Ben's Big Red Feeling Interactive Adventure: Anger and Calming Down SEL Lesson, Film and Games

An interactive, ready-to-teach 45-minute lesson about anger and calming down for students aged 7 to 11. Students don't just watch the story, they step inside it. It runs entirely from this download: no internet connection, no accounts and no student data. How it works Unzip the folder and open one file in your web browser. The animated film pauses for Pause and Predict and Choose the Ending, then students walk the Calm Path story game, name feelings with the Feelings Thermometer, catch calm choices in the Calm Choice Catcher, build their own avatar and earn the Calm Champion badge. The story It is Tower Challenge in Maple Class. Ben's team builds a brilliant tower, but Leo's elbow bumps the bottom block and it crashes to the floor. A big red feeling rushes up inside Ben like a volcano, and he shouts something unkind. With help from Ms Harper, the calm corner and flower and candle breathing, Ben calms down, says sorry and builds again with his friends. What's included - The full 4-minute animated film, with built-in pauses for prediction and a class vote on the ending - Present mode for the whole class: Assembly (15 minutes), Lesson starter (30 minutes) or Full lesson (45 minutes), with class votes and a talk timer - Whole-class team mode with a scoreboard, or self-paced play for pairs and small groups - The Calm Path story game, Feelings Thermometer, Calm Choice Catcher, Story Sequencer and Class Quiz - Circle Time Wheel with talk prompts - Avatar builder, Calm Champion certificate, Passport stamp and a printable Home Connection card - Teacher guide (PDF, 3 pages) and a Read Me First guide - Every question read aloud, with large buttons for interactive whiteboards Learning objectives - Recognise the signs of anger in the body, such as a hot face, tight fists and a thumping heart - Use a calming strategy, such as flower and candle breathing, to pause before acting - Understand that feelings are never wrong, but words can hurt, and know how to put things right File types in the ZIP HTML (the adventure page), MP4 (the film), MP3 (narration and sounds), JPG and PNG (images), WOFF2 (fonts) and PDF (guides). It works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on a computer or Chromebook connected to your whiteboard. Licence For one teacher to use with their own classes. Part of a series Ben's Big Red Feeling is Episode 4 of Northbeam Kids: Stories That Shape Us, animated stories with recurring characters, Ben, Leo, Maya and Ms Harper. The matching printable lesson pack is also available in this shop.