Introduction

• Teacher's Introduction Video
• Teacher's Guide for teaching the H.O.P.E. Series

Part 1

• Perspective Video: We face the greatest moral puzzle in human history: the loss of young people due to self-harm and suicide has been skyrocketing over the last few decades. A critical goal of our program is to challenge individuals to think differently and empathize with perspectives other than their own in order to help them grow individually and socially.
• Teacher's Guide to Perspective
• Student Worksheet for Perspective

Part 2

• Hopelessness Video: If we are truly going to help individuals that feel hopeless, we must develop a unified perspective on what can cause hopelessness. Identifying hopelessness isn't always easy, but it is critical to become aware of those who struggle around us.
• Teacher's Guide to Hopelessness
• Student Worksheet for Hopelessness

Part 3

• Significance & Acceptance Video: After food, shelter, and water, what two psychological needs do humans crave? Is it the absence of these two core threads that lead individuals to feel hopeless?
• Teacher's Guide to Significance & Acceptance
• Student Worksheet for Significance & Acceptance

Part 4

• H.O.P.E. Video: In a world of increasing hopelessness, our solution must begin with this thing called, H.O.P.E. We must now understand and recognize that we all have this thing called H.O.P.E. inside us that we can give to those who are hopeless.
• Teacher's Guide to H.O.P.E.
• Student Worksheet for H.O.P.E.

Part 5

• Sweethearts Video: Giving this gift of H.O.P.E. is a choice. We must pay attention to others in all environments and choose to give them the H.O.P.E. we have inside us. Those who do we call Sweethearts.
• Teacher's Guide to Sweethearts
• Student Worksheet for Sweethearts

Part 6

• Jumping into Action Video: The only way to make real change is to act! Nothing in this world gets better if those who have the power to make a difference do nothing, and that power resides within you.
• Teacher's Guide to Jumping into Action
• Student Worksheet for Jumping into Action

Part 7

• Heroes Video: Heroes are willing to help others, especially those most people are not willing to help. They live by a moral and ethical code (set of values), and at their core, they remind them to do the right thing.
• Teacher's Guide to Heroes
• Student Worksheet for Heroes

Part 8

• Heroes in Action Video: All too often students are told to help others in need, but rarely are they shown how and almost never practice. Helping those in need is a skill like any other we teach and practice in school and education.
• Teacher's Guide to Heroes in Action
• Student Worksheet for Heroes in Action

Bonus

• Bullying Video: Bullying has been around for thousands of years in one form or another. While we don't believe bullying is a direct or sole cause of destructive decisions, it can be an effective means of making someone feel hopeless.
• Teacher's Guide to Bullying
• Student Worksheet for Bullying

Teachers Guide for Teaching the Intro to H.O.P.E. Series

Part 1

• Perspective Video: Perspective is the way you see something, and everyone has a unique viewpoint. Even though we all have different perspectives, it is important that we share common perspectives if we are going to solve important problems.
• Student Worksheet for Perspective

Part 2

• Sweethearts Video: Sweethearts are those individuals in our lives who push us over and over to help make us better. They are also the individuals who are there to give us HOPE when we are feeling hopeless.
• Student Worksheet for Sweethearts

Part 3

• H.O.P.E. Video: There are those in our schools and communities who feel like they are burning on the inside socially, psychologically, and emotionally. When we face these struggles, H.O.P.E. is the light that guides us through.
• Student Worksheet for H.O.P.E.

Part 4

• Heroes Video: Heroes are individuals who do things other people aren’t willing to do. They ‘Jump into Action’ when they see someone being mistreated or bullied.
• Student Worksheet for Heroes

Videos

• What is Circle? Video: Circle is one of the oldest human connection practices in history, stretching back over 400,000 years! Learn what makes our Sweethearts & Heroes Circles unique to building a culture of empathy and compassion.
• Values of Circle: These are the virtues you need to emulate in Circle as you lead by example as Master Weaver.
• Intergroup Empathy Bias: To empathize is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner reality of another person while recognizing that their emotional experience is separate from our own. Learn how empathy is built through the intergroup empathy bias.
• Empathy Killers & Activators: In addition to understanding how empathy grows, we must look at what can cause empathy to be killed and how we can reverse this and activate empathy.
• SEL: Our goal is to grow deteriorating Human Skills within the 5 Core Competencies identified in social and emotional learning. These skills have been critical throughout all human history.
• The Web Part I & II: Learn how to construct a Sweethearts & Heroes Circle that will create a culture of belonging and will help form new intergroups within your community, allowing individuals to connect and grow individually and collectively.

Documents

• The Circle Playbook
• The Web Guide
• The Activator Starter Pack
• The Activator Bonus Pack #1

Learn, in-person or remote

• Our learning platform delivers The H.O.P.E. Classroom right to your web browser
• Watch course videos, read lesson content, and download sharable worksheets and documents
• Invite your teachers, who can organize their course content by classroom

Connect with your students

• Teachers can invite students to follow along in the classroom or study The H.O.P.E. Classroom courses on their own
• Students can access our platform without creating a login, sharing an email address, or providing any personally identifiable information
• Coming this fall: Foster conversation right alongside course content via an included commenting feature, built with student and teacher safety as a core principle

• 13 Pillows for Affective Teachers digital copy: Through the eyes of the young educator Bruce Brier, Sweethearts & Heroes presents a timeless fictional allegory based on true stories of loss and H.O.P.E. Reading like a great Netflix series, following Bruce’s tale is a must if you seek to create a culture that cares about helping kids and growing individuals.
• 13 Pillows the Curriculum: Dive deep into the world of Sweethearts & Heroes and the 13 Pillows with our never-before-seen Curriculum! Take your fellow educators or even a group of students through a variety of expansion topics, Circle discussions, and powerful activities.
• 13 Pillows Activator Set: Start off a discussion about each Pillow with our tailored Activator pack, each with Connection Questions designed to foster discussions related to each chapter.
• Audio File Downloads for each chapter