Perspective Taking
Your friend drops their lunch, and their face turns red. They are feeling this way.
Embarrassed.
When a new student sits alone at lunch, doing this is a great way to practice inclusive communication.
What is inviting them to sit with you?
Name one active listening skill.
Eye contact, paying attention, allowing someone to finish peaking before speaking.
Name one way you can prevent peer conflict at school?
Stop and take a deep breath before you react when you're annoyed. What is communication, talking things out, asking for support.
You instantly forget the last two steps the teacher just told you to do. What should you ask the teacher right away?
What is "Can you please repeat that?"? (Accept: ask for help).
Doing this allows you to understand how someone else feels, even if you don't agree with them. (Hint: It involves "shoes.")
What is putting yourself in someone's shoes.
Inside jokes or secret whispers can make other people in a group feel this way.
Left out or excluded.
You can do this action with your head to show you agree or are following along with a story.
What is nodding
What are some positive ways to resolve conflict?
Listen to understand, not to fight back. Take a time-out to cool down. Communicate, talk things through.
Your partner is talking to you, so you face them and nod your head. What is your body language showing your partner?
What is that you are listening? (Accept: paying attention).
A classmate slams their backpack on the desk and crosses their arms tightly. How are they feeling?
What is angry? (Accept: mad / upset).
When playing a game in a group, you should use this type of language so everyone understands the rules and feels welcome.
What is clear/kind language? (Acceptable: avoiding slang/inside jokes).
Auto teacher says, "Drain the oil, then change the filter." You say, "So I drain the oil first, right?" Why did you repeat the steps back to the teacher?
What is to make sure you understand.
A teammate accidentally knocks over your stack of wood pieces in carpentry shop. To prevent a fight, what should you do?
What is stay calm, take a deep breath. Ask them to help fix them. Ask for help.
You are talking to a classmate, but they keep stepping backward away from you.What rule did you break by standing too close to them?
What is personal space?
Your carpentry partner is trying to measure a piece of wood. They are sighing loudly, and their hands are shaking a little bit. What emotion are they experiencing with this task?
What is frustrated, stressed, overwhelmed or confused.
This word means changing your communication style to make sure people of all abilities and backgrounds can participate.
What is inclusion.
The teacher is showing how to use a sharp shop tool, but you are texting under the table. What must you put away to stay safe?
What is a phone
Your culinary partner accidentally spills flour all over your clean workspace right before the teacher grades it. What is the best thing to do first to keep this from turning into an argument?
What is take a deep breath and stay calm? (Accept: count to 5 / don't yell).
While your teammate shares an idea, you cross your arms and roll your eyes. What did your body language just tell your teammate?
What is annoyed, not interested.
This is the term for realizing that other people have different thoughts, feelings, and beliefs than you do.
What is perspective-taking.
You and a friend talk about a fun weekend trip in front of a new shop partner, making them feel left out and go quiet. How can you fix this to make the new partner feel included?
What is change the subject back to the project? (Accept: ask the new student a question / stop talking about the trip).
Your welding partner is explaining how to connect two metal pieces, so you look at them and nod your head. What is your body language showing your partner?
What is paying attention? (Accept: listening / that you understand).
You and your lab partner both want to do the final presentation, so you agree that you will speak first and they will speak second. What is it called when both people give up a little bit to find a fair solution?
What is a compromise? (Accept: meeting in the middle / splitting it).
You look your partner in the eyes and say their name before handing them a sharp tool. Why do you need their full attention before passing a tool?
What is to stay safe? (Accept: so they don't drop it).