Decision Making & Consequences – Sample Lesson
“Reality Ride”
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Lesson Resources: Decision Making and Consequences
Reality Ride
About this Lesson
This sample lesson on Decision Making & Consequences comes from our Secondary Prebuilt Lessons, designed for middle school and high school students.
Why This Lesson Matters
Teenagers make hundreds of decisions each day. Some seem small. Others carry long-term impact. When students understand that they are free to choose—but not free to choose the consequences of their choices—they begin to see that they have more control than they sometimes realize.
In this lesson, students explored how their decisions lead to real consequences and how those consequences shape their future opportunities, freedom, and self-respect.
This lesson helps students:
- Connect actions to outcomes
- Recognize patterns of repeated behavior (“loops”)
- Think about possible consequences—not just immediate results
- Use personal goals as motivation for better decision-making
When students can see where a choice may lead before they make it, they are more likely to choose the track that supports long-term success.
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 (Reality Ride) 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 Boosters for observation and reflection (including an option to assign as homework)
- A downloadable presentation deck
- Keynote (Mac)
- PowerPoint (PC)
- A Student Reality Ride 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 “Reality Ride”
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