Growth Mindset (Grades 6-12)
Overview: Life can be busy and can create distress in the lives of families and students. Therefore, it is important to highlight the need to have a growth mindset and to manage stress to respect yourself, your health, and your well-being.
Duration: 2 days (45 minutes each day)
Character Education Objectives:
Students will:
- share ideas about good stress and distress on the body
- discuss ways to use a growth mindset to navigate stressful situations
- create a Personal Stress Management Plan
Materials:
Lesson Plan Day 1
Journal: (5 mins)
- What makes you feel stressed?
- How do you know you are stressed?
Whole Group Discussion (10 mins)
- What are physical signs of stress?
- What are some emotional signs you may be feeling distressed?
- How do we show respect for ourselves by paying attention to our stress levels?
Whole Group Video 15 mins:
- Watch Video : How To Make Stress Your Friend
- Record what you learned on the 3-2-1 Handout
Whole Group Discussion (10 mins)
- What are the effects of believing stress is bad?
- How does changing the way you think about stress impact your body’s response to stress?
Exit Ticket: (5 mins)
- What is the number one thing learned about stress today?
Lesson Plan Day Two
Journal: (5 mins)
- What should you think when you feel stressed?
Small group Discussion/Productive Group Work (25 mins)
- Use the 3-2-1 Handouts from the previous lesson to help with responses
- Record the responses to share with the whole group on Stress Quadrant Handout
- What:
- should you think when you feel stressed?
- are some healthy ways to process stress?
- are some unhealthy responses to stress?
- is important to know about stress?
- What:
Individual (15 mins)
- Utilize the posters created in a small group to give ideas
- Complete your own Stress Management Plan
- This is the exit ticket
References
Lee Health, 2020. The Good And Bad Stress. [online] YouTube. Available at: <https://youtu.be/ZN2NarsQZ04> [Accessed 26 March 2020].
McGonigal, K., 2020. How To Make Stress Your Friend. [online] Ted.com. Available at: <https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare> [Accessed 26 March 2020].