Unit One

Vocabulary

• Health• Wellness• Physical Health• Emotional/ mental health• Social health• Reactive decision making• Proactive decision making• Inactive decision making

Health is a condition of your mental, emotional, physical, and social well-being.

How do you have good health?

• By making good decisions/choices and those choices leading to habits.

How do we make decisions?

Decisions are made daily. Three ways decisions are made:

Proactive- examine decision to be made, identifies and evaluates actions to take, selects an action, and takes responsibility for the consequences of this action.

Inactive- fail to make a choice and do not know what you want to do. Put off making a decision and live with whatever happens

Reactive- Allow others to make the decision for you. Usually you are influenced by what others do, think, and say.

Whose Fault Is It?

• Physical

• Mental/ Emotional

• Social

• ** Each side of the triangle is equally important as the other side, in order to have good health.

When most of us think of health, we think of our physical health.

Physical health deals with the conditions of your body. How can you maintain physical health:

Think Pair Share

• Eat balanced meals • Exercise • Get 8 hours of sleep every night • Maintain good hygiene • Avoid drugs, alcohol, and

tobacco • Have regular check-ups (dental,

vision, eyes)

Calculate the average number of hours you sleep at night.

How do you feel after getting very little sleep one night?

How do you wake yourself up the next morning when receiving little sleep?

Which of these responses are healthy/ unhealthy?

What changes can we make to keep them in balance?

Draw a circle on your paper and divide it into five pieces.

Fill in the five spots as I read a list to you.

Place a dot by each area, for every day you practice that health behavior.

This is how we express our feelings

Sharing your emotions with other people is important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

People who are emotionally healthy usually:

•Express their emotions in healthy ways•Deal with sadness and ask for help if they need too•Accept both their strengths and weaknesses ( accept

who you are)•Find solutions to problems•Find positive ways to manage stress

One volunteer

Tennis balls

How did the catcher do when the tennis balls came at them slowly, one at a time?

How did the catcher do when the tennis balls came at them faster, one at a time?

How did the catcher do when the tennis balls were all tossed to them at one time?

What can this activity tell us about stress in our lives?

Let’s list the things that cause stress in our lives.

What are some of the ways you handle stress in your life?

Are there positive and negative ways to handle stress?

What are the positive ways to handle stress?

What are the negative ways to handle stress?

Is stress always bad for us?

What makes stress bad for us?

What makes stress good for us?

Groups of five

1 piece of paper

Pencil/ pen

1 dice

How easy was it to roll a 6?

How high did you get in writing numbers?

How easy was it to get the pencil when it was your turn to write? Did it change when the game got closer to the end? How?

When the activity first began, what was the level of excitement in your group?

How did excitement change as people got closer to 50?

How can we compare this to stress in our lives?

How anxious do we feel about something that is going to happen a year down the road?

How does your anxiety level change the closer the event gets to happening?

Do we sometimes cause ourselves to be stressed when we don’t need to be?

What are behaviors we exhibit when we are under stress?

How does our behavior affect others?

What are some negative ways that we can reduce anxiety or stress level about future events?

What are some positive ways that we can reduce our anxiety or stress level about future events?

How can we help others reduce their levels of stress?

Good Mental Health is:

Being able to solve problems Handling stress effectively and

solving problems Openness to new ideas and ways of

doing things Adapt/adjust to change

How well you get along with others.

It is your interaction with people.

By learning social skills you can improve on how well you get along with others.

Ask yourself the following questions: • Am I considerate of other people? • Do I show respect to others? • Am I dependable? • Do you share feelings with your friends? Do you support friends when making good choices? • Caring family member • Making and keeping friends • Giving and receiving support

What are some healthy ways to let friends know how you feel about them and their friendship means to you?

Happy Grams

How can you improve social health when you are bored?

When you are bored you probably play video games, what can you do instead of games?

Groups of 4-6 students Each group chooses a bullet from

slide 18. In your group, develop a skit for the

social skill assigned to your group. 10-15 minutes to come up with your

skit PRESENT!

Balance health- turn to page 6 in the book.

Think-Pair-Share What are the imbalances in the

health triangles of the four students? What is a reason for temporary

imbalances in health triangles?

• Title: My Health Triangle• Evaluate: Where do you spend most of

your time?• Create: a triangle that represents your

health lifestyle.• Label: each side appropriately• Tell: why your triangle is equal or off

balance• Color: your triangleTurn it in: in the appropriate class basket and

with your name on it.

Well ness is more than just being healthy; it is your overall state of well-being “total health”.

To achieve wellness it is important, to make good health a part of your daily routine.

Every decision will affect your wellness ( i.e. riding your bike or playing a video game; eating healthy snacks, etc.) by starting to develop good daily habits now, it will help to have positive long-term effects on your health and wellness in the future. (Think-pair-share).

• Take care of your body • Deal with stress appropriately • Stay emotionally healthy by expressing your

feelings in a healthy way • Socially be considerate of others

Exit Slip: Identify where your triangle is lacking. Make a Health Behavior Contract. Turn it in as you leave, you will get it back tomorrow to keep in your

3 ring binder.

Homework: Ask a parent or adult at home to tell you about an important health decision he/she made as a teen. Ask what were their concerns about appearance? Friends? Dating? Grades? Physical Changes? Music? Recreation? Parents? What were their greatest joys/ fears? Find out if it was the best choice they could have made.

What Influences Your Health?

Activity- Yarn Ball

Quiz One: You will have 10 minutes to complete quiz one.

Heredity Environment Adolescence Hormones

Do you look more like one parent than the other?

This is because your inherit traits or characteristics from your parents.

Heredity- is the passing of traits from parents to child.

These traits help to determine your physical features.

Some diseases are inherited…sickle cell anemia is inherited. This disease causes blood cells to take the shape of an S and cause small blood clots and cause pain.

Other diseases such as diabetes, is affected by heredity and other factors (your diet).

Groups of 5 One pencil per team One blank piece of paper for each

team

Which team was it better to be? The team with the highest or lowest score?

Which person on your team was most important? Why?

Which person was least important? Why?

How much control do you have over their height? Explain.

How would the world be if we were all the same height?

How do the differences help make our world a better place?

Should we judge other people by how tall or short they are? Why or why not?

How does the way a person looks affect the way they feel about themselves?

Should we judge people based on religion, physical handicaps, type of family they come from, or external characteristics? Why or why not?

Robert’s family moved from a ranch to a large city. Robert started coughing a lot more and his eyes were always itchy. His doctor said the pollutants in the air might have caused his allergies.

How many of you have ever moved? You have to adapt or adjust to the

new surroundings. The surroundings can affect your

health.

Your health can be affected by your environment. The environment is all of the living and non-living

things around you.

Think-pair-share of things in the environment

Examples: air pollution (secondhand smoke ), school, home, friends, family, etc.

What about another part of our health triangle?.

Some things in the environment we cannot control.

Adolescence hormones

During your teenage years there will be changes that affect all sides of your health triangle. It is important to be able to adapt to these changes:

• Physical- Be physically active Eat nutritious meals and snacks Get enough sleep Avoid drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.

• Mental/ Emotional- Use critical thinking skills. Find positive ways to manage stress. Ask for help from trusted adults.

• Social- do your best to get along with others.

Did anyone have a friend that grew over the summer time?

Something that affects our physical growth is called adolescence.

Adolescence is the time of life between childhood and adulthood. Usually between ages 11-15.

During this time: you may grow taller grow hair start perspiring and many other things.

This all has to deal with your hormones.

Hormones are chemical substances, produced in glands, which help regulate many body functions. You do not just grow physically, but mentally/ emotionally and physically as well.

You will know when you reach adolescence by: changing in voice a growth spurt and physical changes in people. Most of the times your hands and feet grow first making some teens awkward or self-

conscious.

Problems get harder the older you get.

You will start to develop the ability to reason and think logically.

You will also be able to think ahead and imagine possible outcomes of a situation.

You will be able to understand different points of view and see many solutions to a problem.

#1 Tyler wants me to go out with him to

check out a construction site, even though there’s a “No Trespassing” sign.

Think of the future and possible consequences:

#2 I need to study for a history test

tomorrow, but I have band practice this afternoon and I have to baby sit my little sister tonight.

Create possible solutions to the problem

Mood swings New feelings toward others Increased romantic interests Increased interest in what is

important to you

Read p. 11 as class

In your group, create a skit that shows mental/ emotional growth from the slip of paper given to your group.

During your teen years, friends will become increasingly important. Your relationship with family may change, but you may also play a more active role in your community.

Family-How does the role with your family change? Younger= more dependent on family. Older= more independent and making decisions for yourself

Friends-Choose to share your thoughts and feelings with friends instead of family. Your friends opinions are becoming more important to you. You will also find new friends who share similar interests with you ( soccer, football, academic team).

Community- Find ways to contribute to your community, whether it be through school and picking up litter or helping other students with homework. In your neighborhood you might donate clothes to the needy or support a local environment group.

Look at pg. 13. How have friends influenced your behavior and habits in the past year or two? What does this change indicate about your social growth?

At each table, create a list, by dividing a piece of paper into three sections: mental/ emotional health; social health; and physical health.

List several examples of growth in adolescence under each heading.

P. 13 How have friends influenced your

behavior and habits in the past year or two?

What does this change indicate about your social growth?

Exit Slip: What are three things in your environment can affect

your health? Can you control any of them? Which has a larger role in influencing your health:

heredity or environment? Identify one change during adolescence.

Homework- Bring in a newspaper story or magazine article about a

local accident or crime ( does not have to be recent). We will discuss them tomorrow in class. We will identify lifestyle choices that might have led to the incident.

Bell Ringer: Quiz Two: Students will have 10

minutes to complete quiz two.

• Lifestyle• Lifestyle factors• Attitude• Preventative Care• Cumulative risks• Precaution• Abstinence• Self-control

Choices we make reflect our lifestyles.

Your lifestyle is a set of behaviors by which you live your life.

A healthy lifestyle begins with a good attitude.

Lifestyle factors are behaviors that determine a person’s level of health.

Attitude is the way you think, act, or feel when making certain choices.

A good and positive attitude helps you to make choices that are good for you and your health.

Your attitude also includes how you feel about yourself.

If you like and respect yourself and believe others like and respect you, you will take care of yourself. YOU control your health.

If something in your health isn’t good, you have the choice to make a decision and improve it.

MAKE SURE never to ignore one part of your health while trying to improve another, because all parts are equally important.

Some risks are unavoidable in life.

A risk crossing the street to get to the bus is unavoidable.

These risks should not injure you or someone else if performed with care.

When you perform an action or behavior that might cause injury or harm to you or others then it is a risk behavior.

Some are noticeable

Some are not noticeable

Both can have a negative impact on your future health.

Pull out your homework assignment from yesterday: a newspaper clipping about a local accident or crime.

Hand them to me. I will assign students a number. Walk around the classroom, looking

at the newspaper clippings, try to decide lifestyle choices that might have led to the incident.

Answer the following questions:

• How can family members make it easier, or harder, for a teen to choose these lifestyle practices?

• At what age should individuals be considered responsible for choosing these practices for themselves? Why?

Think-pair-share unavoidable and avoidable risks teens face daily

• A sedentary lifestyle- a life with little physical activity

• Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs • Sexual activity • Riding a bike without a helmet

All risks have consequences…some are minor and some are major.

Examples?

Minor? Major?

“ Three teenagers died, and two more were injured when a car slammed into a bridge guardrail shortly after the grab-and-dash theft of a case of beer,” the police said. “Three of the teens were 17, and two were 16.”

List the decisions these five teens made and identify the consequences.

If you were a friend of theirs who had decided not to participate in this act, what values did you consider when you made your decision not to go?

Risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

Examples: Not wearing a helmet Riding a bike on a busy street Not looking when crossing a busy street

Take precautions. Precautions are planned actions taken before an event to

increase the chances of a safe outcome. Or you can be abstinent. Abstinence is a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk

behavior. Abstinence shows you are responsible and that you

respect yourself and others.

This helps to protect all three sides of your health triangle. Protect emotional/mental by avoiding the stress and worry

involved with taking risks. Protect your social health by not disappointing family members

and friends and maintaining their trust.

There are things that you are responsible for right now: doing your homework cleaning your room brushing your teeth

The older you get, the more things you will be expected to be responsible for, both at home and school.

Self-control is important when taking more responsibility for your health. Self-control is restraint from your own emotions and desires.

Preventative healthcare- is something you should start practicing. Preventative healthcare is taking steps to prevent illness and accidents before they happen.

THE CHOICES YOU MAKE TODAY ARE THE START OF NEW HEALTH HABITS.

In your groups, perform a skit showing an example of an unhealthy attitude leading to an unhealthy lifestyle.

Re-do your skit. Show how the attitude could change a behavior into a healthy lifestyle.

Health Education is essential, it helps your gain the tools you need to maintain and improve your total health and wellness.

Exit Slip- How have you shown self-control in the past week ( i.e.

not watching your favorite television show so that you had more time for physical activity).

Homework- Developing a healthy lifestyle takes commitment, but

the rewards are worth the effort. Write a short letter identifying one health-enhancing

behavior they will commit to and practice for one month. Seal them in an envelope. Bring to class and I will keep them. In a month, we will open them and see if you were able

to have success.

Quiz Three: Students will have 10 minutes to complete the health quiz.

Turn to p. 20 in the book. We are going to complete the Model

as a class. In a small group you will complete

the practice. Individually, you will complete the

apply/assess box.

Turn to p. 22 in the book. We are going to complete the Model

as a class. In a small group you will complete

the practice. Individually, you will complete the

apply/assess box.

Name sources of information about health issues. What are reliable sources?

Not all sources of information are equally valid. Printed materials, check the credentials of the author and anyone the author quotes. Make sure information is based on a scientific study.

Sources: • Parents/ guardians/ trusted adults- based on personal

knowledge and experience • Library resources-encyclopedias and nonfiction books on

science, medicine, nutrition, and fitness. • Internet- govt. agencies, health care providers, universities,

and scientific publications • Community resources- local health organizations, hospitals,

clinics, government offices, universities • Media- newspaper and magazine articles by health

professionals and experts on current health studies.

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