Lesson Plan
Building Bridges Lesson Plan
Students will learn and practice active listening, empathy, and respectful communication through scenarios and role-plays. By the end, each student will identify one strategy to improve peer interactions.
Building these relationship skills fosters a positive classroom community, boosts collaboration, and supports 7th graders’ social-emotional growth.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up Discussion
5 minutes
Step 2
Active Listening Practice
10 minutes
Step 3
Empathy Role-Play
10 minutes
Step 4
Wrap-Up and Reflection
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Building Bridges: Relationship Skills
Agenda
Learning Objectives
Why Relationship Skills Matter
What Is Active Listening?
What Is Empathy?
What Is Respectful Communication?
Warm-Up Discussion
Active Listening Practice
Empathy Role-Play
Reflection & Wrap-Up
Worksheet
Activity
Activity
Reading
