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Ready-to-use SEL, health, and relationship skills lessons for upper elementary, middle school, and high school students.
The mission is to help educators create safer, more empowered spaces for young people — one conversation at a time. Every resource in this store is built on the belief that social-emotional skills, personal safety, and the ability to communicate and set boundaries are not extras. They are essential. When young people learn to recognize what feels right, speak up for themselves, and build healthy relationships, they carry those skills for life.
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Interactive SEL Activity Library | Confidence and Safety for Grades 4-7
Be Your Own Hero: Pick-and-Mix Activity Guide 21 SEL Discussion Activities for Ages 9–12 | Empowerment | Confidence | SafetyLooking for ready-to-run activities that go deeper than a worksheet? This pick-and-mix guide gives you 21 fully written discussion and interactive activities organized by SEL competency — so you can grab what fits your group, your session, and your focus without running a full program first. Every activity includes an opening prompt to spark the conversation, clear step-by
4th - 8th
Character Education, Health, Social Emotional Learning
Friendship & Safety Bundle | 4 SEL Lessons | Grades 4–7
This bundle brings together four foundational personal safety, friendship skills, and social-emotional learning lessons designed specifically for preteens in Grades 4–7. Each resource uses active, experiential learning to build the communication skills, self-awareness, and confidence students need to navigate friendships, boundaries, and social situations — before they need them most. OBJECTIVES:Identify the qualities of healthy friendships and peer relationships.Recognize verbal and nonverbal s
4th - 7th
Character Education, Health, Social Emotional Learning
Communication Skills Lesson Plan | SEL Activity | Grades 8–12
Does your class know the difference between assertive, passive, and aggressive communication — and why it matters? This fully planned, ready-to-teach lesson gets students moving, thinking, and reflecting on how they communicate when things get hard. Enhance your students' social and emotional learning with our interactive Communication Skills Lesson Plan. This engaging lesson is designed to help students define and differentiate between assertive, passive, and aggressive communication styles.
8th - 12th
Character Education, Health, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Consent Bundle | Consent, Communication, and Relationships | Grades 8-12
Consent Bundle | Consent, Communication, and Relationships | Grades 8-12
Teen SEL Empowerment Bundle: Consent, Boundaries, Healthy Relationships and Communication SkillsEquip your students with essential life skills using this powerful SEL bundle, specifically crafted for teens (Grades 8–12). This comprehensive package includes three interactive, experiential lesson plans that foster clear communication, emotional awareness, and healthy relationships: 1. Recognizing Consent CuesUnderstand verbal and non-verbal signals clearly.Practice respectful, ongoing consent.Enga
8th - 12th
Character Education, Health, Social Emotional Learning
Boundary Setting with I-Statements | SEL Lesson Plan | Grades 4-7
Empower your students with the invaluable skill of effective communication with our comprehensive lesson plan and engaging activity sheets on 'I-Statements'. Tailored to promote emotional intelligence, this lesson is a crucial tool for fostering a respectful and empathetic classroom environment. What's Included:Detailed Lesson Plan: Our easy-to-follow guide provides a step-by-step approach to teaching 'I-Statements', complete with timing suggestions and clear objectives. Designed to fit a standa
4th - 7th
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Friendship & Safety Bundle | 4 SEL Lessons | Grades 4–7
Nonverbal Communication Lesson Plan | SEL Activity | Grades 4-7
"Recognizing Non-verbal Cues" is an interactive and engaging lesson plan designed specifically for upper elementary grades. This lesson focuses on enhancing students' ability to understand and interpret non-verbal communication, a vital skill for effective interpersonal interactions and emotional intelligence. Fostering communication skills such as recognizing non-verbal cues builds young students' personal safety and self-defense, enabling them to better assess and respond to potentially unsafe
4th - 7th
Physical Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Friendship & Safety Bundle | 4 SEL Lessons | Grades 4–7
Free Activity Sheet: 'I-Statements' for Teens
Enhance your students' communication skills with our free 'I-Statements' activity sheet, an essential resource for teaching the art of expressing feelings and needs respectfully and effectively. This printable is a fantastic starting point for introducing students to the concept of 'I-Statements' and their role in fostering healthy conflict interactions. What You'll Get:'I-Statements' Explained: A worksheet that clearly defines what 'I-Statements' are and why they're important in everyday commun
9th - 12th
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Consent Lesson Plan and Scenarios | Health & SEL | Grades 8-12
Recognizing Consent Cues | SEL Lesson Plan | Grades 8–12 Help your students build critical relationship skills with this ready-to-teach lesson on recognizing verbal and non-verbal consent cues.This an interactive social-emotional learning (SEL) resource is designed to support teenagers in understanding how consent is communicated — and how to respect boundaries through words, actions, and body language. Perfect for health education, PHE, advisory periods, SEL blocks, or healthy relationships uni
8th - 12th
Health, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Consent Bundle | Consent, Communication, and Relationships | Grades 8-12
Identifying Healthy Relationships | SEL Lesson Plan | Grades 8-12
Introduce your teens to the nuanced world of relationships with our thought-provoking and interactive activity. This lesson is crafted to help teenagers explore and understand the complexities of relationships, from healthy to unhealthy, and the grey areas in between. What’s Included: Comprehensive Lesson Plan: Step-by-step instructions guiding you through the activity, including setup, discussion prompts, and conclusion.Assessment Strategies: Tips for evaluating student understanding and engage
8th - 12th
Physical Education, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Consent Bundle | Consent, Communication, and Relationships | Grades 8-12
Healthy Friendships Lesson | SEL Activity | Grades 4-7
Introduce your students to the essential concepts of healthy and unhealthy friendship qualities with our engaging and interactive "Friendship Traffic Lights Activity". This lesson is thoughtfully designed to help elementary students identify and differentiate between positive and negative friendship traits in a fun and relatable way. What’s Included: Detailed Lesson Plan: Easy-to-follow instructions that guide you through the activity, including set-up, progression, and closure.Assessment: Sugge
3rd - 7th
Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Friendship & Safety Bundle | 4 SEL Lessons | Grades 4–7
Boundary Setting with I-Statements | SEL Lesson Plan | Grades 8-12
Empower your students with the invaluable skill of effective communication with our comprehensive lesson plan and activity sheets on 'I-Statements' using the magic formula. Tailored to promote emotional intelligence, this lesson is a crucial tool for fostering a respectful and empathetic classroom environment. What's Included:Detailed Lesson Plan: Our easy-to-follow guide provides a step-by-step approach to teaching 'I-Statements', complete with timing suggestions and clear objectives. Designed
8th - 12th
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Consent Bundle | Consent, Communication, and Relationships | Grades 8-12
Assertive Communication Lesson Plan | SEL & Health | Grades 4-7
Does your class know the difference between assertive, passive, and aggressive communication — and why it matters? This fully planned, ready-to-teach lesson gets students moving, thinking, and reflecting on how they communicate when things get hard. Enhance your students' social and emotional learning with our interactive Communication Skills Lesson Plan. This engaging lesson is designed to help students define and differentiate between assertive, passive, and aggressive communication styles.
4th - 7th
Health, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Friendship & Safety Bundle | 4 SEL Lessons | Grades 4–7
Free Parent Guide to Building Confidence in Girls | Home SEL Resource
Help your students or children build lasting confidence with our free guide, "Confidently Cool. Helping Girls Build Confidence: A Parent Guide" Why? Because the preteen years can be a tricky time. Friendships and bodies are changing, confidence can wobble, and girls are often figuring out how to speak up for themselves. It's a time when the parent-child relationship is more important than ever as they look to you to learn what to do and where they belong in this world. This one-page resource is
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Health, Social Emotional Learning
What is Empowerment Self-Defense?
Think - Yell - Run - Fight - Tell The five principles of Empowerment Self Defense encompass a variety of skills that connect us to our strength within and help protect our emotional and physical well-being. In Empowerment Self-Defense lessons, we learn that we can carry these skills with us everywhere we go and that we are free to use them when our boundaries are crossed.
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Social Emotional Learning
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About the store
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Ready-to-use SEL, health, and relationship skills lessons for upper elementary, middle school, and high school students.
The mission is to help educators create safer, more empowered spaces for young people — one conversation at a time. Every resource in this store is built on the belief that social-emotional skills, personal safety, and the ability to communicate and set boundaries are not extras. They are essential. When young people learn to recognize what feels right, speak up for themselves, and build healthy relationships, they carry those skills for life.
Teaching style
Arise Safety Education focuses on the interplay of experiential, active, and cooperative learning approaches, using movement and connection to build social and emotional competence in students. The belief is that these "soft" skills lead to greater resilience, academic success, and wellbeing in the long run.
My own education history
BA - Child and Youth Care Counseling (2015)
B.Ed - Teaching Certification, minor in Environmental Education (2018)
M.Ed - Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education (2024)
Additional biographical information
Arise Safety Education (and Arise Self-Defense) is founded by Jess Gordon. Jess is a certified teacher in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with a Master's degree in Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education. She has been teaching and developing safety, empowerment, and self-defense education since 2018, alongside being a Special Education teacher.
She is also a certified Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor and an accredited Empowerment Self-Defense instructor. She runs in-person classes through Arise Self-Defense Vancouver. Before teaching, she worked in the child and youth work field for many years and has a BA in Child and Youth Care Counselling.
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