OppNet Growth Mindset Lesson Plan by Shari Lawrence

Puzzle game

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Playing a puzzle piece within 60 secs

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Provide a hypothetical situation and split the room into two groups, one group for a fixed mindset and another for a growth mindset. Let them brainstorm how a person with that mindset might move through the situation.

Playdoh Game

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Ask Fellows to make a figure in a team and they have 60 secs to get that figure made

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Remove the part where we provide definitions to give us more time to debreif the video together and come up with group developed definitions

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Have participants write down what a person with each mindset might tell themselves internally (Fixed Mindset: I'll never be able to play basketball, I'm not tall enough | Growth Mindset: I just haven't practiced enough yet)

charlotte812 — 2025-01-22 17:03:35 UTC

Open discussion space - what does growth mindset mean to you?

Start off by asking if Fellows have heard of the term "Growth Mindset" and if so, asking for some volunteers to give an example. This way, I can get them more engaged and invested in the lesson

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students read about different scenarios from celebrities and fellows, ask students to answer what should this person do now? how can they practice a growth mindset?

oppnetcurriculum — 2025-01-22 17:03:48 UTC

start with a gameshow style game (trivia) but all the questions are insanely difficult/impossible to answer - have obnoxious sound effects for wrong answers (which there will be a lot of)

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start from a scenario and allow Fellows to build their own definition of growth mindset before introducing the video. Allow Fellows to identify actions/tactics that feel relevant to them first (ex. habits rather than goals, etc.)

oppnetcurriculum — 2025-01-22 17:04:03 UTC

Include some more statements for categorizing into growth vs fixed but purposely make them ambiguous

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Give space for fellows to explain why they thought the different sentences were fixed or growth mindset. Open a discussion about what their definitions are before a video formalizing it

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ask students to make a collage from magazines to show what a growth mindset looks like

charlotte812 — 2025-01-22 17:05:06 UTC

Watch the video first as a group, then follow up with a scenarios based game to define examples of fixed vs growth mindset

oppnetcurriculum — 2025-01-22 17:05:12 UTC

people all share something they are terrible at (e.g. played one baseball game and struck out every time) - reiterate there are always still opportunities to get better even in those moments

Provide a scenario, and then have fellows share what their mindset would be around that. Then have fellows discuss if that might be a growth or fixed mindset, and how they might be able to shift their mindset for the scenario

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Discuss Situations

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Discuss situations where they have likely heard of growth mindset and introduce a video relating to mainstream culture like a tv show or movie etc

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Have student’s go over a scenario where they need to make a cake/favorite dish with a lot of distractions. How do they cope under pressure and practice a growth mindset?

oppnetcurriculum — 2025-01-22 17:06:25 UTC

focus on idea of adding 'yet' to something that you say you can't do. come up with something you make fun of yourself for not being good at - now add 'yet'!

charlotte812 — 2025-01-22 17:06:30 UTC

Select stickers and memes that fall under growth mindset and fixed mindset

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Play video clips of examples with a fixed and growth mindset. Have Fellows identify and ask if they would approach the scenario similar or differently.

Juggling and growth mindset

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Have students learn a ridiculous task like juggling/card tricks and have circus silly sounds with successes & fails. then go into growth mindset of success and fails of learning about juggling. -Allison