EMPATHY

Your teacher will assign specific lessons to you. Please follow instructions for each lesson and let your teacher know when you are finished.
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Lesson 1 - Understanding Empathy 

1.) Here is the definition of empathy as found on wikipedia.org: Empathy has many different definitions... from caring for other people and having a desire to help them, to experiencing emotions that match another person's emotions, to knowing what the other person is thinking or feeling...it involves understanding the emotional states of other people.
2.) Watch the video below about young, blind musician, Ray Charles. In the video he falls and asks for help, but his mother lets him figure it out himself.
3.) Click the link to the feedback form below the video to answer questions about the video.



Click the link for the feedback form to answer questions and complete the lesson. Click HERE:  Video Feedback Form: Understanding Empathy

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Lesson 2 - Unlikely Friends

Watch the video below, then click the link below the video to submit your feedback  from the video.



After you watch the video, click the link and answer the questions on the form to complete the lesson. Click here: Video Feedback Form

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Lesson 3 - Quotes about Empathy

1.) Click the link below to go to another website to see a listing of quotes about Empathy (it will open in a new window).
2.) Choose a favorite or most meaningful quote. Be prepared to explain why it is your favorite (or why it is most meaningful to you) on the Quote Feedback Form (link is below)

*****Keep both tabs open (quotes and form), because you will go back and forth between them.

For the website containing empathy quotes, click HERE: EMPATHY QUOTES
For the Quote Feedback Form, click HERE: Empathy Quotes Feedback Form

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Lesson 4 - Showing Empathy

Watch the video below, then click the link below the video to submit your feedback  from the video.


After you watch the video, click the link and answer the questions on the form to complete the lesson. 
Click here: Showing Empathy Video Feedback Form

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Lesson 5 - Lou Gehrig

Click the picture below to read the story about Lou Gehrig then answer questions after the story.