Appendix B: Skill Reference Guide to Lessons

Table B.1 is designed to help educators choose individual lessons based on the particular things they want students to work on. CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) has identified five key areas of social-emotional health, although they are all interconnected and build on each other.

Table B.1

Lesson	Self-Awareness	Self-Management	Social Awareness	Relationship Skills	Responsible Decision-Making
Mindfulness: Energy Follows Intention	√	√			√
Mindfulness: Anger Comes from Fear	√	√	√	√	√
Mindfulness: Owning Our Stories	√	√
Mindfulness: Mindfulness and Conflict	√	√	√	√	√
Mindfulness: The Trap of Superlatives	√	√	√	√
Mindfulness: Living Your Values	√	√	√	√	√
Compassion: Seeing Others in Pain	√		√	√	√
Compassion: Differing Perspectives			√	√
Compassion: Name-Calling v. Owning Your Emotions	√	√	√	√	√
Compassion: Myths and Misperceptions about Bullying	√		√	√	√
Compassion: What Don’t You Know?	√		√	√	√
Compassion: Self-Compassion	√	√		√	√
Compassion: Alternative Forms of Wealth	√		√	√
Positive Mindset: Altruism	√	√		√
Positive Mindset: Deserving Joy	√	√			√
Positive Mindset: Finding Joy	√	√
Positive Mindset: Connection		√	√	√
Positive Mindset: The Three Crowns	√	√		√	√
Positive Mindset: Finding Meaning	√	√	√	√
Self-Worth: Comparison as a Form of Self-Judgment	√	√	√
Self-Worth: Shame	√	√		√	√
Self-Worth: Fitting In	√		√	√	√
Self-Worth: Platonic Ideals	√		√	√
Self-Worth: Pressure to Perform	√	√	√	√	√
Stress, Anxiety, and Fear: Going It Alone	√	√			√
Stress, Anxiety, and Fear: Fear, Wisdom, and Equanimity	√	√			√
Stress, Anxiety, and Fear: How We Freak Ourselves Out	√	√	√	√
Stress, Anxiety, and Fear: The Power of Story	√	√			√
Stress, Anxiety, and Fear: Rewiring the Brain to Chill	√	√			√