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Subject: General Affectivity |
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1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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| Distinction between bodily and psychic feelings. Understanding of
causal nature of such feelings. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. The students will understand the difference between bodily feelings
and psychic states.
2. The students will understand the causal nature of bodily feelings
and general psychic states.
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4. Objectives-
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1. Each student will identify three bodily feelings.
2. Each student will identify three psychic states.
3. When presented with a list of bodily feelings and psychic states,
each student will be able to categorize the list.
4. Each student will be able to list the bodily function causing a
bodily feeling.
5. Each student will be able to list factors affecting psychic state. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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1. White-board/Chalkboard/Presentation Pad
1. "Jumbled up Feelings" handout.
2. "I feel x because y" handout. |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
| Begin by asking the students how they feel. After they each have
a chance to say how they feel, ask them why they feel that way. Give
about five minutes for this introduction before explaining that there
are different types of feelings, and that different things cause those
feelings. |
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B. Development-
| 1. Ask the students to name some things they can feel and write
them all down on a whiteboard. |
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C. Practice-
1. Pick out some that are related to the body and ask the students
to draw pictures explaining what they mean when they say "I feel hungry"
or "I feel tired," etc... Allow the students to share their pictures
and explanations with each other.
2. Point out the general psychic feelings on the board ("I feel good,"
"I feel bad," "I feel silly") and ask the students to write some things
that help them feel that way. "What makes you feel good?" "What puts
you in a silly mood?" Put them in groups of two or three and have
them write short skits or stories to show what happens to get in the
mood of their choice. Have the students perform their skits or share
their stories. |
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Pass out the "Jumbled Feelings" handout so that students can
categorize feelings as either bodily or psychic.
2. Pass out the "I feel x because y" handout so students can recognize
causal factors in these feelings. |
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E. Closure-
| To close, explicitly discuss the difference between bodily feelings
and general psychic states. Review the exercises the students have
worked on, calling on two or three examples of the difference. Mention
explicitly that these kinds of feelings are caused by things outside
of the individual, and that there is nothing wrong with feeling happy,
or silly, or hungry. Remind the students that sometimes, our bodies
can speak to us through what we feel so that we know something is
wrong, and that in the same way, our general mood can tell us that
we need to change something in our environments. |
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