Empathy Unit for Middle School Health Curriculum

This three grade level "Empathy Unit" bundle has been made specifically for middle and junior high school students!!

For more than a decade, our expert-designed, research-based curriculum has been a trusted resource in Health and PE education. Continuously refined and proven in classrooms, it remains the benchmark resource for schools seeking to enhance their programs and support student well-being.

This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.

Why Purchase this resource:

• Especially in our world today, teens need the message of kindness and empathy for others!

• Help your students see the value of empathy, the power of words for good or bad, and the incredible difference each student can make by supporting the victims of bullying and teasing.

• NEW! Bullying and Empathy Escape Room on Google Forms!

• GREAT PHOTOS! I just finished an amazing update. There are now all-new photos on all Empathy PowerPoints!

• Includes a step-by-step instructional video I created to show you not only how to navigate my files and folders; but also how to use the Google Slideshows, how Microsoft users can use my Google Slideshows, how to send only one day's lessons to your students, how to add new information/pages to a Google Slideshow, how to edit and upload worksheets, how to voice-over slides, and more!

More Reasons to Purchase This Program:

1. After teaching health for 19 years, and putting together my own curriculum for all those years, I've collected what I feel are the best resources and lessons to help students understand and choose empathy.
2. These lessons will help students embrace life's hardships and be proud of their own life story.
3. You will be able to challenge your classes to respect differences, to see people for who they really are, and to see that if we sat down and got to know almost anyone, we'd see we had things in common.
4. Lessons will aid you in talking about anger and what we all stand to lose if we lose our tempers. You can help your students see that if they say, "That person makes me so mad," they've just given that person power over them! Rather, they have the power within their own thoughts to calm themselves down.
5. You will confront students with the possible reality of prison if they turn to violence, or if they are with someone who commits a crime.

ALL YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS PROGRAM IS ONLINE!

1. Editable Word Teacher Directions
2. Student Docs that can be filled in on Google Slides
3. PowerPoints
4. Interactive Google Forms

• This is an editable “For Print” curriculum created in Word and PowerPoint, AND a digital resource for BOTH GOOGLE DRIVE and MICROSOFT OFFICE USERS! Help your students build self-esteem and work on one of the greatest relationship skills - EMPATHY!

• Also compatible with Microsoft platforms! Simply download my "Student Docs Google Slideshow" (which includes fill-in text boxes) to your computer (Yes- text boxes remain intact!) and upload and assign on your online Microsoft platform!

• If you upload this unit's PowerPoint and convert to Google Slides; then voice-over audio teacher instructions, you can send audio lessons home for a FULLY INDEPENDENT STUDY UNIT! (Full instructions included!)

Here is more about this program:

• Highly organized, step-by-step teacher directions follow daily PowerPoints and tell you exactly to say!!

• Powerfully impact your students with this Common Core aligned 4-week unit that gets to the heart of these "hard to make a difference in teens" topics.

• Meets Common Core Standards, National Health Standards, and State Health Standards

Here are SOME of the lessons included in the Middle/Jr. Program: Note: These lessons are not meant to be used along with the High School Empathy lessons as they share topics and are too similar.

Level 1 Lessons:

Day 1+2:

• Interactive Empathy Trunks

Day 3+4:

• Self-Esteem Survey
• Bully Role-Play Task Cards

Day 5+6:

• Stop Bullying: Make Your Voice Count
• Impacting True articles About Teens Who Were Bullied
• How to Make a Positive Difference

Day 7:

• Cyber Bullying
• Written Empathy Test

Level 2 Lessons:

Day 1:

• Dealing with Bullying
• Ways to Stop a Bully
• Bullying Worksheet

Day 2+3:

• Overcoming Hardships Articles
• Article Reflection
• Next Day Quiz
• Personality Surveys
• Personality Survey Teen Homework with a Parent

Day 4:

• Bullying and Empathy Digital Escape Room!
• True/False Quiz
• Amazing Articles on Bullying

Day 5:

• Intro to Violence
• Understanding Violence
• Learning from True Stories

Day 6:

• Anger Cartoons

Day 7:

• Guest Speaker

Level 3 Lessons:

Day 1:

• Empathy Survey
• Empathy Videos
• Empathy Homework

Day 2:

• The Power of Words
• "Words Have Power" Writing Assignment

Day 3+4:

• Life Story Project
• "What Would It Be Like?"
• If You Really Knew Me Activity
• One Person Can Make a Difference!

Day 5:

• Prejudisms
• Videos
• News Articles

Day 6+7:

• Being Assertive, Not Aggressive
• Risk Factors for Violence
• Negative Consequences of Violence
• "Blind, Paralyzed, or in Prison" paper

Day 8:

• Forgiveness Lesson
• Learn From Others' Mistakes
• Forgiveness Activity

TOTAL: 22 Lessons

Here are topics at a glance: See "Preview" for a closer look!

• -Empathy
• -Respect for differences
• -Labels
• -Stereotypes
• -Prejudisms
• -Teasing
• -Bullying
• -The Power of words
• -Understanding hate
• -Improving self-esteem
• -Stopping negativity
• -Overcoming hardships
• -Embracing your life story
• -Controlling anger
• -Conflict Resolution
• -Not giving our power to someone else!
• -Understanding violence
• -Recognizing risk factors
• -Why fights can be a symptom of something bigger
• -Resolving conflicts in positive ways
• -Healthy venting
• -Good decision-making skills
• -Forgiveness

EDITABLE in WORD and PDF!

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