2. Objective:
● The aim of this Weekly Wonder is to prompt
students to consider the importance of empathy as
a way of connecting with others and even healing
bias.
6. Imagine that you have a new classmate who
is shy. How could you show them empathy?
Ask if you
can sit with
them at
lunch
Introduce
them to
your friends
Pretend you
don’t notice
them
Invite them
to your
birthday
party
Offer to let
them copy
your
homework
7. Has someone ever showed you empathy
when you were going through a hard time?
The aim of this Weekly Wonder is to prompt students to consider the importance of empathy as a way of connecting with others and even healing bias. As with all Pear Deck lessons, the magic often happens when students first get time to answer a prompt for themselves and then get to discuss other points of view. This leads to rich conversation and deep engagement.
Pre-Test
This Multiple Choice question will: a. Get students thinking about the meaning of the word empathy, and b. Help you gauge their current level of understanding. Students can choose one of the options highlighted below.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Multiple Choice Slide. Your current options are: A: Feeling bad for someone else, B: Being able to understand or feel what another person is feeling, C: Feeling bad yourself,
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Source: https://youtu.be/icIlUdTEQnU
Students can watch the video on their own screen.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Web Slide.
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Retrieval Practice
Now that they have watched the video, give students a minute or two to write down all they remember; this will help them be able to draw on the information more quickly later as they express their own thoughts.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Text Slide
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Check for Understanding + Consider How You Want to Be
This slide helps students think about what they learned about empathy and apply it to a situation. They also get the opportunity to imagine themselves being empathetic and caring to someone who might feel alone.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
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Connect to Own Experience
Students can draw a small picture or type words to describe a time someone was empathic to them. This not only strengthens their understanding of the word “empathy” by applying it to their own experience, it will also give them a warm feeling by remembering a time someone cared for them.
If students struggle to think of something, they might need nudges: remember that it doesn’t need to be something super big —you might have scraped your knee, or just had a bad day. It also doesn’t have to be a friend - it could be a teacher, an aunt, or even someone they don’t know very well.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
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Think, Pair, Share
To close out the activity, have students try to describe empathy in their own words.
First, they articulate their thoughts in Pear Deck.
Second, have them pair up with the person next to them and have each student explain to the other. Have them discuss the similarities and differences in how they described it.
Finally, have groups share out to the class what they discussed.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Text Slide
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Connect to Own Experience
Students can describe a time someone was empathic to them. This not only strengthens their understanding of the word empathy by applying it to their own experience, it will also give them a warm feeling by remembering a time someone cared for them.
If students struggle to think of something, they might need nudges: remember that it doesn’t need to be something super big - you might have scraped your knee, or just had a bad day. It also doesn’t have to be a friend - it could be a teacher, an aunt, or even someone they don’t know very well.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Text Slide
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Retrieval Practice
This slide will help students remember what they learned from the video. Students can choose one of the options highlighted below.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Multiple Choice Slide. Your current options are: A: Help someone in your "out-group", B: Let someone in your "out-group" help you, C: Do something nice for a member of your "out-group",
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Connect to Own Experience
Students can describe a time they were in an “out-group,” and explore how it made them feel.
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Connecting to the Outside World
Help students take what they’ve learned out into the world. Are there ways they can change their own behavior to impact the world around them in a positive way?
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