5th Grade - Module 2: Unit 1 - Empathy

What is Empathy?

• Ignoring someone when they talk to you

• Seeing how someone else feels

• Sharing feelings with another person

• Taking notes in class for a friend

List the three ways that you can tell how someone is feeling.

What is a perspective?

• The way someone sees things.

• Watching a football game

• When all your pencils are sharpened

• Arguing about the color of the shoes

What are paradigm glasses?

What does it mean to really listen to another person?

• Full body listening.

• Sit near someone but don't look at them

• Talk while the other person is talking

• Don't go anywhere near them

What does it mean to put yourself in someone else's shoes?

• Make a plan with your group members

• Ask your friend if they want to trade shoes

• Try their shoes on

• Try to see things how they are seeing things.

How can someone show empathy?

• Only paying attention to what you want to hear

• Not caring when someone is talking to you

• Relating to someone when they are feeling strong emotions.

• Telling someone to stop talking

What is the FIRST step in showing empathy?

• Talking

• Listening

• Noticing their feelings

• Eating

How does noticing other peoples emotions help us practice empathy?

What was your biggest takeaway from this unit, Empathy?