Healthy Minds: Resilience Skills Foundation: Optimism & Evidence secondary
This lesson teaches students to challenge Gremlin Beliefs by seeking evidence and thinking flexibly. Using an optical illusion, opinion-line debates, and a story (Mia and Ava at the arcade), students discover the difference between optimistic and pessimistic thinking, and learn that our brains can tell inaccurate stories when they lack evidence.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Understand the difference between optimistic and pessimistic thinking.
Outcome 2:
Know the importance of respect for different perspectives.
Outcome 3:
Discover how to use evidence to create more flexible and accurate thinking.
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