them. An inspiring statement reminds...
Lesson Plan
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Overcoming Obstacles

Being Responsible

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Responsible-decision making is the focus of the social-emotional learning lessons. After reading, The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop Fable, scholars come up with six steps to take responsibility for their actions and then practice the...
Lesson Plan
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Overcoming Obstacles

Handling Stress

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn how to "put stress to rest" by identifying their stress factors and the physical and emotional signs they exhibit when stressed. After the class brainstorms ways to handle these stressors, individuals commit to...
Lesson Plan
King Country

Lesson 8: Communication - Day 1: Non-Verbal Communication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As part of their study of communication skills, class members practice using verbal and non-verbal techniques to appropriately express their feelings.
Writing
Centervention

What Makes Me Happy Today?

For Students K - 6th Standards
Here's a worksheet that will put sunshine on papers and smiles on the faces of young learners as they draw pictures and write a short explanation of what makes them happy today. A great way to show gratitude for the good things in life.
Activity
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Do2Learn

Social Play Action Figures

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Three activities stem from one hands-on project designed to explore character traits. Scholars create an action figure that reflects their personality to teach others about themselves and role play conversational skills.
Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Learning About Special Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The lessons in the second unit in a three-unit series provide students with the historical background of disability education. After reading about events that impacted attitudes towards disabilities and how learners are identified for...
Activity
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Plum Tree

Teaching Your Child How to "Deep Breathe"

For Students K - 6th
Feeling stressed, angry, or nervous? It's time to practice the exercise detailed in Deep Breathe to breathe your cares away. The activity brings the focus back to one's self and identifies the importance of...
Professional Doc
Transforming Education

Self-Efficacy Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Scholars with high levels of self-efficacy perform better in school. Instructors review a list of strategies for enhancing self-efficacy skills. They discover how to teach learners to appropriately define success, celebrate progress, and...
Unit Plan
Department of Education (Ireland)

Consequences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
11 lessons, designed to be used in consecutive order, ask middle and high school scholars to consider the effects of various drugs and the consequences of taking them for themselves and their families. They also develop the communication...
Activity
Leadership Challenge

Helping Students See the "Gift" in Feedback

For Teachers 7th - 12th
How can you help pupils view feedback as a blessing and not a curse? Lesson seven in a series of 12 character and leadership activities focuses on the S.A.R.A mindset and how to support budding leaders in their journeys toward the...
Unit Plan
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Self Concept

For Teachers 9th Standards
Who am I? Who do I want to be? The fourth session in this SPECS health unit explores self-awareness. Class members are asked to reflect on how and why they adapt their behavior to different situations.
Lesson Plan
Media Education Lab

Propaganda Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
In an age of fake news, alternative facts, and biased reporting, it is more important than ever that 21st century learners develop the critical-thinking skills necessary to recognize, analyze and resist the propaganda techniques used in...
Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Communicating with I-Messages (2/2)

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Class members read a handout to learn about using I-Messages—honest statements that begin with I to get their points of view across. Next, learners practice using I-Messages with partners to better communicate without hurting...
Lesson Plan
Overcoming Obstacles

Communicating Constructively

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some types of verbal communication are just more difficult that others. High schoolers engage in a series of activities that are designed to help teens make difficult conversations easier and more effective.
Lesson Plan
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US Institute of Peace

Identifying Your Conflict Style

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do you handle conflict? Individuals look inward to determine their own conflict style through group discussion and a short quiz. The sixth installment in a series of 15 conflict management lessons examines how our feelings and...
Handout
California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc

Poetic Devices

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...

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