Having survived a shark attack that left her without an arm, Bethany Hamilton’s passion for life and surfing stayed strong, leading her to victories in her field. After completing the Bethany Hamilton worksheet, encourage students to share their natural highs by having them hashtag #LiveNaturallyHigh on their social media accounts.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Spark important discussions with your students about brain development, making healthy choices, and staying true to themselves. The Brain’s Response to Natural and Artificial Highs is a 3-part video series that brings neuroscience into the classroom like never before. Teach kids how drugs rewire their brains, leading them to give up their passions, disconnect from friends and interests, and lose their individuality.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Break it Down asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and descriptive writing skills.

Students will analyze the emotions and personality conveyed in an 18th-century sculpture bust of a strong and confident African man and learn that such a portrayal is unique for its time. They will then create an original portrait bust of a strong person who has faced difficult situations.

Bryce Wettstein is a professional skateboarder who recently skated in the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics where she placed 6th in Park. She’s an optimist who has a unique way of seeing the world and finds the extraordinary in the ordinary. Bryce challenges the common definition of perfection and believes mistakes are an opportunity to learn and grow. She also loves to surf, play volleyball and write songs on her ukulele.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.

Carissa Moore is a four-time World Champion from Honolulu, Hawaii, and in 2021, she was the first woman to ever win a gold medal in surfing at the Olympics.

At the age of 16, she became the youngest champion at a Triple Crown of Surfing event and won the Reef Hawaiian Pro, and at the age of 18, she became the youngest person to win a surfing world title.

Since she was a young girl, Carissa’s been relentlessly focused on one thing: becoming the best in the world. Inspired by the greatest champions before her, and supported by her family to pursue her dreams, she trained for over fifteen years to finally reach the pinnacle of her sport. Having such a daunting goal enabled her to stay focused, positive, and healthy in her choices for pursuing her natural high.

Carissa has leveraged her well known name to a handful of good causes over the years. In 2010, after winning her first CT event in New Zealand, she donated her entire check to the local boardriders club in recognition of their hospitality. She’s advocated openly about the dangers of binge eating, sexism, and body shaming. And she’s an avid crusader for the environment.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Professional singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope avoided negative influences in high school and started her path to success by setting goals and making like-minded friends. After completing the Cassadee Pope discussion questions, encourage students to share their natural highs by having them hashtag #LiveNaturallyHigh on their social media accounts.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Cause and Effect asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative writing skills.

Chad Caruso’s journey is a testament to the transformative power of skateboarding. Growing up, Chad faced numerous challenges, including injury and addiction. Skateboarding became his refuge and a path to sobriety. By setting ambitious goals like performing 50 tricks in 50 states, Chad not only rediscovered his passion but also inspired others to overcome their obstacles. His story is about resilience, the joy of skateboarding, and the relentless pursuit of personal growth. Follow Chad as he skates through life’s highs and lows, sharing his journey and the lessons learned along the way.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Student readings examine the Boy Scouts of America's policy of excluding gays, as well as efforts by scouts themselves to challenge discrimination from both inside and outside the organization.

Students identify individuals in their own lives who embody heroism and think about the various roles people play in conflicts.

Chris Malloy’s video is a perfect example of how your natural highs can change over time. His passion and drive led him to be a professional surfer, filmmaker, and surfwear designer for Patagonia. After completing the Chris Malloy worksheet, encourage students to share their natural highs by having them hashtag #LiveNaturallyHigh on their social media accounts.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

Sphere provides educators with viewpoint diverse resources to bring conversations to the classroom and equip students to engage in civil discourse. Sphere offers lesson plans, discussion questions, videos, and publications on various topics for use in the classroom that are exclusively nonpartisan.

Environmentalists passionately opposed to a giant pipeline that would transport crude oil from the tar sands of Canada to the Gulf coast are going head-to-head with proponents of the project. Students explore the controversy surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline and the strategic questions it raises for environmentalists.

In this lesson, students will examine the cliques within their school community. They will also explore ways to integrate the student body and form relationships across, and in spite of, controlling cliques.

Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.

Platinum-recording singer songwriter Colleen D’Agostino shares her powerful story of how addiction has affected her life and how pursuing your passion and surrounding yourself with positive influences will help you along the way.

How to use our resources:
1) Watch a dynamic video featuring a powerful, personal story
2) Discuss the video in a group using provided discussion guides
3) Engage in deeper learning through fun, interactive activities that reinforce the concepts from the video.

In this lesson art and music activities help students express and understand their feelings.