"Are we meant to take more than we give, or are we meant to be kind?" UC professor Dacher Keltner believes he has figured out what it's all about and shares the results of scientific studies of the brain in this short video.

Concepts

child psychology, human behavior

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups research the functions of different areas of the brain

Classroom Considerations

• The first in a series of five related videos

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The video uses animations to bolster the claim that we are wired to be kind

Cons

• None