Lesson Plan
Caring Conversations Blueprint
Students will learn to identify and articulate others’ emotions by engaging in interactive activities and discussions, fostering empathy and respectful interactions.
Empathy and perspective-taking are foundational social awareness skills that promote positive relationships, reduce conflicts, and build supportive classroom communities.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Lesson Preparation
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up: Feeling Faces
5 minutes
Step 2
Introduce Empathy & Perspective-Taking
10 minutes
Step 3
Emotion Charades Game
15 minutes
Step 4
Walk in My Shoes Discussion
10 minutes
Step 5
Closure & Reflection
5 minutes

Slide Deck
Seeing Through Others’ Eyes
Learning Objectives
Warm-Up: Feeling Faces
What Is Empathy?
Practice Perspective-Taking
Emotion Charades
Walk in My Shoes Discussion
Reflection & Closure

Activity


Discussion

