Curated OER
The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem
Are your high schoolers aware of the effect advertising can have on their self-image, self-esteem, and happiness? This lesson plan from the Media Awareness Network is aimed at increasing that awareness and mitigating any negative effects...
Curated OER
Keep Finding the Positive
Fifth graders discuss how a positive self-image can improve their school community. In groups, they are given a set of card in which they examine the role of each. After being given the presenter card, they create a collage about their...
Curated OER
Male Image Building Utilizing the Writing Process
Introduce your class to the techniques of proper writing. In groups, they brainstorm their ideas on family structures and discuss the importance of having a male figure in their lives. After listening to an African-American poem, they...
Curated OER
The Real Me!
Fourth graders examine and explain who they are and communicate that person to the viewer through the use of the visual arts. They think about themselves and try to find five things that represent who they are and what they feel is...
Curated OER
Personal Body Types
Students are introduced to the four main body types. Individually, they label their own body type and disover which styles would be most flattering to their figure. To end the lesson plan, they design an outfit for themselves and...
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University: Personality Theories: Gordon Allport
This site, which is provided for by the Shippensburg University contains biographical information about Gordon Allport as well as an introduction to his teachings.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: What Skin Are You In?
Using two songs by India Arie as well as an excerpt out of Sharon Flake's The Skin I'm In, young scholars will explore their own self image. After analyzing the qualities that each student feels that they embody, they will compare these...
Other
Girlworks: The Magazine for Smart Girls
Girlworks is a Canadian magazine targeting teenage girls. Its aim is to present real life issues that concern teen girls and to foster self-esteem. Topics cover everything from fashion and trends to body image and depression.
FableVision
Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: The North Star
A story about the importance of following your own path through life, not the path others have taken. Told with great simplicity and beautifully illustrated, The North Star celebrates independence, spirited inquiry, and a life full of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Incompetent People Think They're Amazing
We frequently overestimate our own abilities. David Dunning describes this Dunning-Kruger effect.
Other
Stage of Life: How Teens Feel About Real World Issues
Hundreds of students share a personal story in which they faced an obstacle, challenge, issue or problem during the school year and share how they dealt with it when they answered a writing contest prompt.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Supporting Girls in Early Adolescence
The time period of adolescence for girls is covered in this paper with topics such as self concept, self-image, and body image.