Understanding Empathy
A Grade 4 social studies worksheet to help students understand and practice empathy.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Think about how others might feel in different situations.
1. What does it mean to have empathy?
To only think about yourself
To understand and share the feelings of others
To always be happy
To be good at sports
2. Your friend is sad because they lost their favorite toy. How can you show empathy?
Tell them to stop crying
Offer to help them look for it and give them a hug
Ignore them and play by yourself
Laugh at them
3. When you show empathy, you try to understand how someone else is .
4. A person who is empathetic is often a good .
5. Showing empathy can help you make new and strengthen old ones.
6. Empathy means you have to agree with everything someone says.
True
False
7. You can show empathy by listening carefully to what others are saying.
True
False
8. Describe a time when someone showed you empathy. How did it make you feel?
9. Imagine a new student joins your class and seems shy. How could you show them empathy?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. Empathy means you try to another person's point of view.
11. When you show empathy, you are showing to others.
12. It's important to consider other people's when making decisions.