Guidepost #5: Expand: Additional Empathy Tools
Our hope is to equip you with the tools and resources necessary to not only support your learners develop greater empathy skills, but to also manifest as changemakers. We have curated a list of helpful resources, tools, and activities related to empathy. When you’re ready, dip your toes or dive right in!
Empathy Activities
- Empathy Interpersonal Reactivity Index [PDF]
- Virtual Circle of Concern (Grade 6 – 12) [PDF]
- Empathy in Your Classroom [PDF]
- Empathy Activators Teaching Tools for Enhancing Empathy [PDF]
- 40 Empathy Activities and Worksheets
- Into The World -The Kindness Mindset [PDF]
- Empathy Activities for Kids
- Emotion Charades
- 16 Kindness And Empathy Activities For Kids To Learn
- Empathy Journal Prompts
- Mindful Listening Circles
Empathy Readings
- How to Build Empathy and Strengthen Your School Community
- Empathy Curriculum
- Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching
- Measuring What Matters [PDF]
- Under-Told Stories Project
- How Empathy Affects Learning, And How To Cultivate It In Your Students
- Shocker: Empathy Dropped 40% in College Students Since 2000 | Psychology Today Canada
- Empathy makes us human, but research suggests it may be on the decline | CBC Radio
- Free speech and the cruel shackles of empathy and mutual respect [PDF]
- The decline of empathy and the rise of narcissism, with Sara Konrath, PhD [Podcast New Tab with Written Transcript]
Empathy Evaluation Tool
Download a fillable copy of the Empathy Evaluation Tool [Doc].
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