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Code.org

Code.org: Lesson 2: Persistence & Frustration: Stevie and the Big Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of what it means to be frustrated while working on a large project. It's possible that not every student will experience frustration with this activity, but there are many...
Article
BBC

Bbc: Genocide Ruling Frustrates Bosnia

For Students 9th - 10th
A February 2007 news report detailing the frustration of Bosnians with the International Court of Justice finding that Serbia was not responsible for the massacre of 8,000 men at Srebrenica.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Do I Deal With Frustration in a Positive Way?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Working through our frustration can help us grow our brains and it's also perfectly normal to get frustrated! This article explains four suggested steps for dealing with frustration.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Create Your Plan to Deal With Frustration

For Students 3rd - 5th
Follow the lead of Thinky Pinky on how to cope with frustrations. Complete the four-step plan with examples from Thinky Pinky to help you keep going when you want to give up!
Primary
York University

Classics History of Psychology: Frustration Aggression Hypothesis Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains 7 different papers dealing with frustration and aggression. They date back to 1941 and are written by some historic psychologists. These papers have great insight into cognition and emotion of frustration and...
Lesson Plan
Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Persistence & Frustration: Stevie and the Big Project

For Teachers K - 1st
Help students realize that failure and frustration are common when working on projects, but that doesn't mean that they should give up.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shape of Trees: The Frustration Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This series of images shows the work of biologist Karl Niklas on the adaptations and evolution of plants. From The Evolutionary Biology of Plants.
Article
University of North Carolina

American Diplomacy: Jimmy Carter and Salt Ii: The Path to Frustration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article about Jimmy Carter's presidency and his Strategic Arms Objectives.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fun or Frustrating?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Video games have different difficulty settings, from easy to hard mode. Ask volunteers who have never played the game before to try it out. Some of them should use the easy mode and others should use the hard mode, this will ensure that...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Life's Little Lessons: Mad Feelings

For Students Pre-K - K
By using stories and videos showing familiar PBS KIDS characters working through their own mad feelings, you can provide strategies that children can build on as they grow and learn and develop the self-control needed to handle...
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Other

Frustrated Nationalism in Yugoslavia: From Liberal to Communist Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the politics in Yugoslavia from the early through the late 1900s. Examines the rise and fall of Communism and the country itself.
Article
PBS

Sesame Street: Breathe, Think, Do

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Frustration is a normal part of life, but it can overwhelm kids and bring up a lot of big feelings. You can help them to use the "Breathe, Think, Do" strategy to calm down, identify their feelings, and work to solve their problem.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Learn: Keep Going. Keep Growing

For Students 9th - 10th
This article lays out a few steps to help you become better at dealing with frustration. Practicing them will make it easier to persist and, over time, help you get less frustrated during your learning journey.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Reflect: Keep Going. Keep Growing

For Students 9th - 10th
Not all strategies for overcoming frustration work for everyone. You have to find out which strategies work best for you! Use the reflection questions below to develop your own plan to keep going, keep growing when you get frustrated.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Connect: Keep Going Keep Growing

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will help students understand why working through frustration will help them grow.
Article
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Improvements in Transportation: Post American Revolution to Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
From the earliest days of European exploration, the land and waterways seemed to do their best to frustrate growth and movement in what was to become North Carolina. In its natural condition, the area was just not an easy place to get...
Website
Marxists Internet Archive

The Patriotes Rebellion Quebec 1837 1839

For Students 9th - 10th
This addresses class conflicts in Lower Canada by understanding the The Patriotes Rebellion in terms of frustrations with the British Government and their slow response to the 92 Resolutions. It is an interesting read, with related pages...
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Dealing With Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
Dealing with divorce means ultimately accepting new changes that will affect almost all aspects of a child's life. Coping with these changes can be easier if the child understands how to deal with their emotions of frustration,...
eBook
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: From Bullets to Ballots Chapter 5

For Students 9th - 10th
Alexander Hamilton's influences in politics among citizens seemed to create frustration with those who agreed with the philosophies of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Republicans begin organizing themselves.
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PBS

Pbs Treasures of the World: Guernica Testimony of War

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful site describing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," a mural he created for the 1937 World's Fair. The resource examines the civil war raging in Picasso's homeland of Spain and the frustration he felt toward the violence taking place...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Women: Becoming a Writer

For Students 6th - 9th
Explore the conflict between Jo March and her father over writing for money, in this video excerpt [1:36] from Little Women, Masterpiece. Like Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, Jo is an aspiring writer. When she receives a...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transform My Mistakes and Grow!

For Students 3rd - 8th
To come up with a plan on how to transform our mistakes into opportunities to grow our brains, this article explains three categories of mistakes and how you can overcome them.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mistakes Can Be Harmful Too

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article explains three common ways we allow mistakes to hurt our learning process.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Mistakes in My Own Life

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity helps elementary school-age kids reflect on past mistakes and how they can learn and grow from those mistakes and future mistakes.

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