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Understanding Empathy

This worksheet helps 5th-grade students understand empathy, its importance, and how to practice it in their daily lives through various engaging questions.

Grade 5 Social studies Social SkillsEmpathy
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D2.Soc.1.3-5. Explain how a society’s values and principles are reflected in its laws and policies.

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Understanding Empathy

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand empathy and how it helps us in our daily lives.

1. What is the best definition of empathy?

a

Being polite to others.

b

Understanding and sharing the feelings of another.

c

Ignoring someone's problems.

d

Always agreeing with others.

2. Why is empathy important in friendships?

a

It helps you win arguments.

b

It allows you to understand and support your friends.

c

It makes your friends do what you want.

d

It helps you get more presents.

3. When you show empathy, you try to put yourself in someone else's  .

4. A person who is empathetic is often a good  .

5. Showing empathy can help resolve   between people.

6. Empathy means feeling sorry for someone.

T

True

F

False

7. It is only possible to show empathy to people you know very well.

T

True

F

False

8. Describe a time when someone showed you empathy. How did it make you feel?

9. Imagine your friend is sad because they lost their favorite toy. What are two empathetic things you could say or do?

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

feelings
understand
kindness
listen

10. To show empathy, you must truly   what another person is going through.

11. Empathy often involves showing   and compassion.

12. A key part of empathy is to actively   to others.