Grades K-7Resilience & Courage
Resilience & Courage
Stories of perseverance, grit, and finding strength in the face of challenges — from everyday struggles to extraordinary journeys.
Targeted Learning Goal
Students will identify how characters overcome adversity, develop resilience strategies, and apply them to their own lives.
Standards Connections
- ELA: RL.K-7.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in the text
- ELA: RL.K-7.3 — Describe characters, settings, and events with detail
- ELA: RL.2-7.6 — Acknowledge differences in characters' points of view
- ELA: SL.K-7.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about resilience
- ELA: W.K-7.3 — Write narratives recounting how a character overcame a challenge
- SEL: Self-Management — Set and work toward personal goals
- SEL: Responsible Decision-Making — Analyze how characters make choices under pressure
Books in This Unit
6 titles — each with a full lesson plan.

Resilience & Courage
Sol Goes for Goal!
by Julio Anta and Gabi Mendez
4 learning goals · 45–50 minutes

Resilience & Courage
Be Strong
by Pat Zietlow Miller
4 learning goals · 40–45 minutes

Resilience & Courage
Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice
by Kari Lavelle
4 learning goals · 45–50 minutes

Resilience & Courage
Speed Reader
by Matthew Cody
4 learning goals · 45 minutes

Resilience & Courage
I Quit!
by Kristen Tracy
4 learning goals · 35–40 minutes

Resilience & Courage
Dream Big
by Shannon Hale
5 learning goals · 45 minutes