- Highlight each person’s uniqueness
- Expand awareness and of others’ backgrounds and perspectives
- Increase respect and acceptance
- Each student can pick one of the shoe designs from the “Walk In Our Shoes” handout.
- Use art supplies to design and color your shoe to represent you.
- Write down three traits that describe you.
- Share your shoes with the group.
- What did you learn about someone else today, or about yourself?
- How does it improve our mental health to understand each other?
This activity was adapted from the “Walk In Our Shoes” youth mental health program.