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Lesson Plan
Learning for Justice

What is Empathy?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine facial expressions to identify emotions, listen carefully to stories, and choose the appropriate reaction. Partners choose one story to rewrite, showing empathy for others.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Read and Match: Facial Expressions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading and matching worksheet, learners read descriptive sentences and match their pictures of facial expressions and then match them with the words supper, breakfast, and dinner. Students match 8 answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Anansi and The Tug O' War

For Teachers Pre-K
Students complete activities with the story Anansi and the Tug O' War. In this literature lesson, students listen to a story, answer comprehension questions, and complete three worksheets. They discuss facial expressions and try to guess...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentences That Describe Pictures - 3

For Students K - 2nd
A simple multiple choice instructional activity, this resource deals with identifying emotions from body language and facial expressions. Learners are given three drawings of cartoon characters and they must decide whether each one is...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Match the Pumpkin Faces

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Halloween learning exercise, students examine 5 Jack O'Lantern pictures with different facial expressions. Students cut out 5 pumpkin pieces with the names of emotions such as surprised, scared, happy and sad. Students match the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Personal Feelings

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this recognizing their personal feelings worksheet, students observe pictures of facial expressions, circle the one that matches their feelings, and draw a picture of how they are feeling at the present time. Students complete 2...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shopping For Groceries

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners communicate to purchase groceries. For this communication lesson, students create a photo book showing how to purchase groceries. Learners practice communication, vocal noises and making facial expressions to show what they need.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For Teachers K
Students read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and make predictions through a picture walk before they read. In this reading lesson plan, students also color the pages of the booklet and put it in the correct order.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Look at Us!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers K Standards
Challenge your advanced learners with this set of activities based around a common theme. Learners draw, research, share, retell stories, compare and contrast, and more over the course of these activities, which focus mostly on animals...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You've Got to Express Yourself!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen as a sample paragraph is read twice; first without expression, and the second time with lots of expression and discuss which they liked best. They brainstorm reasons why reading with expression is important listing them...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Happy Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to stories about feelings and identify their own feelings during certain times of their lives. In this a happy time lesson plan, 2nd graders explore writing elements as a way to communicate with a variety of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Friendship Begins with A Smile

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the emotions behind different facial expressions. They explain how it feels when someone smiles at them and practice smiling and speaking to someone with eye contact. They also demonstrate the characteristics of active...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Say It Like A Character

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a story and retell it to the class by role-playing one of the characters. In groups, they use the correct facial expressions along with body language and voice to convince the others in their group that they are actually...
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Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Adjectives- "How Do You Feel?"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL adjectives worksheet, students fill in blanks to describe what emotion if shown by facial expressions and choose the word that describes emotions in pictures shown.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Theatre Lesson Plan- Tableau (part 2)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore tableaux.  In this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum instructional activity, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Media Literacy Skills

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders watch a news story from three different networks in order to determine how the same story can be presented in three different ways. Next, working in small groups they create a newscast of a current event to share with the...
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Lesson Plan
Nosapo

Body Language

For Teachers 4th - 12th
When it comes to learning a language and literacy, understanding nonverbal communication is often as important as verbal communication. An interactive body language activity incorporates role play to demonstrate the difference between...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Wind Blew

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students look at a picture book and observe what the facial expressions show.  In this character's feelings lesson, students write what they think the character might be saying on each page and the punctuation they use. ...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Faces of Emotion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate human emotion by analyzing photographs they have taken.  In this human face lesson, 5th graders collaborate in pairs to take pictures of another student while they are expressing different emotions....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Happy Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to stories about feelings, identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives, and express their feelings in words and through writing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning About Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in a series of activities about identifying different feelings and emotions. In these oral language and discussion lessons, students use pictures and photographs to get them involved in oral storytelling activities....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students in a special education classroom identify pictures of various living things. In groups, they role-play different roles to help them with their social and communication skills. To end the lesson, they take pictures of different...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrated Social Studies and Storytelling Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the Civil War. They examine online photos that are connected to Indiana's role in the Civil War. They choose one of these photos and in a story circle, tell a story about it. They tell who is in the picture, what...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linking Rembrandt and The Odyssey

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils apply knowledge of the style and techniques of Rembrandt to illustrate characters from The Odysey. They respond critically to a variety of works in the arts.