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Nemours KidsHealth

Stress: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two activities focus on stress—common stressors and coping strategies. In the first activity, scholars identify stressors and explore ways to keep stress away. To aid the process, learners create a poster and complete a handout...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Stress: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Two activities focus on stress—its triggers and tools to manage it. The first activity asks pupils to identify personal stress triggers then practice stress management techniques. The second activity gets scholars up and moving with yoga...
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Lesson Plan
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Nemours KidsHealth

Stress: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Two lessons take a close look at stress. In lesson one, scholars identify common stressors and examine stress management strategies. Lesson two challenges pupils to keep a stress log for four weeks to aid in their personal journey of...
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Activity
Curated OER

Marvelous Moods

For Teachers K - 1st
It isn't always easy to tell another person how we feel; and little ones have an even more difficult time identifying and expressing their emotions. They get a chance to discuss and explore how they can express how they feel in different...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 6th
Here is a good way for children to identify ways to handle conflict. They discuss the connection between feelings and conflict. Everyone listens to a story about a conflict between two friends and they discuss what they could have done...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry and Emotional Health

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore self-expression through poetry. In this personal health lessons students read and discuss poetry regarding teen topics of interest. Students write poems, that express empathy.
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Mirroring Emotions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Do you ever give your class the "teacher look"? Without saying a word, they become silent and engaged (hopefully). How do they know what you're thinking? Explore the concept of nonverbal communication and how it relates to our mirror...
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Unit Plan
Vaquera Films

Wonder Women - The Untold Story of American Superheroines: Middle School Curriculum Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Women in power are the focus of a three-module unit that employs comic books to bring home the importance of equality and proficient media literacy skills. In module one, scholars examine gender roles in media—boosting media literacy and...
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Professional Doc
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Transforming Education

Self-Efficacy Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
A PowerPoint presentation prepares instructors for teaching learners about self-efficacy, a key competency of social-emotional learning. The 29-page presentation is designed to give administrators and teachers a deeper understanding of...
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Unit Plan
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Feelings and Emotions

For Teachers 9th Standards
The focus of the second session in this SPECS unit is on learning how to identify, and then appropriately express and manage feelings.
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Unit Plan
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Feelings and Emotions

For Teachers 10th Standards
The focus of the second in a 10-session course on Social, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive and Spiritual (SPECS) health is on learning to express and manage feelings appropriately. Class members learn different ways of identifying, coping...
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Unit Plan
University of Oklahoma

Learning About Special Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The lessons in the second unit in a three-unit series provide students with the historical background of disability education. After reading about events that impacted attitudes towards disabilities and how learners are identified for...
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Professional Doc
Transforming Education

Growth Mindset Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
A nine-slide presentation provides educators with practical ways they can help young people develop a growth mindset, a key competency in social-emotional learning.
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Activity
Curated OER

Today I Feel Silly Activity Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
A big part of learning how to be emotionally healthy is learning how to identify and express your emotions. The book Today I Feel Silly is the inspiration for a wonderful activity plan that is intended to teach young children how to be...
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Canada

Artful Emotions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Blue is sad, and red is angry, but why is that? Young artists explore the expression of emotions through art by observing and creating artwork. Starting with a questioning session about images of art, this plan moves into a sculpture...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Emotion

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this psychology worksheet, students complete 5 short answer questions on neural pathways of emotion. They explain what aspect of emotion is similar across all cultures.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Emotional Health Awareness

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine their emotional health. In this health lesson, students discover the differences between physical, mental, and emotional health. Students consider how to maintain balance in their own lives.
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Lesson Plan
Healthy Native Youth

Chapter 1: Circle of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Volition, or will-power, is the focus of a instructional activity that brings forth the Native symbol, the Circle of Life, to instill the importance of responsible decision-making. Scholars take part in six activities that empower them...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Respect

For Teachers K - 2nd
A social-emotional lesson focuses on respect. Scholars define the term and puzzle out the word. Pupils give examples of respect they observe at home, at school, and in the community. Cards showcase scenarios in that participants identify...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Coping Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson challenges scholars to identify life stressors and list ways to cope. Learners create a "Coping with Emotions" book detailing the importance of responsibly working through our feelings.
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Activity
PBS

Robot Body Language

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Don't be so emotional! Scholars take part in an activity where they consider how future robots will be able to show emotions. They place paper bags over their heads, act out emotions through body movements, and have others guess the...
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Activity
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

Mindful Self-Management Exercise: Managing Stress

For Parents 3rd - 5th
Help scholars manage stress with an activity that prompts them to think of their feelings as clouds floating over their heads. Learners identify their feelings, focus on their responses, and allow them to float away.
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Overcoming Obstacles

Respect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In a lesson about respect, scholars define it and write examples of how they show it at school, at home, and community. Small groups work together to identify scenarios as respectful or not. If not, groups explain what should be done to...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Resolving Conflicts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Assist scholars in resolving conflicts with a lesson that starts with defining the terms, conflicts, and resolutions. Learners take their newfound knowledge to identify a conflict and list strategies to resolve it. Partners work together...