Lesson 16: Managing Hurt Feelings

Why This Lesson Matters

In this lesson, students learn to use emotion-management techniques to stop strong emotions from pushing them into jumping to conclusions about others. Students can create or escalate conflicts when they jump to conclusions about what is behind other students’ actions. Students can use the Calming-Down Steps to make it less likely they will act impulsively on their emotions. Then they can take the next step and ask questions assertively, which helps them better understand others’ perspectives and intentions.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Identify situations that require using strategies to calm down

• Demonstrate using strategies to calm down

• Generate alternative explanations in response to scenarios

Lesson Concepts

• Calming down when your feelings have been hurt can help you avoid jumping to conclusions.

• Thinking of other explanations and getting more information can help you avoid jumping to conclusions.