Resilience

Topic
Stage	Stage 5
Strand:	Strand 1: Self and Relationships
Skill Outcome:	Communicating Problem Solving
Syllabus Learning Outcomes :	Outcome 5.2 A student evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges.
Students Learn About:	• strengthening resiliency – characteristics of resiliency – skills that enhance resilience, eg problem solving – self-monitoring – maintaining a realistic perspective – attitudes to change
Students Learn To:	• reflect on a past situation which has required change; identify difficulties encountered and personal characteristics and skills which assisted in dealing with this change • examine case studies of people who have overcome adversity, including Aboriginal and other Indigenous people, and identify their characteristics and qualities
Rationale:	As young people grow old they experiences situations characterised by change and hardship. During these times it is important for students to build skills in resilience and overcoming hardship. This activity allows students to develop an understanding of resilience and identification of those who have overcome adversity.
KLA Integration:	Technology (ICT and web browsing) English (media writing) Drama (transcript/media writing)
Diverse Learner	This activity has been split into 2 parts A scavenger type activity: for students who enjoy browsing the internet for answers A real life story and media activity: for those who learn best from storytelling and past experience of others.
Acedemic Literacy	Resilience information sourced from American Psychological association website

 

Task:

1. Your first task is to log onto the websites http://personaldevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/overcome_adversity_with_resilience and http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=40&ch=2
   
   
2. Whilst doing this you are to fill in the spaces in this paragraph and answer the question:
   

Resilience is the ability _______ back after a _______. Some people are naturally more __________ than others, probably because of a tendency to be __________ _________. But we all can _____ to be more resilient with practice.

Outline 3 possible ways to gain skills in building resilience

Do you think you have these skills? Explain:

 

1. Your task now is to brain storm those times you have show resilience in your life. Once you cannot think of any more, think of those famous people who have show resilience in their lives e.g. those who come back from war.
   
2. You are now to read the following transcript on the McGraths http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1115161.htm
   
3. Whilst doing this I would like you to create a time line of the McGraths story with a focus on the following: times of hardship, processes of overcoming the hard ship, evidence of resilience, how did they learn to become resilient. (You may seek other information on the McGraths on the internet by searching Google.
   
4. Once you have completed this, you are to think of a time in your life when you have shown resilience (from your brainstorm). With this story you are to create a media article, may be script, webpage, magazine article, transcript etc. Your media article needs to outline the process you went to gain resilience and perhaps give guidance to others in tough situations.
   
5. You are to email this to me at abanas01@postoffice.csu.edu.au, and if you have any questions feel free to contact me.
   

 

 

Reference list

American Psychological Association. (2004). Resilience for teens. Retrieved October 30, 2008, from http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=40&ch=2

Denton, A. (host). (2004, May 24) Enough Rope with Andrew Denton – episode 43, Jane and Glenn Mcgrath [transcript]. Retrieved October 30, 2008, from http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1115161.htm

Lopper, J. (2008). Overcoming adversity with resilience. Retrieved October 30, 2008, from http://personaldevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/overcome_adversity_with_resilience