Self-Esteem Lesson Plan: Social-Emotional Learning

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Self-Esteem, and supports students as they develop and maintain positive self-esteem. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of creative projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Prompt students:

  • Describe moments when you felt good about yourself. What were you doing? 

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS 

Assign Self-Esteem Challenge and Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about self-esteem while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.

  • Make-a-Movie: Produce a video tutorial on how to keep your self-esteem at a good level. 
  • Make-a-Map: Make a concept map that identifies the positive impacts of having high self-esteem. 
  • Creative Coding: Code a conversation with yourself in which you pump yourself up.

More to Explore

SEL Curriculum: Continue supporting students’ social-emotional learning with resources and topics aligned to the CASEL competencies.    

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Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Related:

    Filed as:  3-5, 6-8, 9-12, BrainPOP, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3