Empathy Pre-Lesson

What does empathy mean?

• the ability to understand and share feelings of others

• caring about who won the soccer game

• only thinking about how YOU feel

• being able to ask someone to play

Is practicing empathy a choice?

• yes

• no

I enjoy caring for other people besides my family and friends.

• yes

• no

If someone trips going up the stairs, I feel embarrassed for them.

• yes

• no

I usually feel sad when someone I know is sad.

• yes

• no

I usually feel sad when someone I do not know is sad.

• yes

• no

It upsets me when I see someone I know being treated with disrespect.

• yes

• no

It upsets me when I see someone I do not know being treated with disrespect.

• yes

• no

When someone I know is excited, I get excited too.

• yes

• no

When someone I do not know is excited, I get excited too.

• yes

• no