Empathy Lesson Plan | Empathy Worksheets | Empathy Activities | Empathy Lesson

About This Resource

★ 2 Lesson Variations - Mature and Cartoonish Graphics!

★ Topic - Empathy | Social Awareness

**★ Resource Type: **Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Presentation, and Activity Worksheets

**★ **Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)

**★ **116 pages (including Lesson Plan, Worksheets, Keys, PowerPoint Slides)

**★ **Suitable for grades 6-9

**★ **Excellent for ANY subject area!

**★ **Answer Keys included

**★ **SEL-aligned

This resource includes 2 VARIATIONS of the following items:

------ POWERPOINT (22 slides / Uneditable)

------ Detailed Lesson Plan (3 full pages)

------ EDITABLE Lesson Plan (3 full pages)

------ Quick Write Writing Prompt Worksheet (Higher-Level)

------ Differentiated Quick Write Writing Prompt Worksheet (Lower-Level)

------ *Quick Write *Writing Prompt Worksheet Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Quick Write Worksheet

------ Empathy Note-Taking Sheet

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Note-Taking Sheet

------ Mini Lesson Follow Along Worksheet and Answer Key

------ Guided Practice Worksheet and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Guided Practice Worksheet

------ Formative Assessment (Empathy Word Web) and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Empathy Word Web Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #1 Worksheet (What Would You Do?) and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for What Would You Do? Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #2 Worksheet (Empathetic vs. Non-empathetic Responses) and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Empathetic vs. Non-empathetic Responses Worksheet

------ Pair Activity #3 Worksheet (Overcoming Barriers to Showing Empathy) and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Overcoming Barriers to Showing Empathy Worksheet

------ 2 Empathy Role Playing Scenarios (Student and Teacher versions)

------ Role Playing Reflection Worksheet

------ Closing Questions Worksheet and Answer Key

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Closing Questions Worksheet

------ BLANK PowerPoint Slides for you to create your own content

------ 4 Google Slide Links

DIGITAL VERSIONS (GOOGLE SLIDES)

• Lesson Plan Worksheets
• PowerPoint

Empathy is one of the most essential social-emotional skills students can develop—especially during the middle school and early high school years, when peer relationships, social challenges, misunderstandings, and emotional growth are part of everyday life. Learning to understand others’ feelings, thoughts, perspectives, and circumstances helps students build stronger relationships, make better decisions, and become more respectful, compassionate individuals.

This comprehensive, NO-PREP Empathy Lesson Packet is designed to guide teachers through an entire empathy lesson from start to finish, with everything you need included—lesson plan, PowerPoint, student worksheets, answer keys, role-playing activities, and bulletin board displays. No preparation is required on the teacher’s part.

❤️ Two Lesson Versions Included

This resource includes TWO complete empathy lesson packets with identical content:

**★ **Mature graphics version
**★ **Cartoonish graphics version

Both versions are ideal for middle school and lower-level high school students, allowing you to choose the style that best fits your class.

⭐ What Students Will Learn

Through real-life social scenarios and structured activities, students will learn to:

▶ Understand what empathy is and why it matters
▶ Recognize and understand others’ feelings, thoughts, and perspectives
▶ Respond appropriately and compassionately in social situations
▶ Identify empathetic vs. non-empathetic responses
▶ Recognize barriers to showing empathy and strategies to overcome them
▶ Develop and practice empathetic behaviors

These skills extend far beyond the classroom—supporting students as friends, classmates, future employees, and community members.

▶️ Lesson Plan (PDF + EDITABLE)

★ Detailed 3-page lesson plan with step-by-step guidance
★ Editable version included so you can customize as needed
**★ **Lesson plan visually shows exact worksheets to use for each part of the lesson—no guessing or flipping through pages
**★ **Designed to support every stage of the lesson from beginning to end

▶️ PowerPoint Presentation (22 Slides | PowerPoint | Digital)

**★ **22 visually engaging slides to guide instruction from start to finish
**★ **Two PowerPoint versions included (mature + cartoonish graphics)
**★ **Clean layouts, engaging fonts, and student-friendly visuals
★ Uneditable due to copyright restrictions
★ Blank PowerPoint slides included so you can add your own content if desired

▶️ Lesson Worksheets and Answer Keys (Print and Digital)

All lesson activities are included in print-friendly PDFs and Google Slides formats, with answer keys provided for easy grading and discussion.

Activities include:

**★ **Note-taking sheets
**★ **Mini-lesson follow-along worksheets
**★ **Guided practice activities
**★ **Differentiated quick-write writing prompts (higher- and lower-level)
**★ **Pair and group activities
**★ **Role-playing scenarios (student + teacher versions)
**★ **Reflection and closing questions
★ Formative assessments

▶️ Bulletin Board Task Display Pages

**★ **8 ready-to-use bulletin board display pages
**★ **Match lesson activities so student work can be displayed immediately
**★ **Perfect for reinforcing SEL concepts visually in the classroom

What's Included (TWO Complete Versions)

✔ PowerPoint (22 slides – mature & cartoonish)
✔ Detailed Lesson Plan (PDF + Editable)
✔ Student Worksheets (Print & Digital)
✔ Answer Keys for all activities
✔ Role-Playing Scenarios & Reflections
✔ Bulletin Board Task Display Pages
✔ Blank PowerPoint Slides
✔ 4 Google Slides links for digital use

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