One way that hope can be an asset is to use it as a lens with which to examine situations and problems. Using hope as your context can enable teachers and students to look at a problem in its current state, speculate on how the situation might change, and envision the situation as they would like to see it. Approaching problems this way can help answer the question, “How can hope lessons help me work with a problem?” Teachers can use various hope lessons for this purpose.
| Activity | Grade/Division of Lesson Plans |
| Questions Linking Hope to Features of the Situation | – |
| Hope Heroes | Div 1 |
| Hope Hero Spotlight – Lance Cardinal | – |
| Hope Hero Spotlight – Ethan Bear | – |
| Hope Hero Spotlight – Mya Beaudry | – |
| Hope Hero Acrostic Poems | – |
| Questions That Use Hope to Invite Speculations About Change | – |
| Hopeful Behaviours | Div 2/3/4 |
| Bubble Gum Brain | – |
| Before and After Images | – |
| Recognizing Hope in Others and Self | – |
| Reading Children’s Books with Hope Themes | – |
| Current Events | – |
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