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Building Resilience

Tenth graders learn resilience — the ability to bounce back and adapt after setbacks. It is not about never struggling; it is about recovering and growing, often with support. They check the ideas, then build a personal resilience toolkit.

Grade 10Building Resilience45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Define resilience.
  • ✓Name ways to build it.
  • ✓Use support & perspective.
  • ✓Make a toolkit.
Essential Question

How do you bounce back when things get hard?

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Interactive Task
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Understanding Resilience

Project each item and have students answer about resilience.

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Answer each question about resilience.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Bouncing Back

5 min

Think of a time you got through something hard. What helped?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Reflect quietly.
  • Share if you like.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Reflect.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Resilience

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Understanding Resilience.
  • Note recover & grow.
  • Note support & perspective.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a way to build resilience.
  • Reframe a setback as learning.
  • Name a support person.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Reframe.
  • Name.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Build a resilience toolkit.
  • List 3 strategies that fit you.
  • Name trusted supports.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Build.
  • List.
  • Name.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Define resilience.
  • Name a way to build it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

SHAPE
HE.7

Practice strategies that build resilience.

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HE.1

Explain resilience and mental wellbeing.

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HE.4

Seek support and communicate needs.

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HE.5

Make choices that support recovery.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Strategy cards.
  • Frame: "I bounce back by ___."
  • Pair share safely.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Name one strategy.
  • Use a calm visual.
  • Keep reflection private.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a resilience plan.
  • Study a resilient role model.
  • Support a peer.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌱Strategy cards
  • 💻Understanding Resilience
  • 🧰Toolkit sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

resiliencebouncing back and adaptingsetbacka problem or failureperspectiveseeing the bigger picturesupporthelp from people you trustadaptadjust to new conditionsgrowthgetting stronger over timecopehandle stress in healthy waystoolkityour set of coping strategies
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is resilience?
The ability to bounce back and adapt after hard times.
QUESTION 2
Name a way to build resilience.
Keep perspective, lean on support, and learn from setbacks.
QUESTION 3
Do resilient people never struggle?
No — they still struggle, but recover and grow.

Cool-down: building resilience.

Have students build a resilience toolkit with 3 strategies and their supports. A printable toolkit sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: adapt, cope, growth, perspective, resilience, setback, support, toolkit
  1. getting stronger over time
  2. adjust to new conditions
  3. seeing the bigger picture
  4. bouncing back and adapting
  5. your set of coping strategies
  6. a problem or failure
  7. handle stress in healthy ways
  8. help from people you trust

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is resilience?
  2. Name a way to build resilience.
  3. Do resilient people never struggle?
Answer key — Part A: 1) growth · 2) adapt · 3) perspective · 4) resilience · 5) toolkit · 6) setback · 7) cope · 8) support
Part B: 1) The ability to bounce back and adapt after hard times. 2) Keep perspective, lean on support, and learn from setbacks. 3) No — they still struggle, but recover and grow.