Teachers can have a strong impact on students’ happiness in their classrooms, and much can have to do with how happy teachers themselves are.  Tonight, Wednesday, June 4, at 9:30 pm, WGBY airs Happy, a compelling global journey in search of what makes people happy. Happy explores the secrets of our most valued emotion, combining real-life stories from around the world and powerful interviews with leading scientists in happiness research.  As a result, viewers are lead toward a deeper understanding of how our sense of happiness and well-being can be cultivated and even learned.

When you search happiness at PBS LearningMedia, you’ll be able to look over and filter a wide array of resources, some of which can make for interesting class discussions and activities, as well as full lessons.