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        SOCIAL AWARENESS 7th-8th GRADES

    Social Awareness Competencies

    7th- 8th Grades Indicators of Social Awareness

    1. Demonstrate awareness and consideration of other people’s emotions, perspectives, and social cues.

    ●        Analyzes ways that a person’s emotions can be affected by the behavior of others.

    ●        Accepts and shows respect for other people’s perspectives, opinions, or points of view.

    ●        Explains how their decisions and behaviors affect the well-being of their school, home, and community.

     

    2. Exhibit civic responsibility in multiple settings.

    ●        Explores a community or global need to generate possible solutions.

    ●        Engages in social critique and makes decisions that will lead to social change.

    ●        Evaluates the impact of a school, home, or community initiative that the student was personally involved in.

     

    3. Demonstrate an awareness and respect for human dignity, including culture and differences.

    ●        Recognizes the value of different cultures and social groups.

    ●        Analyzes how culture impacts historical events.

    ●        Recognizes how beliefs are shaped by social and cultural experiences.

    SEL Academic Integrated Strategies for Social Awareness

    7th-8th Grades

    ●Seat students in heterogeneous teams (not random, not student-selected, not homogenous).

    ●Have individual students take a turn to greet students at the door in the morning.

    ●Have teams create a team name or team cheer.

    ●Provide sentence starters for students to use in a class discussion.

    ●Create and practice group jobs so students learn to work effectively in groups.

    ●Have one-on-one interviews with students.

    ●Have students write alternative endings to stories through changing the behavior of one character.

    ●Conduct class meetings in which students are given the opportunity to support each other and validate their emotions.

    ●Assign students a current topic and ask them to interview important people in their lives to gather different perspectives, opinions, and points of view. Students can then present their results either in an oral or written report.

    ●Identify professionals in the school and community that provide support for others.

    ●Draw an “Impact Web,” and ask students to show how their actions could potentially affect others or how a historical figure’s actions affected society.

    ●Have students participate in a service-learning project within their community that utilizes the steps of investigation, preparation, action, reflection, demonstration, and celebration.

    ●Have students examine global needs and participate in a discussion around what they would do to help if they were president.

    ●Have students write an article or paper on the impact of their involvement in a school, home, or community initiative and evaluate what they would do the same or differently. Have them reflect on how that activity might influence their career interests.

    ●Assign students books to read to help them recognize the value of all groups and cultures.

    ●Discuss with students how cultural events such as the Industrial Revolution or the birth of talking pictures have impacted history.

    ● Build diverse student working groups using cooperative and project-based learning activities.

     

    SEL Direct Instruction Resources for Social Awareness

    Curriculum Resources

    7th-8th Grades

    Utah Core Health Standards

     

     

    Strand 1: Health Foundations and Protective Factors of Healthy Self

     

    Strand 2: Mental and Emotional Health

     

    Strand 3: Safety and Disease Prevention
    • Links
    • Standard HI.SDP.1
    • Standard HI.SDP.2

     

     

     

    Strand 4: Substance Abuse Prevention

     

     

    MindUp

     

     

     

     

     

    Unit 1: Getting Focused

     
    • L1: How Our Brains Work
    • L2: Mindful Awareness
    • L3: Focused Awareness: The Core Practice

    Unit 3: It’s All About Attitude

     
    • L10: Perspective Taking
    • L11: Choosing Optimism
    • L12: Appreciating Happy Experiences

    Unit 4: Taking Action Mindfully
    • L13: Expressing Gratitude
    • L14: Performing Acts of Kindness
    • L15: Taking Mindful Action in the World

     

    Botvin Life

    Skills

     

    Health

    Lessons

    7th Grade

     

     

     
    • Drug Abuse & Violence: Causes & Effects
    • Social Skills
    • Media Influences

     

     Nearpod

     

    SEL

    7th Grade

    8th Grade

    Pure Edge, Inc.

     

     

     

     

    Pure Edge Brain Breaks

    Training Manual

    Pure Edge Brain Breaks Training Manual

    Strategies for educators and learners to support social, emotional, and academic development through mindful movement and rest.

    ● Arrival: Engaging in a Mindful Minute offers learners a chance to check in with themselves at the start of the day.

    ● Large Group/Circle Time: Simple breathing exercises will visually hold attention in the large group setting.

    ● Small Group: Small group offers time to give feedback and answer questions.

    ● Refocus Between Lessons: Bring in a little movement and breathing as a brain break to re-energize learners.

    ● Before Testing: Use mindful breathing exercises to help learners focus and relieve testing-related stress.

    ● Lining Up: Help learners stay calm during the transition to and from the classroom.

    ● Recess: Refocus and calm down after recess.

    ● Create a Calming Center: Have a Breathing Ball available for learners to access in a quiet area.

    ● Departure: A gratitude activity is a great way to start off or wrap up the day.

     

    Learning to Breathe
    • B-Body: Listen, your body is trying to tell you something.
    • R- Reflections and Thoughts: Thoughts are just thoughts.
    • E- Emotions: Surf the Waves of your emotions.
    • A- Attention: Attention to body, thoughts, and feelings is good stress reduction.
    • T- Tenderness: Take it as it is. Learn to be kind to yourself.
    • H- Healthy Habits of Mind: Finding ways to practice mindfulness in your life reduces stress and increases inner strength.
    • E- Empowerment: Gain the inner edge.