Lesson Plan

Resilience Roadmap

Guide a 10th grade student to identify a recent setback, reflect on their responses, and develop a personalized action plan with concrete strategies to build resilience.

Building self-management and resilience helps students cope with challenges, supports emotional well-being, and turns obstacles into growth opportunities.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Goal Setting

5 minutes

Step 2

Reflect on a Recent Setback

7 minutes

Step 3

Obstacle to Opportunity Activity

10 minutes

Step 4

Develop a Resilience Action Plan

6 minutes

Step 5

Check-In & Next Steps

2 minutes

Slide Deck

Bounce Back Basics

Welcome the student and introduce today’s focus: using resilience and self-management to overcome setbacks. Explain that this slide deck will provide definitions, strategies, and reflection prompts to help them bounce back from challenges.

What is Resilience?

Define resilience in student-friendly terms. Emphasize that resilience isn’t about never failing, but about recovering and learning from difficulties.

Why Resilience Matters

Highlight why resilience matters for both personal well-being and academic success. Draw connections to real-life examples (sports, friendships, school projects).

Strategies to Bounce Back

Walk through each strategy, giving a brief scenario or example for how the student might apply it when facing a setback.

Framing Setbacks as Opportunities

Explain cognitive reframing: shifting perspective from obstacle to opportunity. Use a quick demonstration: transform “I failed the test” to “I know what to study better next time.”

Reflection & Discussion

Encourage an interactive discussion. Give the student time to think and respond. Use their answers to guide the upcoming journaling and activity sections in the lesson plan.