Mood Graph

FOUNDATIONS

Why:

We can raise awareness about our own moods, validating that we all have them, and giving us insight into how to change our patterns.

Warm-Up:

On a scale of 1 - 10, with 10 being ultra moody and 1 being never having your emotions change at all, how would you rate yourself?

Exploration:

Using the template in the link below or an equivalent example, invite students to draw out their mood on a graph, with a point for each hour, on a regular school day and on a weekend day. Then share and discuss. What is similar across several people? As an optional extension, invite each student to think of one part of their own mood graph they wish they could change, like a particularly low point that happens regularly. What tool could they use to improve the situation?

Additional Resources

See this lesson template from Argonaut. Students (and the facilitator) can drag the green dots down to form a chart of each day or week, and if they want can then use the line tool to connect them. For the optional extension, they can drag the magic wand (in the top right) to the part of their mood graph they would like to change or smooth out in some way, and consider ways (or invite ideas from others) to reduce the intensity of a predictable low point in their day or week.