Cathleen Baker

In this 30-minute lesson for 7th and 8th graders, students will explore character strengths, build self-efficacy, and adopt an asset-based mindset. They’ll identify three personal strengths and draft a strategy to apply one strength in an upcoming class task, boosting confidence and collaboration.

In this 30-minute 7th & 8th grade lesson, students learn to label four core emotions and connect each to physical cues or thought patterns. Through a weather-themed role-play and interactive activities, they’ll build self-awareness and self-management skills, crucial for emotional health.

In this 30-minute lesson for 7th & 8th graders, students will become ‘emotion meteorologists’ by accurately labeling four core emotions—happy, sad, angry, and scared—and matching each with physical cues or thought patterns. This lesson equips students with essential self-management skills through engaging role-play and hands-on activities to help them recognize and communicate their emotional ‘weather.’

In this 30-minute lesson for 7th & 8th graders, students explore their personal identities and examine how self-perception shapes their choices and trustworthiness at school. Through engaging warm-ups, mini-lessons, reflections, and discussions, learners will articulate aspects of who they are and connect authenticity to trustworthy behavior.

In this 30-minute lesson for 7th & 8th graders, students explore the concept of identity and self-concept by reflecting on personal traits and examining how their self-perception shapes choices at school. This foundational lesson helps students build self-awareness and understand that trustworthiness begins within, laying the groundwork for more authentic interactions and responsible decision-making.