Lesson 9: Same or Different?

Why This Lesson Matters

In early childhood, students begin to recognize that people can feel and think different things about the same situation. This skill is an important part of social perspective-taking. Without this understanding, students would not consider the existence of any perspective other than their own.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Compare physical and emotional similarities and differences between two students depicted in a story

• Identify same and different feelings in response to scenarios

Lesson Concepts

• People can have different feelings about the same situation.

• It is okay for people to have different feelings about the same thing.