Upper Elementary
Empowering 4th and 5th grade students to create cultures of dignity, understand their emotions, and build essential skills
Owning Up teaches young people that their dignity and the dignity of others is the principle that guides our decisions and actions every day in our friendships, families, and schools.
Created in collaboration with young people and educators, Owning Up Upper Elementary Curriculum guides young people to understand:
- themselves in relation to group behavior
- the influence of social media on their identity and conflicts
- the dynamics that lead to discrimination and bigotry and how to address them effectively
- how to regulate their emotions and know when and how to ask for help from a trusted adult
- how to address the systems of power and oppression
This online curriculum includes
This online Owning Up Upper Elementary Curriculum includes
Purchasing the Owning Up Upper Elementary Curriculum, gives you access to videos, sessions, handouts, and slide decks.
Whether you teach in a school, a team, or a youth-serving organization, Owning Up is a flexible, innovative curriculum that respects your knowledge of the young people and communities you serve by giving you the following:
Designed sessions to be facilitated by a school counselor, teacher, leader, or other professionals in small group settings
Discussions, games, and role-playing to engage adolescents in the complexities of social culture.
Connects critical topics such as friendship conflicts, media analysis, gender, sexual harassment, racism, self-image, and identifying supportive adults.
Elementary students’ are old enough to be aware of and experience social dynamics, power, and the complexity of relationships. This age group is also experiencing puberty at younger ages which also impacts the social dynamics of the educational environment.Â
All of this means that elementary students need to learn social skills and emotional regulation to support their learning now.