Lesson Plan
Tools for Resilience
Mindfulness, healthy eating, and regular exercise are all tools for resilience. In this lesson, students will learn about tools that can help them to build greater resilience and ease in their lives.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to define the word "resilience" and discuss and research tools that build resilience.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Join students together in a circle, either seated or standing.
- Explain that today the class will be discussing tools for resilience.
- Explain that they will participate in an activity in which they will walk around the room to music. When the music stops, they will stop and partner up with one other person closest to them to answer a question.
- Start the music and instruct the students to walk around the room.
- Pause the music and instruct the students to stop and find a partner.
- Ask the question, "What does the word resilience mean to you?"
- Give partners 2–3 minutes to share.
- Restart the music and ask the students to walk around the room again.
- Pause the music and instruct the students to stop and find a new partner.
- Ask the question, "Who is one person who has displayed resilience in your life? How have they displayed resilience?"
- Give partners 2–3 minutes to share.
- Have the students to walk around the room to music again.
- Pause the music and ask the students to stop and find a new partner.
- Ask the question, "What are things that can be done to build resilience and relief from stress?"
- Give partners 2–3 minutes to share.
- Have the students to walk around the room to music again.
- Pause the music and ask the students to stop and find a new partner.
- Ask the question, "Do you think exercise and healthy eating play a role in feeling more calm? If so, how?"
- Give partners 2–3 minutes to share.
- Bring the class back together in a circle.
- Ask, "What are some things that stood out for you in your sharings and discussion?"