Healthy Relationships

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.

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