Social Awareness

Social Awareness represents interpersonal (external) competencies that focus on understanding others (empathy), building positive relationships, and navigating social situations. Social Awareness includes the capacities to feel compassion for others, understand broader historical and social norms for behavior in different settings, and recognize family, school and community resources and supports

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Includes skills:

• Taking others' perspectives 

• Recognizing strengths in others

• Demonstrating empathy and compassion

• Understanding and expressing gratitude 

• Showing concern for the feelings of others

• Identifying diverse social norms, including unjust ones

• Recognizing situational demands and opportunities

• Understanding the influences of organizations and systems on behavior

 

Elementary Resources

• Celebrating Differences

• Celebrating Diversity

• Perspective Taking

• Disability Awareness Class Activity Lesson Plans

• 8 Ways to Teach Empathy in the Classroom

• Moments for Myself

• California Educators Together (caeducatorstogether.org) Elementary Resources 

• BYU Lesson Plans: Building Social Skills through Books

 

Middle School Resources

• Identity Circles

• Developing Empathy

• Be Grateful

• California Educators Together (caeducatorstogether.org) Middle School Resources 

• Social Media for Social Action

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High School Resources

• Conflict Resolution

• Understanding Respect and Diversity​

• California Educators Together (caeducatorstogether.org) High School Resources 

• ​Act for Youth SEL Toolkit: Social Awareness

• Social Media for Social Action

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