Lesson Plan

Building Resilience

Students will learn to recognize setbacks as opportunities and practice strategies for recovering from challenges to build resilience.

Fostering a growth mindset and confidence, this lesson equips students with tools to manage stress and overcome obstacles, essential for academic and personal success.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Preparation

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Setting the Stage

10 minutes

Step 2

Resilience Strategies Exploration

15 minutes

Step 3

Activity: Resilience Scenarios

10 minutes

Step 4

Sharing Bounce Back Stories & Reflection

5 minutes

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Activity

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Discussion

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Slide Deck

Resilience Techniques

Introduce the slide deck, explain what resilience is and why it's important. Ask students if they already have examples in mind.

What is Resilience?

Define resilience clearly and simply. Engage the students by asking if they can share a personal definition or example of resilience.

Healthy Coping Mechanisms

Highlight healthy coping mechanisms. Discuss why these are useful and ask students which methods they think might work best for them.

Examples & Applications

Use this slide to talk about practical applications. Consider sharing or asking for real-life examples of when these strategies were applied successfully.

Putting It All Together

Conclude the presentation by summarizing key points. Encourage students to think about how and when they might use these techniques.

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Bounce Back!

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Molly Mulhern

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