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Wordwall Empathy Game
Play an interactive Wordwall game to reinforce empathy vocabulary and concepts in an engaging way.
Key takeaways
- Wordwall is a digital platform for creating interactive games and activities.
- Sign up for free at wordwall.net with an email address or log in with Google; your games are saved on your dashboard.
- The empathy game opens as an interactive quiz where students spin a wheel, answer multiple-choice questions or match scenarios with the right empathetic response.
- The activity type can be switched with one click, for example from a quiz to a matching game or a random wheel.
- Project the game for the whole class, or let students play on their own devices and discuss their answers afterwards.
What is Wordwall and how does it support empathy?
Wordwall is a digital platform where teachers create interactive games and activities. An empathy game helps students explore feelings, perspectives and social awareness. It turns a serious topic into an engaging activity that can be played individually or in groups.
How do teachers get started with Wordwall?
Go to wordwall.net and sign up for free with an email address, or log in with Google. Your dashboard holds all your saved games. The empathy game opens directly as an interactive quiz: students can spin a wheel, answer multiple-choice questions or match scenarios with the correct empathetic response. You can also switch the activity type with one click — for example from a quiz to a matching game or a random wheel.
What empathy activity can you run with Wordwall?
Project the activity onto the board and have students answer as a group, or let them play individually on their own devices and discuss their answers afterwards. A question might ask: your friend looks sad at recess — what should you do? Students choose the most empathetic response, which leads into a class discussion.
Video transcript
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Wordwall Empathy Game. Hello teachers, in this short tutorial I'll show you how to use Wordwall to practice empathy in your classroom. Wordwall is a digital platform where you can create interactive games and activities. This empathy game helps students explore feelings, perspectives and social awareness. It turns serious topics like empathy into fun, engaging activities that can be played individually or in groups. First, go to wordwall.net. You can sign up for free using an email address or log in with Google.
Once inside, you will find your dashboard where all your games are saved. Click on the Empathy Game link I created. You will see it opens directly into an interactive quiz. Students can spin a wheel, answer multiple choice questions or match scenarios with the correct empathetic response. You can also switch the activity type, for example, from a quiz into a matching game or a random wheel, all with one click. In the classroom, you can project the activity onto the board and have students answer as a group.
Or, if they have devices, they can play individually and discuss their answers afterward. For example, a question might ask, your friend looks sad at recess. What should you do? Students then choose the most empathetic response leading to a class discussion. And that's it. Wordwall makes it simple to bring empathy practice into your lessons in a playful interactive way. Try it with your students and see how the conversations grow.