Resilience

**What Is Resilience? ** Have you ever wondered why some people seem to remain calm in the face of disaster, while others seem to fall apart? People that are able to keep their cool have what psychologists call resilience, or an ability to cope with problems and setbacks. Resilient people are able to utilize their skills and strengths to cope and recover from problems and challenges, which may include job loss, financial problems, illness, natural disasters, medical emergencies, divorce or the death of a loved one. Those who lack this resilience may instead become overwhelmed by such experiences. They may dwell on problems and use unhealthy coping mechanisms to deal with such challenges. Generally, these individuals are slower to recover from setbacks and may experience more psychological distress as a result. Resilience does not eliminate stress or erase life's difficulties. Instead, it gives people the strength to tackle problems head on, overcome adversity and move on with their lives. In the wake of traumas such as the 9/11 attacks and the Hurricane Katrina disaster, many individuals demonstrated the behaviors that typify resilience. Even in the face of events that seem utterly unimaginable, people are able to marshal the strength to not just survive, but to prosper. Some individuals come by these abilities naturally, with personality traits that help them remain unflappable in the face of challenge. However, these behaviors are not simply an inborn trait found in a select few individuals. According to many experts, resilience is actually quite common and people are very capable of learning the skills that it takes to become more resilient.
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= **Resilience is the context for the study of the films Pusuit of Happyness and Into The Wild.** = = =

1. **Write about the theme of resilience and provide examples from the film. Eg.**

 * ===** Describe the variety of situations where resilience was needed and the outcome. **===
 * ** Were there any situations where resilience could have been applied and what was the outcome? **


 * 2. Read biographical details about Chris Gardener at [] **
 * ===** Using the venn diagram below compare the film Pursuit of Happyness with the real life Events of Chris Gardener **===
 * This can be completed on either hard copy or as a digital copy then printed for submission. **** S:\Curriculum\Year 11\VCAL\Foundation **

**4. Resilient Characters in History - research task**
 * 3. Use the diagram as your plan to write a 500 word comparison of the film and the real life of Chris Gardner . This doucment will help you to get started.[[file:planning a piece of writing resilience.docx]] **
 * Choose 1 of the following, find an image and research and write a brief description of why they are famous and of how they demonstrated resilience
 * Nelson Mandela || Mahatma Ghandi || Sir Edmund Hillary ||

5.Collect images and create a mural that reflects resilience as you now understand it. 6. Write about your experience of resilience