Grade: Grade 2 Health Lesson Title: Empathy Lesson Duration (mins): 25

Overview of lesson
This lesson has been designed to address the idea of being empathetic in everyday life for grade 2 students. The focus
of this lesson is for students to understand the feelings associated with being empathetic as well as the feelings
associated with having empathy shown to them. To begin, students will be asked to predict or say what they think the
word empathy means. Throughout the lesson, students will be directed through a presentation of what empathy is
and will participate/respond by drawing the emotions felt by people after being read a scenario. By the end of the
lesson, students will have represented different feelings and understand how someone might need different
treatment because of those feelings.
Alberta Program of Study
GLO /GLE SLO/SLE
• Relationship Choices: • R-2.2: Students will become aware that the safe
o Students will develop effective expression of feelings is healthy
interpersonal skills that demonstrate • R-2.5: Students will demonstrate ways to show
responsibility, respect and caring in appreciation to friends and others
order to establish and maintain • R-2.6: Students will demonstrate ways to show
healthy interactions respect for others; e.g., show interest when others
express feelings, offer support

Critical Questions
Lesson Guiding Questions:
• How might someone feel when given scenario happens?
• What is empathy?
• How does it feel to walk in someone else’s shoes?
• Why is it important to realize how other people are feeling?

Learning Objectives
• Students will identify and describe the feelings why it is okay to express their feelings.
• Students will understand the importance of considering the feelings of other individuals.
• Students will understand the ways they can show appreciation to the people around them.
• Students will identify the feelings they would feel given a particular scenario.

Annotated Learning Resources List

Resource #1: Alberta Program of Studies
Resource #2: Pinterest (Empathy Scenario Cards)
Material and Equipment
• SmartBoard
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Empathy Scenario Cards
• Whiteboards
• Whiteboard Markers
• Pencils and Erasers
Lesson Procedures
Introduction (4 min):
Attention Grabber (1 min): Chimes (to bring them to the carpet)
Expectations for Learning and Behavior (2 min):
• Let students know that their usual expected behaviour is still applicable

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 • Remind students to raise their hand when they want to ask or answer a question

Transition (1 min):
• During this time, students will shift their bodies so that they are looking at the Smart Board to see the
PowerPoint presentation

Body (15 min):

Identify Teaching Strategies:
Assess Previous Knowledge (3 min): • Direct instruction
• The teacher will ask students to identify what they think the • Interactive instruction
word empathy means – this may be done by giving a • Experiential learning
definition or by giving an example

Presentation (3 min): Assessments

• The teacher will show the presentation created to explain to
student’s what empathy is – throughout the presentation, Formative:
there will be example scenarios • Formative Assessment will take place
through the observation of student
Response Activity (15 min): engagement and participation.
• Students will each be given a mini whiteboard and a marker
• After each student has a board, the teacher (or a student) will Summative Assessment:
pull a scenario out of a cup • There is no summative assessment
• The teacher will read the scenario and the students will draw for this lesson.
a face that corresponds with how they think the person would
be feeling
• This process will be repeated multiple times for different
scenarios

Differentiation
*This would be on a case-by-case basis on the given day – this lesson is designed to not put anyone at a disadvantage
for their learning
Consolidating and Closure (5 min):
Clean-Up (2 min):
• One student who has done well all class will be asked to collect the whiteboards from each student and put
them away
• One student who has done well all class will be asked to collect the whiteboard markers from each student
and put them away
Review (5 min):
• Students will review the concepts of the lesson by engaging in a class wide version of the activity. The teacher
will pick a scenario and students will (by raising their hand) tell the teacher what kind of face they should
draw

Reflective Notes: