SEL Activities (9-12)

Browse our (growing!) library of bite-sized SEL activities, lesson plans, and videos for students in grades 9-12.

Explicit SEL Skill-Building Activities:

Compass Points
Crumpled Reminder
Dialogue Journals
Dot Card Number Talk
Four Corners

Integrate SEL into Academic Content:

Classroom Venn Diagrams (PDF + Google Slide)
Planning to Persevere

SEL Activity Lists + Other Resources:

10 Examples of SEL in High School
10 SEL Activities for High School Students
8 SEL Activities for High Schoolers
5 SEL Activities for High School Students
SEL Lessons for Online or Asynchronous Learning (High School)

SEL Practices Libraries

In addition to the activities listed above, BSD has access to two online resource libraries that include a wide variety of SEL practices/strategies for high school students:

Greater Good in Education
Panorama's Playbook
SEL VT (Overview + Sign Up)

On Panorama's Playbook, we recommend looking at activities from these curriculum providers, who specialize in SEL for high school students:

CharacterStrong
Ripple Effects
Newsela