Classroom Resources

In this activity students reflect on their own purpose as they consider the intersection between their strengths, interests, and needs in the world.

This activity will guide students in participating in the International Day of Happiness. Students learn about the day and discuss its main objectives.

Focus-in on the meaning of gratitude and its connection to happiness from both a scientific and a personal perspective as students create gratitude journals.

Create group simulations in which students can practice the art of disagreeing respectfully, a handy tool for overcoming destructive habits and achieving sustainable happiness.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed. Build students’ emotional resilience through science-based tools that cultivate happiness and help combat issues facing adolescents.

Explore the meaning of gratitude and its connection to happiness from both a scientific and a personal perspective as students create gratitude journals.

In a group setting, demonstrate how the Six Sustainable Happiness Skills are exhibited in everyday situations that students are likely to experience.

Some evolutionary theories suggest that kindness and generosity contribute to vulnerability. Find out if these prosocial behaviors could actually help our species thrive.

Discover how actions like mindfulness help us regulate our emotions, as students create a personal plan for building their 'mindfulness muscles.'

Inspire students to examine the effects of digital media on their emotions and use technology in ways that will increase their happiness.

Students consider the challenges of showing compassion to others, before investigating the brain science that proves how sustained mindfulness supports compassionate behavior.

To help students create compassionate goals for being generous at home, at school, and in their community, they will explore how the effects of generosity play out over time.