Triumph Over Adversity Sometimes life isn’t easy. Bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. At some point in all our lives, we have faced or will face challenging times. The key is how we cope with these struggles, and what we do to survive and hopefully triumph against the odds.
In this collection you will meet fictitious and real characters who have battled against small and great challenges. In the end some will triumph, others won’t, while the rest will cope with what life throws at them.
1 MIN PREPARE
What do the words ‘triumph’ and ‘adversity’ mean? In pairs, use a dictionary to find a definition for these words. Then share your definitions with the rest of the class, and as a group, come to agreed definitions.
As you will remember from Collection 2, an infographic is an image that presents information or data clearly. One of the main characteristics that successful people demonstrate when they face challenging times is resilience. This infographic (left) illustrates ten personal qualities of people who have resilience.
