Drama Teacher Academy Theatrefolk - The Drama Teacher Resource Company
Sign in Sign up Search
Click to Join the DTA for Instant Access

The Empathy Project

00 - Overview

An overview of The Empathy Project resource.
Attachments
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

01 - Step One: Link with Yourself

The first step on the empathetic journey is with yourself. How can you connect with others if you don’t know who you are? Students will explore activities that allow them to think and reflect inward.
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

02 - Step Two: Link with Others

The second step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with others. Students take on activities where they have to work together and connect with others.
Attachments
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

03 - Step Three: Link with Characters

The third step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with your character. Students will work to link with characters who are quite different from them.
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

04 - Step Four: Link with the Audience and the Outside World

After forming a link with yourself, each other, and your character, the last two links in the empathetic journey are the audience and the outside world.
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

05 - Step Five: The Culminating Presentation

Students decide, design, and implement a culminating presentation that uses theatricality to share the concepts of empathy.
# The Empathy Project # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

Empathy: It Begins With You

Steven Stack's Keynote speech "Empathy: It Begins With You", from the DTA Virtual Conference, recorded July 2019.
Attachments
# The Empathy Project # DTA Virtual Conference 2019 # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access

How to Execute the Empathy Project (PLC)

Join teachers who have used, adapted, and successfully led the Empathy Project with their students, and add this powerful tool to your classroom management toolkit.
# The Empathy Project # live PLC # social emotional learning
Join now for instant access
© Copyright 2015-2025 Theatrefolk
Contact Privacy Policy Cookie Policy
Consent Preferences
Terms Help