Feelings & Moods Airplane Analogy Google Slides SEL Lesson-Includes Engaging Video and Craft!

In this lesson, students will learn about their feelings and moods using an airplane analogy. There is an engaging opening video that I self-made and published explaining the analogy of the student as a pilot controlling their feelings and moods with the metaphor of an airplane. The airplane represents feeling down or sad when it flies down into the clouds and represents feeling excited or happy/calm when it flies high into the sky near the sunshine. The students will really understand this metaphor as most students are familiar with flying and planes. The video is almost 3 minutes, has fun music in the background and my voice is recorded over the music, explaining how our feelings and moods are connected to our thoughts. I discuss ways to think about tough situations differently or accept things that we cannot control There is also a paper airplane craft (at the end of the slide presentation) with instructions for how to fold it. Students have a prompt on the airplane to write down how they can change their feelings/moods. They can also color their airplane and customize it!

The lesson flows from each slide and there are 9 slides for the lesson. The 10th and 11th slide is the airplane template as well as the folding instructions. This is a great way to teach students about the power of their thoughts and how they can change their feelings and moods if they change their thoughts. There is also discussion about things we can control and things we cannot control. Focusing on the things we can control will lessen a student's anxiety, fears, and sadness.

Simply download the PDF and click on the image on the Doc. You will then be prompted to "make a copy" of my Google Slide Presentation.

A 9 Slide Presentation (plus 2 slides for the craft). There is an engaging video plus a paper airplane craft.