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Empathize
Students will launch an Emotion Safari, investigate how people show and respond to feelings, and create a visual empathy map that will guide the design of their personal emotions toolkit and class calm-down wall.
Days 1 - 2
🦁 Emotion Safari Clue Hunt
Launch 45m
🗺️ Feelings Helper Empathy Map
Deliverable 45m

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Define
Students will organize emotion clues and coping needs gathered during the Emotion Safari, then use that evidence to define a clear design challenge for their personal emotions toolkits and class calm-down wall.
Days 3 - 4
🕵️ Emotion Clues and Needs
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎯 Calm-Down Design Challenge
Deliverable 45m

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Ideate
Students will generate varied ideas for emotion displays, coping-tool cards, and healthy-response role-plays; consult school mental-health experts; and use peer feedback to select a clear, helpful direction for the drafting phase.
Days 5 - 7
🎨 Six Emotion Toolkit Ideas
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧠 Calm-Tool Expert Idea Lab
Community Experience 45m
🧰 Toolkit Idea Board Choice
Deliverable 45m

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Draft
Students will use visual-design practice, guided drama, and advice from the school counselor and psychologist to create initial prototypes of their personal emotions toolkit, class calm-down wall cards, and healthy-response role-play.
Days 8 - 11
🧩 Toolkit Clue Layouts
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🎭 Emotion Gesture Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧠 Calm-Down Tool Clinic
Community Experience 45m
🧰 Emotions Toolkit Draft
Deliverable 45m

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Test
Students will learn a simple testing routine, test their emotions toolkit prototypes with two peers, revise one feature using evidence, and retest with the school counselor and school psychologist before the critique phase.
Days 12 - 14
🔎 Emotion Clue Testing Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧪 Peer-Test Toolkit Prototypes
Deliverable 50m
🧠 Expert Calm-Tool Retest
Community Experience 45m

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Critique
Students will practice kind, evidence-based critique, use peer feedback to improve their emotions toolkit displays, and refine healthy-response role-plays with feedback from the school counselor and school psychologist.
Days 15 - 17
🕵️ Emotion Clue Critique Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🛠️ Toolkit Two-Peer Revision
Deliverable 45m
🎭 Counselor Role-Play Feedback
Community Experience 45m

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Notice & Reflect
Students will document their growth, revise emotion-support tools using peer feedback, and share their learning through toolkit presentations and healthy-response role-plays at the Kind Hearts and Feelings Showcase.
Days 18 - 20
🔎 Growth Clues and Calm-Down Choices
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🧰 Toolkit and Wall Final Revision
Deliverable 45m
💛 Kind Hearts and Feelings Showcase
Assessment 45m

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