Title: Understanding Our Emotions
1Understanding Our Emotions
2Objectives
- Students will identify emotions through verbal
and non-verbal clues - Recognize the ways in which emotions impact
conflict and our ability to manage conflict. - Recognize their thoughts about triggers and how
these thoughts influence their feelings. - Identify reasons for developing alternative
strategies for managing their anger
3How does your behavior affect the way you look at
a conflict?
- What are emotions?
- What are some positive emotions?
- What are some negative emotions?
- What do they do for us?
- How can they help us?
- Are there some situations where negative emotions
can be helpful to us?
4How many of you think you have trouble
controlling your anger? Are you comfortable
expressing anger? How do you respond when
someone gets angry with you?
5Earlier we discussed two ways to respond to
conflict - Withdrawal - AttackThey are also
ways of expressing anger. They can have physical
symptomsthought it can be dangerous to repress
anger that is not a justification for attacking
someone in anger.
6- To learn to deal with anger you need to recognize
your own personal anger chain. - There are 5 parts
- Knowing what pushes your buttons (what really
makes you angry) - Evaluating the event (your thoughts about what
has happened) - Recognizing your feelings
- Recognizing what you do when your buttons get
pushed - Recognizing the consequences of your behavior.
7Turn to Yellow WorksheetYour Personal Anger
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- Add notes under the proper category
8Take notes.
- The anger chain can be thought of as TTFBC
Triggers Events that set off my own anger chain.
Something unpleasant happens internally or
externally and our buttons get pushed Thoughts
My own thinking about the event, which tells me
how I should feel about it. Jerk! Unfair! Theyll
pay! Ill get you! Feelings How I feel about an
event, flowing from my attitudes and beliefs. Why
is this event so terrible? hurt, scared,
angry,etc.
9Take notes.
- The anger chain can be thought of as TTFBC
Behaviors What do I typically do when this kind
of event occurs? Run, withdraw, fight, cry,
etc Consequences What are the consequences,
positive negative, of my action? Youre
grounded, suspended, punished, rejected,
embarrassed, etc.
Create a mnemonic for TTFBC and place at the top
of this worksheet
10Use the blue reader 84 Uncontrolled Anger Chain
for an explanation.Complete your worksheet
Your Personal Anger Chain.Fill in the anger
chain with at least 2 events in your life.
11Pair and Share your personal anger triggers and
your anger chain
- What are the most frequent triggers for the
class? - Poll withdrawal or attack more often?
- What are the alternative methods of dealing with
anger triggers?
12Anger seems to be the emotion that most gets us
into trouble. Even if we know strategies, anger
seems to prevent us from using them.
13 Directions In the first block illustrate what
anger looks like and the consequences which may
arise from anger. Take time to do this with
consideration use color use thought bubbles. DO
NOT USE THE SECOND BLOCK as that is for use later
in the curriculum.
Illustrate what anger looks like and the
consequences which may arise
Block 1 Anger and its consequences
Block 2 Technique to control anger
Finish this one later Dont do for now
14Keeping Self-Control
- Worksheet
- Illustrate anger and its consequences in block 1
- Do not use block 2 (that is for use later this
week) - TURN IT IN
15Video Clip
16Strategies for Controlling Anger
- Counting and breathing - try it
- Guided imagery -Beach? Mountains? Sunset?
- Positive self talk - what is this?
17Homework
- Complete worksheet where you identify 2 personal
anger issues and the TTFBC process
18Strategies for Controlling Anger
- Counting and breathing - try it
- Guided imagery - listen to my example - draw your
own - Positive self talk - what is this?
19Changing Our Waysrewrite in your own noteson
provided graphic organizer - add visuals
20Components of Self-Control
List these on your notes
- Determine what is causing you to lose control
- Identify what you are feeling-anger? anxiety?
fear? - Determine why you are feeling that way what
happened? - Talk about the situation to someone sympathetic
- If you think you need help, ask for it
- Think about the positive ways in which you want
the situation resolved - Try to keep your cool
- Accept what cannot be changed, and live with it
21 Directions. Add the second block - make sure to
include some of the anger controlling strategies
we have discussed
Already completed an Illustration of what anger
looks like and the consequences which may arise
Block 1 Anger and its consequences
Block 2 Technique to control anger
Finish this one now
22LADDER OF PREJUDICE
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23Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has.
-Margaret Mead
24AVOIDANCE
SPEECH
ATTACK
What do these terms mean? Where should they go
on the ladder?
DISCRIMINATION
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- Take a post-it note and write on it something
that has happened in the school or community that
could be posted on the ladder.
26- Prejudice still exists
- Discrimination still exists