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California Department of Education

On Tenterhooks: Analyzing the Etiology of Adolescent Anxiety

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are the joys of childhood really that joyful? Readers take a look at adolescent and young adult anxiety. Activities include close reading of articles and a self-reflection of scholars' own fears and anxiety. Learners then create a deck...
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Website
University of North Carolina

Writing Anxiety

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Oh, the dreaded writer's block! As part of a larger paper-writing series, an invaluable resource discusses obstacles and stresses writers face. Individuals learn to identify feelings associated with anxiety, as well as strategies for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Countering Anxiety

For Students 9th - 12th
Strengthen life skills with practice reframing anxious thoughts. First, learners develop rational counter-statements to provided anxiety-producing thoughts. Then they extend the skill to identify and reframe anxiety-producing thoughts of...
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The New York Times

Stress Less: Understanding How Your Mind and Body Respond to Anxiety

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What could be more relevant to teens and preteens than experiencing stress? Use an article from the New York Times website to practice valuable Common Core skills for informational text reading, and also get a discussion going in your...
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California Department of Education

Tragoidia and Catharsis: A Retelling of Classical Tragedies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What a tragedy! Scholars take a close look at Greek tragedy in the form of plays. After analyzing plays, learners think about a play that relates to their own personal anxiety and recreate or reinterpret a scene from that play.
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Curated OER

Strategy Script #4

For Teachers Higher Ed
This lesson is designed for college students who are having anxiety regarding public speaking. In it, the speech givers go through a process of using imagery in order to reduce anxiety. The instructor guides the pupils in visualizing how...
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Curated OER

Childhood Feelings

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Student explore feelings, how to deal with them and how to express feelings. For this feelings lesson, young scholars discuss different ways they feel. Students sing songs about feelings and show actions for each feeling.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Reviewing With Games

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Change up your review strategies to reduce testing anxiety and appeal to multiple intelligences.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Effective Writing Prompts: Getting Beyond the Dark and Stormy Night

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Help struggling writers with strategies to reach different learning styles and reduce anxiety.
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Curated OER

High Anxiety

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The Learning Network section of the New York Times produces high-quality teaching materials. This issue gets middle or high schoolers reading an article about how people use art to express their response to high-stress events. They work...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Separation Anxiety

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the instances in history in which groups of people were segregated by race or ethnicity. After reading an article, they discover how apartheid impacted people's attempt to an education. Using the internet, they research...
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Curated OER

21st Century Social Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Explore communication techniques by using the latest video technology.  In this special education lesson, students create a video discussing their own social goals for the future.  Students utilize Flip Video cameras to document their...
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Mr. T Davis

Major Works Data Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ease the anxiety of preparing for the AP English exams with a four-page packet test-takers can use to record key information about major works they have read. In addition to biographical information about the author, historical...
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Writing
Curated OER

Student Opinion: What Are You Afraid Of?

For Students 7th - 12th
A great resource for informational texts as well as writing topics, the New York Times website provides writing prompts about various news articles through The Learning Network. This particular activity provides a very short reading...
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PPT
Curated OER

Approaching the Regents' Essay Exam

For Teachers Higher Ed
Prepare your scholars for the Regents' Essay Exam with these helpful tips. Advice from what one will need to bring, to how to develop a thesis are included. Writers are given a suggested timeline and sample questions as well. Reduce test...
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Mobile Education Store

ConversationBuilder

For Students 1st - 8th
Some students struggle in social situations or when it comes to conversing with peers. Conversation is key in developing relationships and in building strong social skills. This app can be used to help children with social anxiety, ASD,...
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App
Brain Scape

SAT Vocab

For Students 9th - 12th
Whether preparing for the SAT or just interested in increasing your vocabulary, here's an app that will provide succor to learners desirous of obviating the anxiety associated with the study of esoteric language.
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Lesson Plan
Prestwick House

New (March 2016) SAT Reading Test Practice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The SAT. The ACT. AP exams. The very mention of these exams can cause the college bound to feel anxious. One way to combat Test Anxiety is to provide high schoolers with models of these tests and give them opportunities to analyze the...
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Do2Learn

Trying New Things

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Preparing for a change, big or small, can help learners with autism cope with a potential stressor. A short activity prompts individuals to come up with a plan for an upcoming new experience.
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Annenberg Foundation

Gothic Undercurrents

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Terror, mystery, excitement. American writers of the 19th century, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson, used these elements to create morally ambiguous tales that challenged the prevailing belief in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Taking Tips

For Students 7th - 12th
Assessment, and for some the accompanying test stress, is a part of classroom life. Show your class members how to prepare for exams and steps they can take to reduce anxiety. Although the referenced PowerPoint is not included in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Troubled Times

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students address their questions, anxieties and other feelings about the changes in American society since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 and the subsequent reactions around the world.
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K20 LEARN

Presenting with Confidence: Speech and Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Stage fright? Class members learn strategies to overcome stage fright and develop confidence when giving speeches and engaging in debates.
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Curated OER

My Worst Best Sleepover Party

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read the book The Best Worst Sleepover Party and discuss their feelings about bullying. In this bullying lesson, students discuss anxiety bullying, and what qualities a friend should have. Students design classroom expectations...

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