Our emotions toolkit: different feelings
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe a range of emotions that humans can feel.
Key learning points
- There are many different emotions.
- Emotions give us information about ourselves and the world around us.
- We can feel emotions in different strengths.
- Our emotions can change quickly, and many times, over a day.
Keywords
Emotions - feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger
Information - facts about something or someone
Strong - when something or someone has power or force
Experience - things that happen to us and how they make us feel
Common misconception
Emotions always feel the same way.
The way different people experience emotions can vary, but you can also feel the same emotions differently, depending on what makes you feel that way and other facts about your day.
Teacher tip
Remind pupils that there are no 'good' or 'bad' emotions; all emotions can be managed and are often useful to us in some way.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words with their definition.
a feeling of joy or gladness
a feeling of being unhappy or without joy
a feeling of rage or frustration
feeling scared or nervous about something that might happen
Q2.Someone has been unkind to Sam in the playground. How might she be feeling?
Q3.Which statements are true?
Q4.Jun is feeling worried. What could he do to help him manage his feelings?
Q5.What does it mean to be mindful?
Q6.It can be helpful to which emotion we are feeling because this can help us to manage it.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words with their definition.
feelings we have inside, like happiness, sadness or anger
when something or someone has power or force
things that happen to us and how they make us feel
Q2.Emotions give us about ourselves and the world around us.
Q3.Which of these statements are true?
Q4.Andeep has a funny feeling in his tummy and his heart is beating fast. Laura wants to cry and feels like she wants to shout. How could they both be feeling?
Q5.When might we feel worried, disappointed, upset or grumpy?
Q6.When might we feel enthusiastic, joyful, proud or grateful?
To help you plan your 2 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Our emotions toolkit: different feelings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 2 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: Our emotions toolkit: different feelings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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