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The Empathy Handbook

Your Guide to Science-Backed Empathy Lessons Related to Civics and Democracy

This booklet aims to foster empathy through civic engagement and replicable learning experiences. Key values include compassion, inclusivity, truth-seeking, collaboration, open-mindedness, and teamwork. The project aspires to nurture compassion through empathy education, leading to community participation, friendships and student flourishing.

Tool

   60 minutes

   By: Humanities Lab (Fall 2025)

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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