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    Healthy Relationships

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    Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)

    Lesson Length: 45 mins

    Topic: Relationship Skills

    Grade Level: 5, 6, 7

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Set your students up for life in and out of school by teaching them about healthy vs. unhealthy relationships.

    Know Before You Start: This lesson works well as part of an overall unit on social emotional skills and relationship building.

    Hook: Read and discuss the sample comic.

    • What makes this interaction healthy?
    • What would be an unhealthy response to Mrs. Bigg’s friend’s request? 
    • Discuss the things that make a friendship or school relationship healthy, and what makes them unhealthy. Focus on respect and compromise.

    Activity:

    • Have students create a three-panel comic demonstrating their understanding of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships.

    • The comic should include an interaction between two people and a conflict.

    • The comic may show a healthy or unhealthy interaction. If the interaction is unhealthy, a caption must explain why the interaction is unhealthy.

    • Remind students to consider the following as they create their comic:

      • How do we demonstrate respect?

      • How do we compromise to make decisions? 

      • How do we respect each others' boundaries?

    Closure:

    • Share the comics and read aloud to the class, reinforcing what was healthy or unhealthy about the interactions shown. 

    • Display the comics on a bulletin board or online.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Provide a printed copy of the sample comic.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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