Well-Being Studies Weekly Week 3 Article 4

​1. Read the article “Empathy and Moral Identity.”

Open Ended

What are some behaviors you know are right or appropriate at school?

Some of the behaviors I know are right or appropriate for school are...

Discuss as a class:

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What are some ways you can develop moral identity?

Read the article

“How Do I Build Empathy” in your groups.

Open Ended

Reflect on ways they may have practiced or demonstrated

empathy today already?

​Take out their SEL notebooks.

a. Write how they are feeling today.

b. Draw a picture of your family and what their story

looks like.

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Practice asking one another how they you are feeling and explaining your feelings to one another.

a. Student one asks student two, “How are you feeling today?” Student

three observes.

b. Student one asks student three, “How are you feeling today?”

Student one observes.

c. Student three asks student one, “How are you feeling today?”

Student two observes.​

Share what you wrote about your families and their

story.

a. Student one asks student two, “What can you tell me about your

story?” Student three and 4 observes.

b. Student two asks student three, “What can you tell me about your

story?” Student one, two, and 4 observe.

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Learning about others helps everyone to develop empathy skills. When you understand someone’s story, you know more about them and are able to show kindness, patience, and empathy.

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