Resources for Teaching and Practicing Gratitude

Videos

• Gratitude Experiment by Making Grateful Kids

• Gratitude as a Life Skill by GoStrengthsOnline

• An Experiment in Gratitude: The Science of Happiness by SoulPancake

• Gratitude is Good for You by John Templeton Foundation

• “The Temperature Check” Classroom Technique by CharacterStrong

Lesson Plans

• Gratitude Lesson Plans for elementary students by Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

• Gratitude Lessons for K-8 Classrooms by Greater Good @ Berkeley

• Practicing Gratitude via a Gratitude Journal by American Psychological Association

• What is Gratitude? by Heart-Mind Online

• Deliver Gratitude Day by Learning to Give

Additional Links

• Jiv Daya Foundation Digital Educator Resources

• UC Berkeley Greater Good Magazine article: “How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain”

• Random Acts of Kindness Foundation Kindness Book List

• NPR feature on Gratitude Journaling

• UC Riverside and James Madison University study on Achieving Happiness

• Gratitude Journal guidelines by Greater Good in Action via Berkeley

• Gratitude Exercises by PositivePsychology.com

• Teachers Pay Teachers Gratitude Classroom Exercises (for purchase)

Gratitude resources curated as part of an initiative under the Shraman Peace Institute. Click here for more information.