Physical education, ethics and psychology
I'm going to explode with anger!
Author: Edita PilvinienÄ—
School: Jonava Justinas Vareikis progymnasium
Lesson idea: To develop social and emotional competencies by deflating anger. The idea came while observing a physical education class.
Students performed various physical exercises outdoors: warming up, running around the stadium. Then the teacher gave each student a balloon and asked them to inflate it as much as they could, until they were no longer afraid of the explosion and the accompanying noise.
The balloon method can also be applied in ethics lessons when discussing emotions, especially anger. Learning to recognize and express one's anger assertively and non-aggressively is the healthiest way to deal with this emotion.
Physical education
In preparing the lesson plan, the technique of putting oneself in someone else's shoes was used.
Student reflection: "I got tired of blowing," "I even forgot that I was supposed to be angry," "when the balloon popped, it seemed like my anger popped too."