Developing Empathy Through Retold Fairy Tales - KET
Education – PBS Learning - Learning about empathy helps
students connect to others within their family, class,
community, and beyond. ... As an optional extension
activity, students write about an experience from their
own life regarding empathy. ... Prep for Teachers.
Examine the media resources to familiarize yourself with
the lesson content.
Teacher's Guide: Empathy (Grades 3 to 5) -
KidsHealth in the Classroom - Students will: Comprehend
concepts related to health promotion and disease
prevention to enhance health. Demonstrate the ability to
access valid information and products and services to
enhance health. Demonstrate the ability to use
interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and
avoid or reduce health risks.
4 Proven Strategies for Teaching Empathy
- Edutopia
- Here are some strategies our graduates around the
world use with their students to help develop both
affective and cognitive empathy. Modeling. Teaching
Point of View. Using Literature to Teach Different
Perspectives. Listening Actively to Others. Being
Metacognitive About One's State of Empathy.
Developing Empathy | Teaching Tolerance – Teaching
Tolerance – Grades 5-8 - This lesson helps students gain
a deeper understanding of empathy and how to put it into
practice. …
40 Kindness Activities & Empathy Worksheets for Students
and Adults – Positive Psychology Program –
Read on to learn how to target kindness and empathy
development, building on our natural tendencies and
enhancing our capacity to care about others. …
A Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools - Start
Empathy - Practicing empathy leads to improved
classroom management and more time for learning.
Students arrive each day ready to learn, and teachers
are better equipped to deal with the social and
emotional needs of their students. Schools that are
committed to empathetic teaching and practices enjoy
improved teacher efficacy.
We All Teach SEL: Empathy Activities and Tools for
Students ... Common Sense Education - Building
SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as
empathy requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful
discussion, and reflection. Edtech is no complete
substitute for that, but there are tools that can
supplement the development of character in the classroom
and at home.
Empathy in Your Classroom: TRY THESE ACTIVITIES TO BUILD
EMPATHY AND COMMUNITY – The Teachers Guild – In a
10-week design journey, The Teachers Guild asked its
network of optimistic educators across the country to
design and share ideas to cultivate empathy in their
classrooms. This project generated over a hundred
solutions, and sparked active conversations on and
offline about the limits of empathy in schools and the
...
Operation Respect is a non-profit
organization working to assure each child and youth a
respectful, safe and compassionate climate of
learning... Founded by Peter Yarrow of the folk group
Peter, Paul & Mary, the organization disseminates
educational resources that are designed to establish a
climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty
some children inflict up on each other… With music and
other integrated arts activities included in each
lesson, links to Common Core Standards, and grade level
specific modifications, Don’t Laugh at Me engages
students in experiences and learning through four
cornerstone themes. …establishing a peaceful,
supportive learning environment … (Free Resource)
inspirED
- born out of a partnership between Facebook and the
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence—is an online
community designed by educators, teens, and experts in
social and emotional learning (SEL) to help high school
students and educators work together to create the best
possible learning communities. Resources, designed by
teens, educators, and SEL experts, empower students to
work together to create more positive school climates
and foster greater wellbeing in their schools and
communities. (Free)
Tap Into Empathy and Respect and You Can Connect
- Committee for Children - The Second Step curriculum
includes lessons on listening and empathy, and the
lessons are grounded in respect. Students learn to
notice and recognize how another person is feeling, and
understand that people can have different feelings about
the same thing.
Olweus - Success Story - Violence
Prevention Works - (Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review) Woodland Hills High School
senior Molly Means, 17, said the anti-bullying program has
made a difference at her school. Hillary Mangis, Carlynton
School District's school psychologist and an Olweus trainer
says, "It teaches character education like: … What is it to
be an empathetic person?" … Olweus
Bullying Prevention Program – To find out more
about Olweus training for your school or district, contact
Victoria Fields or Sherri Clusky at (502) 564-4772 (Kentucky
Department of Education)
Sesame Street: Mark Ruffalo: Empathy – YouTube -
Video for Sesame Street empathy episode. Mark
Ruffalo and Murray talk about the word "Empathy".
Animated Story of Spookley -
YouTube - Elementary Lesson Plan - Spookley the
Square Pumpkin by Pacer is a square pumpkin who
lives in a round pumpkin patch world. Spookley helps
students understand that everyone is unique and has
feelings.
How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids
– YouTube - Through the story of a little boy
named Felix, this book explains to children how
being kind not only helps others, it helps them,
too. As he goes about his day, Felix interacts with
different people … Using the metaphor of a bucket
and dipper, Felix' grandfather explains why the
happy people make Felix feel good, while the others
leave him feeling bad -- and how Felix himself is
affecting others, whether he means to or not.
The Most Inspirational video - Empathy – YouTube
- Inspirational video made for Cleveland
Clinic - If we could see inside other peoples
hearts --- "Could a greater miracle take place than
for us to look through each other's eyes for an
instant" Henry David Thoreau
"Under The Surface" - Empathy Film – YouTube -
The Knowledge Center, Inc. - "If you had knowledge
of others experience" -- "You only understand people
if you feel them in yourself." John Steinbeck.