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    Climbing a Mountain

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    Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)

    Lesson Length: 1 - 2 hours

    Topic: Growth Mindset, Perseverance

    Grade Level: 10, 11, 12, 9

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will demonstrate how they overcame an obstacle.

    Know Before You Start: Students should have a challenging situation in mind that they are willing to share with the class.

    Hook:

    • Ask students:
      • “What strategies have you used to problem-solve when you are stuck?”
      • “What is a growth mindset?”
      • “What is resilience?”

    Activity:

    • Have students independently reflect on a challenge that they recently overcame and the steps they took to overcome it.
    • Have students create a comic that tells their personal success story.
    • Set up a gallery walk and have students examine the comics from each of their classmates.
      • While looking at the comics, students should write down strategies that their peers carried out to move past the challenging situation. 

    Closure:

    • Record the strategies shared by students on an anchor chart or sharable online document while students share their findings with the class.
    • Empathize that it is easy to give up when you’re faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
      • Discuss the benefits and the growth mindset that can occur when people overcome a tough task, e.g., self-discovery, improving problem-solving skills, etc.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover to read their comics aloud.
    • Provide a list of common challenging situations for students in grades 9-12 that students can select from if they do not have one to use for the activity.

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