Advisory Lesson

I Got This: Building Confidence and Overcoming Self-Doubt

How can building confidence and overcoming self-doubt help us recognize and reach our full potential?

How to Use This Lesson

This is a Harmony Student Wellness lesson, a week-long, music-centered social-emotional learning lesson designed to be taught across multiple sessions, culminating in an arts-based project. This lesson can be taught in isolation or as part of the larger Harmony Student Wellness program. For more support on implementation, see the Implementation Guide on the program page.

Essential Question

How can building confidence and overcoming self-doubt help us recognize and reach our full potential?

Objectives

Mastery Objective

Students will be able to define confidence and identify strategies for building confidence and overcoming self-doubt through group discussion, journal reflection, and poetry writing.

Day 1 - Students will:

Listen to “The Way I am” by Charlie Puth
Define confidence and the traits of confident people
Dispel misunderstandings about confidence

Day 2 - Students will:

Listen to “I Got This” by Jennifer Hudson
Understand that confidence can be developed through certain practices
Discuss approaches for building confidence

Day 3 - Students will:

Watch a clip from a TED Talk by Broadway star Sheryl Lee Ralph
Determine which characteristics indicate a true role model for confidence
Identify role models in their communities or the media who demonstrate confidence

Day 4 - Students will:

Listen to “I Am What I Am” by Gloria Gaynor
Define self-doubt and causes of self-doubt
Identify strategies to combat self-doubt

Arts-Based Activity - Students will:

Write an “I am” poem to reinforce the knowledge of their strengths and potential
Reflect on strategies for building and maintaining self-confidence

Background

In this lesson, students will define confidence and explore strategies for building confidence including overcoming self-doubt. Students will also recognize characteristics of confidence in potential role models. Students will conclude their work by writing an “I Am” poem, which will help them articulate their capabilities and potential.