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Social Awareness Adventure

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Lesson Plan

Social Awareness Adventure

Social Awareness

This lesson introduces second graders to the concept of social awareness through a fun and interactive activity. Students will learn to recognize and understand the feelings and perspectives of others, which is crucial for developing empathy and building positive relationships. By engaging in this lesson, students will enhance their ability to connect with peers and navigate social situations effectively.

Audience

Second Grade

Time

15 minutes

Approach

Materials

Printable Emotion Cards, and Discussion Questions

Step 1

Introduction

3 minutes

  • Begin by explaining the concept of social awareness in simple terms: understanding how others feel and seeing things from their perspective.
  • Ask students if they can think of a time when they noticed someone else was happy or sad.

Step 2

Activity: Emotion Charades

8 minutes

  • Use the Printable Emotion Cards.
  • Have students take turns picking a card and acting out the emotion without speaking.
  • The rest of the class guesses the emotion being portrayed.
  • Discuss how recognizing these emotions can help us understand others better.

Step 3

Reflection and Closure

4 minutes

  • Ask students to share one thing they learned about emotions today.
  • Discuss how they can use this understanding to help friends or classmates who might be feeling different emotions.
  • Encourage students to practice noticing emotions in others throughout the day.
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Worksheet

Printable Emotion Cards

These cards are used for the Emotion Charades activity to help students identify and act out different emotions.




Happy







Sad







Angry







Surprised







Scared







Excited




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Discussion

Discussion Questions

These questions guide the discussion on social awareness and emotions.

What is social awareness?

Help students understand that social awareness is about recognizing and understanding the feelings and perspectives of others.







Why is it important to recognize how others are feeling?

Discuss how understanding others' emotions can help us be better friends and classmates.







How can we use what we learned today in our daily lives?

Encourage students to think about ways they can apply their understanding of emotions to help others.







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