Lesson Plan
Resilience In Action
Students will explore resilience, learn strategies to bounce back from setbacks, and collaborate to support each other in a small group.
Building resilience equips students to manage emotions, recover from challenges, and strengthen peer support skills—key for their emotional and academic growth.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Teacher Preparation
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction to Resilience
5 minutes
Step 2
Setting Group Agreements
5 minutes
Step 3
Scenario Role-Play
10 minutes
Step 4
Personal Reflection
7 minutes
Step 5
Group Debrief & Closing
3 minutes
Slide Deck
Resilience In Action
What Is Resilience?
Growth Mindset
Why Resilience Matters
Setting Group Agreements
Scenario Role-Play Instructions
Example Scenario
Example Strategy
Personal Reflection
Closing Thoughts
Worksheet
Lesson Plan
Emotion Detectives Lesson Plan
Students will act as ‘Emotion Detectives’ to recognize emotional clues in scenarios, identify feelings using an emotion wheel, and practice regulation strategies to build self-awareness and coping skills.
Understanding and regulating emotions fosters self-awareness, resilience, and peer support. This lesson equips students with tools to notice feelings early and choose healthy coping strategies.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Teacher Preparation
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction to Emotion Detectives
5 minutes
Step 2
Establish Detective Code
5 minutes
Step 3
Scenario Detective Work
8 minutes
Step 4
Detective Debrief
5 minutes
Step 5
Guided Mini-Mindfulness Investigation
5 minutes
Step 6
Closing Reflection
2 minutes
Slide Deck
Emotion Detectives
Introduction to Emotion Detectives
The Emotion Wheel
Establish Detective Code
Scenario Detective Work
Example Detective Case
Detective Debrief
Guided Mini‐Mindfulness Investigation
Closing Reflection
Activity
Activity
Worksheet
Reading
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