50 Social Emotional Learning Lessons is a comprehensive curriculum that teaches crucial skills at a pivotal time in our society. This book synthesizes the best practices of personal development, life coaching, and mindfulness into a clear set of instructions for teachers. There are ten units of instruction that span a broad spectrum of essential SEL skills and values. Each unit is a self contained set of lessons that can be taught independently or sequentially as part of a year long curriculum. Every unit meets all of the Social Emotional Learning Standards created by CASEL.ORG.
- UNIT 1 - COMMUNITY: lays the foundation for connection, trust, and belonging with powerful icebreakers and interpersonal sharing.
- UNIT 2 - ACTIVE LISTENING: develops the skill and practice of becoming a good listener.
- UNIT 3 - RESPECT: creates opportunities for treating each other well and valuing kindness.
- UNIT 4 - EMOTIONAL LITERACY: comprehensively explores feelings through games and reflection.
- UNIT 5 - EMPATHY: builds upon a student's emotional awareness by practicing compassion for someone else's experience.
- UNIT 6 - COMMUNICATION: provides new frameworks for dialogue, handling conflict, and being assertive.
- UNIT 7 - INTEGRITY: explores the importance of responsibility, keeping your word, and the impact of your actions.
- UNIT 8 - MINDFULNESS: looks practically at how being present and aware can spark personal transformation and consciousness.
- UNIT 9 - GOALS: empowers students to achieve something they want in life.
- UNIT 10 - RESILIENCE: establishes a new mindset for overcoming challenges and achieving success.
These units are a blueprint for Social Emotional Learning. Each lesson engages students with a question that embraces their social emotional knowledge and experience. A skill is taught through Socratic-based discussion and then integrated using real life scenarios and experiential games. At the end of each lesson, students process their experience through reflection and integrate important tools for improving their social and emotional life.
50 Social Emotional Learning Lessons will help students cultivate a connection to their mind and emotions, so that they make responsible decisions. Students will develop communication skills to advance their social awareness and improve relationships. Classrooms can become nurturing environments for intrapersonal and interpersonal development. A journey of transformation awaits, one lesson at a time.
