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Optimism Lesson Plan

Optimism Lesson Plan

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Optimism

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Students engage in a lesson to build the character trait of optimism. They use two quotations to begin the class discussion. Students brainstorm to come up with a definition of optimism. Then they read a story that is used as an illustration of the concept.

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Social & Emotional Learning, social skills, social studies

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1st - 3rd

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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Duration

1 hr

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