Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION X – NORTHERN MINDANAO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LANAO DEL NORTE

I. General Overview

Catch-up Values Education Grade 7

Subject: Level:

Community Awareness Sub- Empathy

Quarterly
theme:
Theme: (refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s.2024, Quarter (refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s.2024,
3) Quarter 3)

Time: 11:10-12:00 Nn Date: March 1, 2024

II. Session Outline

“EMPATHY FOR ENVIRONMENT: FOR THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE

Session Title:
AND BY THE PEOPLE”

At the end of the session, learners will be able to:

a. Understand empathy of every “Juan” for the environment.

Session b. Grasp the Significance of empathy towards environmental conservation
Objectives: and restoration.

c. Actively engaged in school and community-based activities cognizant to

environmental conservation and restoration.

 Empathy is the ability to comprehend and share the feelings of

others, forming a crucial aspect of human connection.
 Foatering positive relationships and social interactions requires
the ability to recognize and respond to a range of emotions and
situations with empathy.
Key Concepts:  Empathy helps people understand and connect with one another,
regardless of their diversities, which is important in the
development of solid, enduring relationships.
 Active participation in school and community-based activities is
essential for learners to internalize and apply empathy as a critical
social skill in their daily lives.

III. Teaching Strategies

Components Duration Activities and Procedures

Introduction 10 mins. Activity: Drawing the Empathy Map: Getting Engaged and
and Warm-Up Taking Action
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Department of Education
REGION X – NORTHERN MINDANAO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LANAO DEL NORTE

Materials: Green board, chalk, empathy map, pictures of

different situations of the earth and the environment.

 Introduce the topic. Display some pictures illustrating the

different situations of the Earth and the environment.
 Ask, “What’s happening in our Earth and environment
from past to present?”
 Share experiences related to empathy in the context of
the pictures presented.
 Summarize key points. Note on the board. Stress the
importance of empathy towards environmental
conservation and restoration.
 This activity relates empathy as the ability to comprehend
and share the feelings of others, forming a crucial aspect
of human connection in the context of environmental
conservation and restoration.

Activity: Task Cards On the Go!

Materials: Cards with emotions and situations relative to

environmental conservation and restoration.

 Arrange the class accordingly considering equal

opportunity to all types of learners regardless of their
diversities and differences.
 Explain the rules. Focus on expressing empathy-related
Concept themes, cognizant to environmental conservation and
15 mins.
Exploration restoration.
 Based from the different task cards that will be presented,
learners act out emotions/situations; class guesses.
 Reflect on portrayed emotions. Discuss challenges and
insights gained.
 This activity fosters positive relationships and social
interactions which requires the ability to recognize and
respond to a range of emotions and situations with
empathy.

Valuing 20 mins. Activity: #Hugot of the Day

Materials: Film Clip, television

 Present a video clip showing school and community-

based activities of learners towards environmental
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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LANAO DEL NORTE

conservation and restoration.

 Prompt learners and discuss the impact of initiating
programs, projects and activities relative to environmental
conservation and restoration.
 Explore the role of empathy in understanding other
learners and their significant contribution towards
environmental conservation and restoration.
 Ask this reflective question: “How do you perceive those
learners who are actively engaged in initiating programs,
projects and activity in their school and community
settings towards environmental conservation and
restoration?”
 This activity helps students to understand empathy and
connect with one another, regardless of their diversities,
which is important in the development of solid, enduring
relationships.

Activity: “Traversing Empathy for Every Juan”

Materials: Bond paper and ball pen, colouring tools, cell phones
for digital entries.

 Present the passage “Underneath We’re All the Same”

Amy Maddox, 16 years old, Teaching Tolerance, 1995
Journal  “He prayed –it wasn’t my language. He dressed--it wasn’t
15 mins. what I wore. He took my hand—it wasn’t the colour of
Writing
mine. But when he laughed—it was how I laughed, and
when he cried—it was how I cried.”
 Explain the task: Creatively express thoughts on empathy
based from the presented passage.
 Allow time to write, draw or record thoughts.

Prepared: Checked and Reviewed:

JOAN S. PARADERO CHARLYN A. AYING

Teacher I School Principal I