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.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Materials
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

Slide Deck
Empathy Foundations
What is Empathy?
Why is Empathy Important?
Perspective-Taking
How to Practice Empathy
Empathy in Action

Warm Up


Activity


Journal

