Overcoming Challenges

One way to overcome challenges is to....

• give up

• protest

• cry for hours

• be diligent to meet your goals, or have a growth mindset

Solving problems

• overcoming challenges

• showing a fixed mindset

• struggle so you give up

By_____________, she was able to solve her problem.

• perseverance

• showing perseverance

• being persevere

Being persistent means.......

• having cool stuff

• giving up immediately

• sticking with your goal

Yousafzai’s “Speech at the United Nations” and the video “Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai” shows Yousafzai’s fear of the Taliban before the shooting.
What did she do about that fear?

• She protected herself but continued to hide and be afraid.

• She was held back from her dreams because of that fear.

• She did not let her fears prevent her from pursuing her goals.

• Her fears were crippling her from life.

Considered one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jackie Joyner-Kersee has won many Olympic medals in track and field events. You would never imagine that she has asthma! As a child, she couldn't even run and play with the other children without finding herself out of breath and very tired. But Jackie has always been determined to succeed. Even though she struggles with asthma, she never lets it get in the way of her dreams.

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee had asthma as a child.

• Asthma affects children at a very young age.

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee is an amazing athlete who has had asthma since childhood.

How does the author suggest that people can overcome challenges in their lives?

• They can overcome challenges if there are laws in place to support them.

• They can overcome challenges if they ignore “the fairness doctrine.”

• They can overcome challenges if they ignore “the fairness doctrine.”

• They can overcome challenges if they are born into the right circumstances.

What is the importance of resilience in overcoming challenges?

• It helps in giving up easily

• It helps in bouncing back from setbacks

• It makes problems disappear

• It leads to blaming others for your problems

Which event probably FIRST showed Erik that his inability to see would not stop him from doing things?

• Making it to the top of Mt. Everest

• Becoming captain of the wrestling team

• failing math his first year in high school

• writing a book that was made into a movie

Yousafzai’s “Speech at the United Nations” and the video “Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai” shows Yousafzai’s fear of the Taliban before the shooting.

What did she do about that fear?

• She protected herself but continued to hide and be afraid.

• She was held back from her dreams because of that fear.

• She did not let her fears prevent her from pursuing her goals.

• Her fears were crippling her from life.