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Welcome to Greater Good in Education, a free resource hub for educators from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Learn how to build happier, kinder schools and classrooms where everyone belongs—browse our collection of over 400 free, research-based practices for educators and students.
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Featured Practices
Moving Forward with Hope
A simple exercise to help you identify a goal and visualize how you will achieve it
A Hopeful Plan
A goal-setting process for students that fosters hope in action
Is Fair, Fair?
Learn the difference between equality and equity
Truth or Tale?
A fun and quick game about honesty
Creating Space for Forgiveness by Letting Go of Anger
Students brainstorm ideas for coping with anger as a first step to forgiveness.
Best Possible Self
Students imagine their lives at 40. (Purpose Challenge Practice #5)
36 Questions to Help Kids Make Friends
A fun, fast way for students to develop close friendships
Brain Games for "Stop and Think Power": A Set of SEL Kernels Practices
Introduce students to “Stop and Think Power,” or the ability to control impulses and to “think before you act.”
Gratitude Interview
Students interview an older person about gratitude, deepening their own understanding of gratitude.
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