Motivation & Resilient Mindset – Sample Lesson
“Motivation Formula”
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Lesson Resources: Motivation and Resilient Mindset
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About this Lesson
This sample lesson on Motivation & Resilient Mindset comes from our Secondary Prebuilt Lessons, designed for middle school and high school students.
This lesson helps students understand how motivation, energy, and mindset influence the way they respond to challenges. Students learn that motivation is not something you either have or don’t have—it’s something that can increase or decrease based on how challenges are interpreted and managed.
Through experiential activities, a video example, and the Flood Zone visual metaphor, students practice recognizing when emotions and stress begin to overwhelm thinking—and how to redirect energy in healthier, more productive ways.
Why This Lesson Matters
When teens feel overwhelmed, motivation often drops — not because they don’t care, but because emotions are taking over.
Learning to manage energy and mindset:
- Builds resilience
- Reduces emotional shutdowns
- Supports healthier decision-making
- Helps teens recover faster from setbacks
This lesson gives students language and tools to understand what’s happening internally before reactions take over.
What’s Included in This Sample Lesson
These resources are designed to make implementation easy and flexible for classroom or small-group use. You’ll receive:
- A video walk-through showing how to teach the visual metaphor (Motivation Formula) and key activity elements
- A complete printable lesson plan
- A story-based video clip to illustrate the concept during instruction
- Step-by-step activity instructions
- Printable Resilience Booster for observation and reflection (including an option to assign as homework)
- A downloadable presentation deck
- Keynote (Mac)
- PowerPoint (PC)
- A Student Motivation & Resilient Mindset – Game Plan worksheet to help students process the metaphor independently
- A Facilitator Guide for using the worksheet in a one-on-one setting
- A parent companion resource to help families reinforce these skills at home
Video Demonstration
Facilitating the lesson and Processing The Visual Metaphor “Motivation Formula”
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