Teaching Empathy in the Classroom

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Health Education

Grade(s)

2, 3, 4

Overview

With so much emphasis placed on improvements in math and science, skills like compassion often receive less classroom time. This unintended trade-off may be short-sighted, as compassion is an important social-emotional skill that begins to develop in early childhood and is essential for lifelong health and success.
Learning compassion increases students’ own sense of well-being and improves the learning environment for all learners. By teaching kindness, empathy and compassion in the classroom, educators set their students up for long term success in every aspect of life.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 2

HE19.2.4.1

Demonstrate techniques of effective listening.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 2

HE19.2.4.3

Demonstrate how to communicate with others with kindness and respect.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 3

HE19.3.4.1

Practice skills needed to develop and maintain personal relationships.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 4

HE19.4.4.1

Demonstrate skills that communicate care, consideration, and respect for self and others.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Other

License Type

BY-NC-ND

Resource Provider other

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