Essential Qualities

Worksheet Description

The “Empathy” worksheet is designed to foster self-reflection and awareness regarding the role of empathy in interpersonal relationships. It starts by prompting students to list qualities that can aid in showing empathy, such as active listening, patience, or the ability to be nonjudgmental.

This section serves to help students identify and cultivate these traits within themselves. Further down, the worksheet provides a space for personal narrative, asking students to recount a specific instance when someone showed them empathy, allowing them to recognize and appreciate empathy in action from their own experiences.

Additionally, the worksheet invites students to explore the emotional impact of receiving empathy by completing the sentence “When someone shows me empathy, I feel…” This encourages them to articulate their feelings and the positive effects of empathetic interactions. The final section asks students to brainstorm ways they can demonstrate empathy towards others, reinforcing the idea that empathy involves active efforts to understand and support those around us.

The combination of introspective questions and an illustration of two individuals in a supportive interaction makes this worksheet an excellent tool for teachers to encourage empathetic thinking and behavior in their students.