Lesson Plan

Building Empathy Blocks

Students will learn to identify and share emotions and practice perspective-taking through collaborative block-building and reflection activities.

Building empathy fosters a caring classroom, strengthens friendships, and supports social awareness by helping students understand and respect others’ feelings.

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10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Warm-Up

5 minutes

Step 2

Modeling Perspective-Taking

5 minutes

Step 3

Building Empathy Blocks Activity

10 minutes

Step 4

Reflection & Assessment

5 minutes

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Empathy Foundations

What is Empathy?

Why is Empathy Important?

Perspective-Taking

How to Practice Empathy

Empathy in Action

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Warm Up

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Activity

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Journal

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Empathy Builders

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