+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kindness, Empathy, and Resilience Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module includes several lessons that help promote kindness, empathy, and resilience among students.
+
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Resilience Background Information

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help children learn to cope with their feelings as well as build more resilience and maturity, in this guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
+
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Resilience Tips for Adults

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Children express their worries in different ways. Learn some ways a child may signal that they are upset in this guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
+
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Resilience Tips for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help children find ways to cope with difficult situations, with this guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
+
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Cope

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Using advice and role-play, help guide your children through an exploration of how to handle scary situations, focusing on what happens when you are lost, in this educator guide from Arthur: "April 9th."
+
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tea Mology: Meet the Team

For Students Pre-K - 1st
TEAMology's mission is to understand and improve emotional health to enhance every child's ability to succeed in school, career, and life. Meet the team of TEAMology with their character introduction videos along with a printable PDF...
+
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tea Moloby: Simplifying and Strengthening Emotional Wellness for Children

For Students Pre-K - 1st
TEAMology's mission is to understand and improve emotional health to enhance every child's ability to succeed in school, career, and life. This a social-emotional learning curriculum with character-driven activities and videos brought to...
+
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Syrian Refugee's Story

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short film, Welcome to Canada, learn about a Syrian refugee's story, Mohammed Alsaleh, who fled violence and imprisonment by the Assad regime during Syria's Civil War. Mohammed was granted asylum and now lives in Canada where he...
+
Website
Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Invention Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a number of articles, stories and research we learn about the invention process, including communicating your ideas, staying resilient when things go wrong.
+
Activity
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association: Violence and Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking at school shootings, this article posts questions regarding whether some kids are prone to violence and how soon we need to do something about it.
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Odyssey" by Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. Odysseus, an ancient Greek war hero and leader of Ithaca, embarks on a twenty-year long return to his homeland after the fall of Troy. It is...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Resilience & Success: Why Do People Succeed?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question Why do people succeed? Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required for...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Resilience & Success: How Does a Person Overcome Adversity?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How does a person overcome adversity?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
+
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Mistakes in My Own Life

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity helps elementary school-age kids reflect on past mistakes and how they can learn and grow from those mistakes and future mistakes.
+
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Teasing Is Tough

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Get your children to talk about how it feels to be teased. Work together to create coping strategies.
+
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Oops!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Enjoy this pants-patching game with learners, and then talk about dealing with embarrassment.