Sixth graders learn to step into someone else's shoes, imagining how a situation looks and feels to another person, and match each perspective-taking term to its meaning.
Students will be able to…
Two students see the same event and describe it completely differently, and neither is lying. How can one moment look so different to two people?
Project this and match each perspective-taking term to what it means — tap a term, then tap its meaning.
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Two students see the same event and describe it completely differently. Neither is lying. How can one moment look so different to two people?
Students match each term to its meaning.
Students take another's perspective.
Students write both perspectives.
Students reflect on perspective-taking.
Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.
Take the perspective of and empathize with others.
Recognize that people may view the same situation differently.
Use perspective-taking to communicate and resolve conflict.
Consider others' points of view when making choices.
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Have students choose a small conflict, write it from each side, and note what each person needs, so perspective-taking becomes concrete. A printable perspective-taking worksheet is in the Social-Emotional Learning library.
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