Understanding Compassion
Overview
The purpose of this mini-lesson is for students to gain a better understanding of compassion and how it applies to the world around them. It is intended to be completed before starting a unit centered around the theme of compassion; however, this is very flexible and can be done at any point during a unit.
Brain-Based Mini Lesson
Brian-Based Lesson
Lesson Objectives:
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| Grade: 10th GradeTime frame: 25 mins | Lesson Title: Understanding Compassion | ||
Brain-based Strategies Used in the Lesson:
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| Prior to this lesson: What understanding and/or knowledge was taught prior? Where does this lesson fit in your unit?This lesson will introduce the unit “Examining Human Compassion”. This lesson will allow students to develop their own understanding of what compassion means, as well as how it applies to their own life before we begin our unit. Prior to the lesson, students will need to have an understanding of searching for images on Google or other search engines. With this, they will need to be familiar with either Google Drawings, Canva, or Piktochart to create their visual representation of compassion. They will also need to know how to properly cite a source using MLA formatting. | |||
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Content Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Technology used:
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| 5Mins | Laptop, Google Classroom access. | Question on Google Classroom - What does compassion mean to you? (5 minutes to answer) | |
| 5 Mins. | Compassion Activity Outline | Use the responses from the warm-up to develop a class definition for compassion. Once we have developed a definition, the teacher will walk through Google Drawings, Canva, and Piktochart to remind students how to log into these platforms. | |
| 10 Mins | Access to Google Drawings, Canva, or Piktochart | Students will then create a visual exploring their own thoughts on the term compassion. They will find images, as well as a story, that are all examples of what compassion means to them. | |
| 5 Mins. | Access to Google Classroom Discussion Post | Students will then post their visual to a discussion board on Google classroom. For homework, they will review at least two other visuals posted by their peers and provide feedback. In this feedback they will compare their own visual with the visuals created by their peers. | |
| Homework or in-class assignment | Assessment(s): (assignments and/or activities)
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All materials for this lesson can be found on this document or on the Assignment Outline.