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Stress: Grades 6-8 Lesson PlanStress: Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
28 days
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2016
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Stress: Grades 6-8

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This Stress: Grades 6-8 lesson plan also includes:
  • Handout: Stress Mail
  • Handout: Stress Log
  • Quiz
  • Quiz: Answer Key
  • Infographic: Kids Can Help Parents Get Healthier (color)
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Two lessons take a close look at stress. In lesson one, scholars identify common stressors and examine stress management strategies. Lesson two challenges pupils to keep a stress log for four weeks to aid in their personal journey of relieving stress.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

stress management, stressors, mental health, disorders, expressing feelings, feelings, emotions, identifying emotions, social-emotional learning, self-awareness, casel

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Offer additional copies of the stress log for learners to jot down their feelings for a longer period of time
  • Gather a collection of age-appropriate books related to stress, allow class members to browse them when time permits
  • Ask the school's counselor to be part of the discussion either safely in-person or remotely

Classroom Considerations

  • Stress could be a sensitive topic, establish a safe environment for peers to share their feelings without judgment
  • Refer participants that require additional support to the school counselor

Pros

  • Boosts self-awareness
  • Offers stress management techniques that can help an individual now and in the future
  • Provides extension activities as well as an assessment and its answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.1.c SL.6.1.d SL.6.2 SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d SL.7.2 SL.8.1.c SL.8.1.d SL.8.2

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