Lesson Plan

Repair Roadmap Plan

Students will learn and apply a five-step Repair Roadmap to address real-life conflict scenarios, practice restorative conversations, and reflect on rebuilding trust.

This lesson empowers 7th graders to take ownership of harm, strengthen classroom climate, and develop essential social-emotional skills for repairing relationships.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction to Restoration

5 minutes

Step 2

Understanding Repair Steps

10 minutes

Step 3

Scenario Roundtable

10 minutes

Step 4

Role-Play Repair Activity

15 minutes

Step 5

Reflection and Closure

5 minutes

Slide Deck

Steps to Repair: Your Roadmap to Restoring Trust

Welcome students! Today we'll explore the five key steps in our Repair Roadmap for restoring trust after harm. Use this slide as an overview before we dive into each step.

Step 1: Acknowledge Harm

Explain that noticing and naming the hurt is the first step. Emphasize empathy and honesty. Ask students to think of a time someone hurt their feelings and how acknowledging it helped.

Step 2: Apologize

Discuss sincere apologies: what makes an apology genuine. Highlight using “I statements” and avoiding excuses. Invite a volunteer to give an example apology.

Step 3: Offer a Solution

Describe how offering a solution shows initiative. Solutions can include fixing damage, making amends, or finding a way forward. Provide a simple classroom example.

Step 4: Seek Feedback

Explain that seeking feedback ensures your solution works. Emphasize two-way communication. Role-play asking a peer if your proposed fix feels fair.

Step 5: Follow-Up

Stress the importance of follow-through. This builds trust over time. Share how checking in days later reinforces sincerity.

Putting It All Together

Wrap up by reinforcing that each step is connected. Invite students to think about which step they find hardest and why. Preview the activity where they’ll apply these steps.

Lesson Plan

Repair Roadmap Plan

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Prepare Materials

Step 1

Introduction to Restoration

Step 2

Understanding Repair Steps

Step 3

Scenario Roundtable

Step 4

Role-Play Repair Activity

Step 5

Reflection and Closure

Slide Deck

Steps to Repair: Your Roadmap to Restoring Trust

Step 1: Acknowledge Harm

Step 2: Apologize

Step 3: Offer a Solution

Step 4: Seek Feedback

Step 5: Follow-Up

Putting It All Together

Discussion

Activity

Rubric

How Can We Repair?

Olivia Watzke