FCS 6th Grade

Interpersonal Relationship Skills

● Analyze the characteristics of healthy vs unhealthy relationships ● Demonstrate skills for communicating with empathy and respect ● Identify strategies for managing interpersonal conficts constructively

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

Skill Building

Communication Skills:

● Role-playing scenarios to practice verbal/non-verbal strategies ● Analyzing video examples of effective/ineffective communication ● Active listening activities like paraphrasing exercises ● Identifying communication barriers in sample situations and how to address them

Social Skills:

● Case studies examining social norms/expectations in different contexts ● Developing a personal code of cyber ethics and online citizenship ● Roleplaying scenarios dealing with peer pressure, stress, conficts ● Analyzing impacts of online behaviors through contemporary examples

Decision Making:

● Walking through the decision-making process for realistic scenarios ● Evaluating the trustworthiness and bias of different information sources ● Personal refections/writing on core values and their origins ● Analyzing how values infuence the choices of historical fgures

Interpersonal Relationships:

● Comparing/contrasting characteristics of healthy vs unhealthy relationships ● Practicing empathetic listening and "I" statements through partners

● Analyzing conficts through multiple perspectives ● Role-playing constructive confict resolution strategies

● Interview a professional who relies heavily on communication skills (e.g. teacher, counselor, customer service rep) ● Design a social media campaign to promote positive online behaviors ● Complete a personality/strength assessment and develop an interpersonal growth plan ● Read biographies about people who overcame interpersonal challenges

Extension

RESOURCES

● Personal Inventory Lesson ● Values Storybook (create a children’s story based on a value to be learned)

● Communication Lesson ● Communication Games ● Social Etiquette with Media Lesson