Lesson Plan
Anxiety Survival Skills
Students will learn to identify anxiety, understand its common triggers, and practice two coping strategies—deep breathing and grounding—to manage anxious feelings.
Teaching anxiety management equips students with essential self-awareness and resilience skills, promoting emotional regulation, reducing stress in the classroom, and supporting overall well-being.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Lesson Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction and Warm-Up
5 minutes
Step 2
Explore Anxiety
7 minutes
Step 3
Teach Coping Strategy: Deep Breathing
8 minutes
Step 4
Teach Coping Strategy: Grounding Technique
7 minutes
Step 5
Reflection and Closing
3 minutes
Slide Deck
Anxiety Survival Skills
Lesson Objectives
What Is Anxiety?
Anxiety Reactions
What Makes Us Anxious?
Coping Strategy: Deep Breathing
Deep Breathing Practice
Coping Strategy: Grounding (5-4-3-2-1)
Grounding Practice
Reflection
Closing Thoughts
Worksheet
Worksheet
