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The Shape of Home
Learners explore the diversity among homes in the world. In this diversity lesson, students share the story "Connected to Everything" which features the story of a family that was forced to leave their land and move to a reservation....
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Coping with Job Loss
Students discuss the different stages of job loss. For this communication lesson, students brainstorm ways to cope with this situation. They share their ideas in class.
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Psychological Disorders
In this psychology instructional activity, students complete 5 short answer questions on pscyhological disorders. They identify characteristics of have certain disorders.
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Children of Alcoholics Group
Ninth graders identify characteristics of alcoholism, resources available to them and their family within the community and school, and look at strategies to help them increase safety and anger management strategies too.
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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Contemplating Nature vs. Nurture
Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a lesson plan that encourages awareness and...
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Coping with loss
Students explore ways of dealing with death or grief. They participate in empathy exercises and in small groups discuss how death is perceived in society. In addition, they write a paragraphs in response to provided questions.
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What's Special About Me?
Students identify personal strengths that can help them cope with events in life like 9/11. They address two factors that have been demonstrated by research studies to assist students in adapting to and coping with stress. Students are...
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"Writing As Healing" Exercise
Students begin with a teacher-leld discussion of recent research, which has found measurable imporovements in patient symptoms even four monthe after their participation in a brief writing exercise about a stressful event in the...
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Promoting Academic Success
Students apply basic time management skills to their lifestyle and implement study skills. Also, they should be able to implement management techniques in their daily lives as well. Students list activities and assignments and determine...
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Survival: The Human Body in Extreme Environments
Learners name and describe the major systems that work together as a unity to monitor and regulate the human body as it goes about its business of securing the essential requirements for life. They identify specific human features and/or...
NYU Student Health Center
SOS For Emotions
How can we care for our emotional health? By following the tips in this colorful, helpful, suggestion-filled guide.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
My Life—My Reproductive Health
Keep learners informed about their options and rights when it comes to their sexuality. An in-depth lesson plan guides teenagers through a discussion on sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, and emotional consequences to having...
Bethel School District
Health Triangle Self Assessment
Measure health as a triangle, with each side representing different aspects of health: physical, emotional/mental, and social. High schoolers complete a self-assessment of their health in all three areas before scoring their progress and...
Intel
Metric Madness
Scholars learn about the metric system and produce a presentation on how to convert within the metric system. They then develop a brochure in support of legislation requiring the use of the metric system.
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The Shape of Home
Students define home and understand that home is not the same to everyone. For this homes lesson, students participate individually and in groups to create a classroom definition of home. Students discuss the events in the story the...
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Prepositions
For this preposition worksheet, 6th graders study a list of given prepositions. Students then respond to 45 fill in the blank questions supplying the correct preposition for each.
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Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg
Students study the stages of moral development. In this psychology lesson, students explore Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development as they read, respond to, and evaluate a moral development scenario.
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Worry Critter
Third graders investigate what worrying is, its causes, feeling, and how to deal with it.
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Views on Downloading: Developing Persuasive Writing Techniques
Students write persuasively by convincing others of their point of view about music downloading.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 12
In this advanced ESL vocabulary worksheet, young scholars read 10 sentences that contain missing words. Students analyze the 4 similar word choices given and select the word that will correctly complete the sentence.
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The Foreign Policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt To The Entry Into World War Ii
Students examine the U.S.A.'s entry into World War II, and Franklin DO. Roosevelt's foreign policy. They analyze the life of I.E.., the election of 1932, and the New Deal.
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DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes
Students review the structure and function of DNA, genes, and chromosomes and are engaged by a demonstration illustrating the relative size of DNA, genes and chromosomes. They also describe through analogy and model the structure and...
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Kids Health: Stress
This site from Family Doctor.org provides fundamental information on the issue of stress. Learn about frequent causes, your body's physical response, and ways you can cope with the stresses in your life.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Coping With Stress
Learn about common sources of stress and how you can find healthy ways to respond to them. Also includes contact information for reaching out to professionals who can help with the coping process. PDFs require Adobe Reader.