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Resilience and Cognitive Growth

Lesson Plan

Resilience and Cognitive Growth

Promote resilience and cognitive reconstruct

This lesson focuses on promoting resilience and cognitive reconstruction among high school students, particularly English Learners. Through a combination of video content, collaborative activities, and reflective exercises, students will explore the concept of resilience and learn strategies to reframe their experiences positively. This lesson is crucial in helping students develop the skills needed to overcome challenges and value their personal growth experiences.

Audience

9-12 graders

Time

45 mins

Approach

Trauma-Informed Teaching, Restorative Practices, Active Learning, Collaborative Learning

Materials

Video: Building Your Character: Resilience, Video: How to Get Out of a Despairing Mood, Worksheet: Resilience Reflection, Activity Instructions, and Pens and Paper

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion on what resilience means.
  • Ask students to share examples of resilience they have observed or experienced.
  • Introduce the lesson's objectives and activities.

Step 2

Video Viewing

10 mins

Step 3

Group Activity

15 mins

  • Divide students into small groups.
  • Provide each group with a scenario that requires resilience (e.g., overcoming a challenge in school).
  • Ask groups to discuss and list strategies to handle the situation using resilience.
  • Encourage groups to consider how cognitive reconstruction can help reframe the situation positively.

Step 4

Worksheet Completion

10 mins

  • Distribute the 'Resilience Reflection' worksheet.
  • Ask students to individually reflect on a personal experience where they demonstrated resilience.
  • Encourage them to use cognitive reconstruction to view the experience positively.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Reconvene as a class and invite volunteers to share their reflections.
  • Discuss how resilience and cognitive reconstruction can be applied in daily life.
  • Summarize key takeaways from the lesson.
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Worksheet

Resilience Reflection Worksheet

This worksheet guides students to reflect on personal experiences of resilience and apply cognitive reconstruction to view these experiences positively.

Describe a situation where you had to be resilient. What was the challenge?








What strategies did you use to overcome the challenge?








How can you reframe this experience using cognitive reconstruction to see it in a positive light?








What did you learn about yourself through this experience?








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