True or False
Empathy is understanding how others are feeling?
True
Juila worked really hard on her homework then left it at home?
disappointed/angry/frustrated/sad
Saying: "How Can I help?"
Yes, this is empathy
Sarah's mom is in the hospital. She looks sad. What would you do?
Ask her why she is sad.
BONUS: Tell her you know how it feels to have someone in the hospital
You saw someone in your class tell another person that their artwork is terrible. What should you do?
1. Tell the person making the insult that it isn't nice and they shouldn't do it.
2. Tell the person that you think they did a good job on their artwork.
Having empathy shows someone that you don't care about them or their feelings?
False
Mike's best friend moved to another school.
Sad
Saying: "You seem upset, are you ok?"
Yes, this is empathy
A friend of yours wanted to sit with you during lunch; but you already promised other friends that you would sit with them.
Ask them to all sit together
Talk with each of the friends about the situation
You notice a student in your class is crying.
1. Talk to them
2. Try to make them smile
Empathy is telling your friend that she is overreacting to something?
False
Jade lost her championship soccer game.
disappointed, sad, frustrated
Saying: "no one cares" to someone
No this is not showing empathy
You notice that one girl asked a group of girls if she could sit with them at lunch. They all said, "No!".
Ask her to sit with you.
Jude forgot to do his homework and got in trouble in front of class. He felt embarrassed and put his head down.
1. Talk to him
2. Try to make him smile
3. Let him know it has happened to you before.
Are all of your feelings are ok to have?
True
Angela won first place in the spelling bee.
Happy, proud, excited
Saying: "You're being a baby, it's not a big deal."
No this is not showing empathy
You and your friend disagree about being friends with Josie. She asks you to not hang around with Josie because she doesn't like her.
Let your friend know that you like Josie and it is not okay for her to ask you to not be friends with her.
Your friend won an award at school. You really wanted to win that award and you feel jealous.
Tell your friend, "Great job!"
Your friend likes the Browns. You like the Steelers. You should work hard to convince her that she is wrong for liking the Browns and that the Steelers are the only team she should be cheering for.
False
Johnny kept cheating when playing a game with you. You felt...
mad/frustrated/fed up
Saying: "I am here to listen if you want to talk about it."
Showing empathy
You saw a classmate take money out of another classmates desk, your teacher asked if anyone saw the money?
You believe that you should tell the truth so you tell the teacher you saw your classmate take it.
Your parent/guardian will not allow you to go to your friend's house this weekend; even though all of your other friends will be there. You are mad and sad.
Talk with your parent about it and explain your feelings and why it's important to you.