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Ontario Grade 7 Structures Project - Famous Failures
Change up your Ontario Form and Function Culminating Project! Instead of building a model of a famous building, have your students redesign a structure that failed and make those changes to their model. This unit project starts with a lesson on structural failure and leads into the inquiry project where students research a failed structure of choice and then build that structure. Allows students to apply their science vocabulary and look into the engineer design process. What's included:29 sli
7th
Engineering, General Science, Science
Famous Failures Growth Mindset Research Project Guided Questions & Presentation
This guided famous failures research project is perfect for teaching growth mindset! It includes a list of suggested people, as well as five pages of guided research to complete. Each page is separated by topic, and includes suggested search terms to help students find the information that they are looking for. When students complete their research, they can create a Google Slides presentation with the included 7-slide template. A sample presentation is included so that you can model these pr
4th - 6th
For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning
Famous Failures Business Project: Case Studies in Corporate Flops & Leadership
Why did Blockbuster pass on Netflix? How did a $400 juicer destroy a tech giant? Put your students in the Consultant’s Chair with the "Famous Failures" Research Project! In this high-engagement, no-prep unit, students dive into the "autopsy" of iconic corporate disasters. From the rapid collapse of Quibi to the fraudulent claims of Theranos, students move beyond basic research to analyze the "Mechanism of Failure" and propose strategic 90-day fixes. What’s Included in this 6-Day Unit:Student
8th - 12th
Business, For All Subjects, Other (Social Studies)
Famous Failures Research Project Workbook: Resilience, Growth Mindsets and MORE
Empower your students to embrace failure as a stepping stone to success through this 'Famous Failures: Growth Mindset' project workbook! Not only does it promote research and presentation skills, but it also instills the importance of resilience and the development a Growth Mindset. By learning from the experiences of famous individuals who have experience setback(s) on their journey to success, students will gain valuable insights and reflect on their own experiences. Perfect for middle and hig
5th - 8th
Character Education, Classroom Community, Writing
Famous Failures SEL/Mindset Project- GOOGLE DRIVE
You will love these interactive research slides focused on grit and perseverance on famous athletes, authors and role models who have experience failure in their lives. This research project is perfect for teaching growth mindset or using as work for early finishers. People Included: Oprah WinfreyWalt DisneyBabe RuthMichael JordanDr. SeussAlbert EinsteinSlides Included:A "Who Was" page with a brief bio on the person's success and failureWhy did you pick ___Why are they famousHow did they failHo
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts
Famous Failures Project & Bulletin Board
Famous Failures Project & Famous Failures Bulletin Board The goal of this assignment is for students to understand how failure is a natural part of life and failure doesn’t mean that their goal is not possible. Instead, it shows that they need to persevere and keep growing. This resource shows the growth mindset of famous figures who weren’t defeated by early failures. In this resource you will receive -A graphic organizer for student research -2 Rubrics (Editable) -A list of famous failures
3rd - 6th
Classroom Community, English Language Arts, For All Subjects
Also included in: Ultimate Growth Mindset Bundle (Social Emotional Learning)
FAMOUS FAILURE RESEARCH PROJECT - Promoting a Growth Mindset I Writing I NO PREP
⭐ Famous Fails: Turning Mistakes into Triumphs with a Growth Mindset ⭐Inspire your students to embrace failure as a stepping stone to success with this engaging resource! Perfect for back-to-school , growth mindset lessons , or any time your students need a reminder that mistakes are part of the journey. This resource features stories of famous figures who faced setbacks but kept going—like Thomas Edison , J.K. Rowling , and Oprah Winfrey —proving that failure doesn’t define you; it fuels yo
3rd - 6th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
Famous Failures Research Project — Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
Unlock the Power of Resilience with our Famous Failures Research Project!Turn your classroom into a hub of inspiration with our engaging Famous Failures Research Project. Explore the incredible journeys of historical figures who transformed setbacks into triumphs, teaching your students valuable lessons in grit, resilience, and growth mindset. What's Included:Detailed Lesson Plan & Success Ideas: Receive a comprehensive guide that seamlessly integrates the Famous Failures Research Project into y
3rd - 7th
English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning, Writing
Also included in: Famous Failures — Growth Mindset Activities Bundle for Upper Elementary
French Famous Failures Research Project — Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
Unlock the Power of Resilience with our Famous Failures Research Project!Turn your classroom into a hub of inspiration with our engaging Famous Failures Research Project. Explore the incredible journeys of historical figures who transformed setbacks into triumphs, teaching your students valuable lessons in grit, resilience, and growth mindset. Perfect for the French or French Immersion upper elementary classroom! What's Included:Detailed Lesson Plan & Success Ideas: Receive a comprehensive guide
3rd - 7th
French, Social Emotional Learning
Famous Failures in Music Research Project
Our students need to know that behind every successful person is a series of failures. Use this research project to help students learn about the lives of famous musicians (from Classical to Broadway to Pop) and help their social-emotional growth as you go! This is the growth mindset concept taken to the musical level. The documents include a student direction sheet and rubric, a template for the poster and a list of famous musicians. The list of musicians is categorized to suit your classroom
6th - 10th
Music, Other (Performing Arts)
Rube Goldberg Project Based Learning Engineering Design & Critical Thinking
Bring creativity, logic, and engineering together with this Rube Goldberg Project-Based Learning Challenge for grades 4–6! Students will dive into the fascinating world of Rube Goldberg, an inventor and cartoonist famous for his comically complicated machines that perform simple tasks. This engaging 2+ hour activity encourages students to think outside the box, analyze inventions, and design their own Rube Goldberg machine inside a head. Perfect for independent work, whole-class learning, ce
4th - 6th
Close Reading, Engineering, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.4.3
, RI.5.3
, RI.6.3
+9
Famous Failures Collaborative Growth Mindset Poster | Grit | The Power of Yet
Do something with your students that they won't soon forget—with my large, visually engaging "Famous Failures" collaboration poster. This poster is part of my Famous Faces series. This fun, collaborative activity features 7 inspirational famous people who weren't always so successful! Let your students learn about growth mindset, grit, and the power of yet, as they work through this poster! This poster is a great jumping-off point for further research into these Famous Failures—and how they we
2nd - 9th
Social Studies, Visual Arts
Grit: Teach Students Perseverance: Biography Research Project SEL Writing Unit
Introduce your students to the idea of grit and exploring a growth mindset through a research based biography project. Students will research one of twenty different famous people throughout history, learning about how they failed and persevered before finding immense success. Many students only know of the successes these people have, not of the tales of perseverance that lined the road to success. Integrate Social Emotional Learning into your writing curriculum today! Use this at any point in
2nd - 5th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing-Expository
Famous Failures Growth Mindset Collaborative Poster Activity | Back to School
Promote a growth mindset and grit while learning from inspirational famous failures! This interactive collaborative poster is a great back to school or year-round activity that features famous failures that led to successes that your students can learn from. Your students will love learning about the influential people behind the featured failures, and working and thinking collaboratively to make something beautiful together! Completed collaboration posters are terrific classroom or hallway dec
2nd - 10th
Classroom Community, Social Studies, Visual Arts
Famous Failures: Fun Growth Mindset Activity | High School Research Project
Want your students to learn about people who have found success through their willingness to work hard and learn from their failures? Carol Dweck herself, in an article published in Scientific America on January 1, 2015, recommends that students learn about this kind of success in order to adopt the growth mindset themselves saying, "One way is by telling stories about achievements that result from hard work." When you teach your students about growth mindset with these plans you will: get your
9th - 12th
Character Education, English Language Arts, For All Subjects
CCSS
W.9-10.2
, W.9-10.4
, W.9-10.7
+3
Grit and Famous Failures Speech Assignment/Growth Mindset/TED Talk
This resource introduces students to grit as a character trait and then requires them to research and present about a famous person who has overcome obstacles in order to become successful. The lesson utilizes Angela Duckworth's research on grit. Students begin the lesson by taking the 12 item grit survey, and then discuss what they think grit means. After they have defined grit themselves and discussed it with the students around them, they will write down the official definition and then s
5th - 12th
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
Famous Failure Biographies_Perseverance_GrowthMindset
16 two-page biographies about famous individuals who have experienced setbacks and failures before success. Mental health focus: PASSIONPERSEVERANCEGRITDETERMINATIONGROWTH MINDSETUp to 15 explicit/implicit comprehension questions are included for each biography. My students have turned this into an oral presentation after completing the comprehension questions and any additional research.
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Health, Reading
Growth Mindset Lesson Famous Failures Activity Writing Craft 2nd to 5th Grade
This growth mindset writing activity helps students understand that mistakes and failures are part of the learning process. Students respond to prompts about effort, practice, and not giving up. The activity encourages thoughtful reflection and written responses. This resource fits well into growth mindset lessons, SEL time, or whole-group discussions. Students reflect on their own experiences and learning habits. The pages are clear and ready to use in any classroom setting. What’s Included 2 b
2nd - 5th
Creative Writing, Writing
Famous Scientist Research Project | Museum exhibit | Museum Project | End of Yea
Looking for a meaningful STEM challenge that runs itself? This research-based engineering design project helps students investigate real scientific failures and turn them into interactive museum exhibits—perfect for end-of-year, student-led learning.When you’re exhausted and need something reliable, structured, and academically strong, this challenge delivers. The Fail Forward Science Museum is a print-and-go research project and engineering design activity that guides students through each step
3rd - 5th
General Science, U.S. History
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Famous Failures Collaborative Poster | Growth Mindset Bulletin Boards Activity
This famous failures collaborative poster is the perfect growth mindset collaborative poster for classrooms. Celebrate perseverance with this famous faces collaborative poster that also works beautifully as a goal setting collaborative poster or a New Year Resolution 2026 to inspire students all year long. Teach students that mistakes help us grow with this hands-on, cooperative art activity featuring 12 inspirational figures who turned failure into success. Each piece contributes to a powerful
1st - 8th
Other (Social Studies), Visual Arts
Da Vinci Growth Mindset Lesson | Famous Artist Biography | Art History SEL
🎨 DA VINCI GROWTH MINDSET LESSON: Learning from FailureEvery artist faces obstacles. Some get rejected hundreds of times. Some destroyed their own work. Some were denied opportunities because of their gender, race, or background. The difference? They didn't let anything stop them from making. This self-directed lesson shows how Leonardo da Vinci turned unfinished projects and "failures" into groundbreaking innovations that changed art and science forever. Each lesson includes: ✓ THE OBSTACLE
6th - 12th
Art History, Social Emotional Learning, Visual Arts
CCSS
RI.6.2
, RI.6.7
, RI.9-10.2
+6
Famous Failures — Growth Mindset Activities Bundle for Upper Elementary
Transform your classroom into a hub of inspiration with our Famous Failures bundle! Ignite engagement and critical thinking with the Famous Failures Reading Comprehension, featuring compelling stories of icons like Thomas Edison and J.K. Rowling. Foster a growth mindset, address challenges, and empower your students with ten engaging passages that prompt reflection on resilience and grit. The journey doesn't stop there – dive into the transformative Famous Failures Research Project, where stud
3rd - 7th
English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning, Writing
Science Famous Failures: Back to School Activity
Inspire your students with real stories of scientific persistence and resilience! This engaging activity helps learners explore how failure, rejection, and unexpected results often lead to groundbreaking discoveries. Students will read about five famous scientists and choose a creative response project that builds both critical thinking and growth mindset. What’s Included: • 2-page nonfiction article featuring 5 scientist case studies: – Alexander Fleming (Penicillin) – Barbara McCl
6th - 9th
Biology, General Science, Physical Science
Famous Failures_Growth Mindset_Digital_NO PREP _ SEL
This digital, SEL, NO Prep, Back to School - Famous Failures and Growth Mindset Unit contains over 50 slides and is ready for you to use with your students when school begins. Perfect for distance learning, back to school, regular education classrooms, counseling or SEL groups, social skills groups, special education groups, large group lessons, intervention, etc. This unit contains student activity slides, teaching slides, videos, learning targets, self-assessments, and exit tickets. Perfect
3rd - 8th
Character Education, For All Subjects, School Counseling
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