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Seventh & Eighth Grade
LESSON
One
Building Skills for Emotional Agility
45 Minutes
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Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students will learn more about mindfulness, and how they can use the practice to express their emotions and be reflective about their feelings and judgements. Students will also explore and practice self-awareness in order to better express how they’re feeling.
Lesson Objectives
- Explore and understand the Feelings Wheel
- Define and understand the concept of Mindfulness
- Reflect on our personal experience and judgements
- Understand and practice the concept of Self Awareness
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Compassionate response reminder: Teaching prevention education helps provide students with language and tools to define and identify abuse. Often while teaching prevention education, students will disclose experiences of harm or abuse to trusted adults. This lesson is trauma-informed and has been designed to acknowledge the varied experiences students may have. Before teaching please be sure you feel equipped to respond to instances of disclosure with a compassionate, trauma-informed approach. Please also confer with other school staff on how to handle student disclosures and navigate sensitive topics raised during these lessons.
There are small group breakouts within this lesson. Be prepared to split your students into pairs.