In My Social Edge classes, kids learn that anger is often a secondary emotion that stems from a primary emotion like sadness, rejection, or loneliness. Check out our Anger is Like a Volcano experiment which demonstrates to kids that they can erupt if they don’t pay attention to the emotions they are feeling inside. Anger is often perceived as a single emotion but there are many shades of anger that can be placed on a continuum in this order: annoyed, frustrated, upset, irate, furious, enraged.
Watch the video below.