Empathy Quiz & Activities for Students

If you are trying to help your students develop empathy, this lesson can help! It contains an empathy quiz and other empathy activities for kids! It explores how one person’s empathetic feelings can ignite kind and compassionate action. The variety of activities and worksheets will allow for individual and small-group work. This lesson works well in upper elementary grades.

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Lesson Contains - 9 worksheets and activities:
Empathy Quiz: Just How Empathetic Am I? (3 versions)
Empathy Quiz Reflection activity
If the Shoe Fits individual worksheet
If the Shoe Fits partner activity
Scenarios: What Would You Do? (small group activity)
You Have the Power to do Good worksheet
The Power of One, ask The Power of One Discussion Questions.
Coloring page: It All Begins With One and That’s Me

Who is this resource for?
This resource is useful for elementary general education teachers looking for lessons on teaching empathy. This resource would also be an asset for special education teachers, parents, school counselors, occupational therapists, and other support professionals, as well as parents wanting to expose their student to empathy.

Lesson Objectives:

1. Analyze our typical empathetic responses.
2. Demonstrate how empathetic feelings can ignite kind and compassionate action.
3. Imagine what experiences might be like for other people.

Resource Features:
Lessons contain detailed teaching instructions.
Student worksheets have clear directions and are intended to be a “low prep” format so they can easily be printed and used.
Many of the worksheets lend themselves to whole class or small group discussions.
Lessons can be delivered in whole class, small group, or individual lesson format.
Students may complete the Empathy Quiz and reflection individually, do If the Shoe Fits with a partner and then top it off with Scenarios: What Would You Do? within a small group.
The variety of activities allows for flexible grouping.
These activities may be completed in succession or spread out over a period of time in any order.

Related Resources
If you like this resource, you will want to check out:
Empathy Lessons BUNDLE
Empathy Lesson – Understanding Empathy | Exploring Your Iceberg
Empathy Lesson – Seeing Other Perspectives

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