50 Quick Activities to Improve Social-Emotional Learning Book

Build a positive classroom culture with 50 quick activities to weave social-emotional learning into your curriculum. As outlined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the 50 activities in this book strengthen your students’ core competencies of:

• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Relationship skills
• Responsible decision-making

Hit the ground running with lessons that enhance student development—such as their mindset, beliefs, disposition, emotions, and behavior—in a minimal amount of time. Complement your curriculum rather than taking away from it, with SEL activities fused with the educational goals of your class.

All levels. Reproducible. 127 pages.

Book Download: PDF with interactive templates. Color pages.

Print Book: Spiral-bound, 8.5 x 11 inches. Black-and-white pages.

About the Author

Arren Swift has many years of experience teaching high school social studies, including five years in AP U.S. History. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a focus on social studies, and was an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, teaching secondary social studies methods courses. In 2019, he was appointed to a professorship at Sam Houston State University in the department of Teaching and Learning.