Do your students struggle to understand others' perspectives or show compassion in challenging moments? This Empathy and Compassion SEL Unit gives you everything you need to build a classroom rooted in kindness, empathy, and community.
NOTE: This character education unit is also included in the SEL Morning Meeting Bundle 1 with four additional themes.
Through analyzing social scenarios in suggested read alouds, reflecting and journaling with compassion-focused prompts, and participating in empathy activities, students will learn to appreciate diverse viewpoints and develop the emotional awareness needed to create a supportive, inclusive learning environment.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS UNIT
- 20 Days of Ready-to-Use Lessons – Print-and-go lesson plans with suggested read-alouds, discussion questions, 16 empathy and perspective taking activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources.
- Flexible for Any Setting – Works for morning meetings, character education programs, counselor lessons, or sub plans.
- Standards-Aligned SEL – Integrates empathy and compassion directly into ELA skills and common themes in literature, maximizing every minute of your SEL or morning meeting time.
- Printable & Digital – Google Slides for teachers and students included.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR EMPATHY & COMPASSION SEL UNIT (Scroll through the preview to see more!):
✨ 20 Days of Printable & Editable Lesson Plans — includes suggested read alouds, discussion questions, 16 empathy and perspective taking activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources
✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals — empathy-related discussion prompts, self-reflection and goal setting exercises, and social emotional learning worksheets to deepen students' understanding of empathy and compassion, with activities like Empathetic vs Sympathetic Comment Sort, Considering Perspectives & Responding with Compassion, How I Feel Seen, Compassion & Empathy Scenario Cards, and more!
✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials that include important vocabulary like compassion, insensitive, empathy, and sympathy and inspirational quotations for a visual reminder of your empathy and compassion lessons
✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides — Teacher and student versions to implement this unit digitally or use as visual prompts and discussion starters on your interactive whiteboard
Watch your students grow into empathetic, compassionate individuals who understand and respect different perspectives. Grab this set and start building a classroom rooted in kindness and understanding today!
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a very thorough product! The read-alouds, journal pages, and videos all paired nicely. I loved working through it with my students and expanding their horizons about what it means to have compassion for others. It was so cool to see them apply this knowledge later in the year!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "It has revolutionized my classroom! My kids are using the language and treating each other so well."
SAVE WITH A MINI-BUNDLE OR THE MEGA BUNDLE OF ALL TOPICS
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 1: Perseverance, Kindness, Belonging, Empathy & Compassion, and Conflict Resolution
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 2: Gratitude, Happiness, Integrity, Goal Setting, & Individuality
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 3: Courage, Intrinsic Motivation, Responsibility, Friendship & Managing Emotions
If you’re looking for a year-long social emotional learning curriculum that is perfect for morning meetings, classroom community building, counselor lessons, or sub plans click here to save 40% on my all themes bundle of 16 social-emotional learning units. Each unit is set up similarly with the same components for easy implementation!
YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZIPPED FILE CONTAINING:
- PDF of guided lesson plans and student activity journal; within this PDF, you'll find a link to two Google Slides:
- Teacher Presentation Google Slides
- Student Notebook Google Slides
- PDF of bulletin board materials with vocabulary and quotation posters
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
