Fostering Empathy and Understanding in High School Students Overview: The “SeeTheHuman Project” is an innovative, comprehensive teaching resource designed for educators who wish to foster empathy, self-awareness, and critical thinking in high school students, particularly those aged 16 and older. This multimedia project, aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), provides a unique approach to understanding personal identity and societal challenges. What’s Inside: Engaging PowerPoint Presentation with 15 detailed and visually appealing slides. A variety of interactive activities including video analysis, reflective writing, identity mapping, and creative expression. Detailed instructions for a culminating “Community Circle” activity, integrating all previous learnings. Links to thought-provoking videos and a curated Spotify playlist to enrich the learning experience. Comprehensive guide to aligning activities with CCSS for Grades 11-12. Key Learning Objectives: Enhance students’ empathy and understanding of diverse experiences. Develop critical thinking through analysis of societal norms (“Hoops”) and personal challenges (“Hurdles”). Foster self-awareness by exploring personal identities and strengths (“Wheelbarrows”). Promote effective communication and collaborative skills through reflective discussions and sharing. For Educators: This resource offers a structured yet flexible framework, allowing you to tailor the activities to your classroom’s specific needs. Whether you’re conducting in-person classes or virtual sessions, the “SeeTheHuman Project” is adaptable and easy to integrate into your resume. Why Choose the SeeTheHuman Project? Foster a classroom environment of empathy and mutual respect. Equip students with critical life skills that go beyond academic knowledge. Engage in meaningful discussions and activities that address current societal issues.

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Pupils plan a trip to a foreign country and make a commercial / perform a sales talk. For: -foreign language learners (A2-B1) -native English pupils as a fun activity / to practice public speaking skills.

This resource contains four A4-sized premium design role-play cards in which English language learners (L2) learn how to deal with conflicts in a fun way. Each role-play card deals with a different type of argument. Role-play 1: Showing Off (2 players) Role-play 2: Behind My Back (4 players) Role-play 3: A Big Butt Insult (2 players) Role-play 4: Ignore Abhor (3 player) Pupils use these role-play cards to practise speaking (English) in a fun and engaging way. Chunks and vocab regarding the theme are practised in context. Widely known published methods often include boring speaking activities in which pupils read prepared text out loud. These are nowhere near engaging for pupils not do they truly representfor real life situations. These role-plays however, result in fantastic improvisation rich performances. I have personally experienced pupils, not part of a group 'on stage', stepping in to fulfill a spontaneously arisen role. I have also often stepped in to play a spontaneous necessary role myself. Pupils like it a lot when this happens. How to work with these cards: 1. Pupils intensely read their version and don't look at anyone else's version. Why? Because the cards always contain a conflict fr interest or knowledge creating the need for improvisation. 2. Pupils play their role-play together. They have lots of fun. The teacher walks around to listen in. 3. (optional) Pupils perform their already improvised and practised role-play in front of the group. This often results in an amazing shortly rehearsed and still improvisation rich play to enjoy for everyone present in the room. Have fun!

Route 66 is a fun competitive board game in which games like ‘Taboo’ meet ‘Game of the Goose’. Pupils work in teams to get from Chicago, Illinois to the Santa Monica Pier in California as fast as they can. Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sqvyxMpMrw to see it in action! They perform language exercises to train their foreign (English included) compensating strategies with known games like ‘Taboo’ and ‘30 Seconds’ but also made up games like ‘Worldly Descriptions’ and ‘Synonym Domination’. Although this game was created for learners of English as an L2, it can also be used to help young native English speakers learn synonyms with the game ‘Synonym Domination’. If you teach other languages in an English speaking country you can adjust the game to make it suitable for languages like Spanish. Instructions on how to do this can be found in the teacher instructions. The game is played on a tablet with a PowerPoint player installed and uses other devices like smartphones. However, additional printable files have been added to make it available on paper as well. Instruction on how to do this are included in the Teacher Instructions. Do you want your pupils to practise their compensating speaking strategies in an engaging, competitive and fun way? Download Route 66 and get: -The PowerPoint file with the Route 66 Board, instructions, links to cards and more (when played it acts like an app). -Teacher Instructions. -Additional printable files to play offline. -Additional websites to use for more diversity (in the Teacher Instructions). System Requirements: A tablet or other device (flexible laptop) with reasonable size (>10.1 inch) and the ability to lay flat on a table. It must be able to play PowerPoint files. Files are included to print the board and avoid using a device altogether. Players compete 2 vs 2 with a maximum of 8 players. The game if fun for pupils >7 because it’s so diverse. Have fun!

This worksheet helps pupils explore the wonderful world of limericks. It uses bite size steps to help them find out what limericks are and how to write them. It’s a task based activity in which they create limericks as a means to a final product. The steps involve peer feedback and pupils can explore and showcase their productivity in the limericks and the final product.

The gamel 'Question My Brain' is a game to help English learners improve their speaking skills. More specifically it helps them become better question askers. Use this game to let your pupils: -practice (without them being aware) asking questions in English. All questions are yes / no questions -can it, will it, would you, does it have, can you find it in, is she from...? -experience speaking English without or with less inhibition. -train speaking skills in a fun, engaging and competitive way -aquire new vocabulary they learn from each other and by looking words up (necessity). -break free from the daily grind The game was extensively tested and improved with pupils in the Netherlands. The pupils showed remarkable expressions of joy verbally and non-verbally.