Mental Health Awareness Activities Check In Posters Guided Meditation Reading

Mental Health Activities Resource Bundle | 6th Grade Upper Elementary Middle School Health

This bundled product contains the following 8 StudentSavvy resources!

Contains Mental Health...

• Reading Passages
• Interactive Notebook
• Interactive PowerPoint
• Google Slides Student Projects
• Assessments | Exams
• Classroom Posters
• Guided Meditations | Mindfulness Meditations
• Cyberbullying Lapbook Activity

All you'll ever need for a unit on Mental Health

Aligned with Common Core and Health Education Content Standards for California

Standards:

1.1.M, 1.2.M, 1.3.M, 1.4.M, 1.5.M, 1.6.M, 1.7.M, 1.8.M, 1.9.M, 2.1.M, 3.1.M, 3.2.M, 4.1.M, 4.2.M, 4.3.M, 4.4.M, 5.1.M, 5.2.M, 5.3.M, 6.1.M, 6.2.M, 6.3.M, 7.1.M, 7.2.M, 7.3.M, 7.4.M, 8.1.M, 8.2.M

More information on each resource:

OVERVIEW OF EACH READING PASSAGE:

1.) The Effects of Stress and Perfectionism

-Stress and various types (stress, distress, eustress)

-Overview of what can cause stress

-The body’s response to stress (fight or flight, freeze, avoidance coping, fatigue) and common symptoms of stress

-What perfectionism is in adolescence and types of behavior and thinking (fear to fail, all or nothing, etc.)

Keywords: stressor, eustress, distress, fight-or-flight, freeze response, avoidance coping, perfectionism

2.) Taking Control of Stress and Building Resiliency

-Causes of stress

-5 Steps to taking control of stress

-Resiliency

-Characteristics of someone who is resilient

Keywords: resiliency

3.) Empathy and Dealing with Loss

-The definition of empathy and overview

-5 ways to show empathy

-Overview of losing a loved one, causing a range of different feelings

-more in detail about anger, fear, guilt, denial, and sadness

-Ways to cope with those emotions (communicate, seek out others, self-care, acceptance of feelings)

Keywords: empathy

4.) Emotional Awareness and Unwanted Emotions

-Definition of Emotional Awareness

-Overview of unhealthy ways of dealing with unwanted emotions

-Effective ways of dealing with unwanted emotions (talking about it, walking away, doing art, listening to music, etc.)

Keywords: emotional awareness, projection, rationalization, denial

5.) Mood and Anxiety Disorders – When to Ask for Help

-Definition of anxiety disorders (more extreme expression of anxiety – out of proportion anxiety to everyday situations)

-Symptoms of anxiety disorders.

-Overview of different types of anxiety disorders (GAD, Social Anxiety, OCD, Panic Disorder, and PTSD)

-Brief overview of mood disorders (depression and bipolar)

-Overview of when to reach out to someone about mental health or when to ask for help

-What to do when someone you know needs help

Keywords: GAD, Social Anxiety, OCD, Panic Disorder, PTSD

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Overview of Interactive Notebook & PowerPoint

Answer Key Included!

Mental, Emotional, and Social Health Board Game, Vocabulary, Task Cards, and much more included!

Aligned with Common Core and Health Education Content Standards for California

Standards:

1.1.M, 1.2.M, 1.3.M, 1.4.M, 1.5.M, 1.6.M, 1.7.M, 1.8.M, 1.9.M, 2.1.M, 3.1.M, 3.2.M, 4.1.M, 4.2.M, 4.3.M, 4.4.M, 5.1.M, 5.2.M, 5.3.M, 6.1.M, 6.2.M, 6.3.M, 7.1.M, 7.2.M, 7.3.M, 7.4.M, 8.1.M, 8.2.M

Topics covered in this unit include: Types of Stress, What Creates Stress, Anticipatory Stress, Major Life Changes, Body’s Stress Response, Fight-or-Flight, Perfectionism in Adolescence, All-or-Nothing Thinking, Dealing with Loss, Empathy Towards Others, Resiliency and Characteristics, Emotional Awareness, Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety, GAD, Mood Disorders, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, Eating Disorders and Types, Getting Help and When to Ask For Help

This product contains:

Health Notebook Cover…..………………….…..………….…………….....…...5

Vocabulary ………………………………………………………………….……..…….6-7

Stress and Various Types……….…………………………………….…............8

What Creates Stress……………………………………………………………........9

Our Body’s Stress Response……………..……………………..……............10

Perfectionism in Adolescence………..………….……………………..........11

Taking Control of Stress……………………………………………………....…..12

Dealing with Loss……………………………………………………..…...........…..13

Empathy Towards Others, Ways to Show…………….......................14

Becoming Resilient, Characteristics………………………...............……15

Emotional Awareness & Unwanted Emotions..….........................16

Anxiety Disorders & Types……………..……………..…………........………..17

Psychological Disorders & Conditions.………………….................…..18

Eating Disorder Types…………………………..………………………...…………19

Getting Help, When to Ask for Help…….…………………................….20

Health Decision Making Task Cards……..……………................……21-23

Board Game Sheet………..……………………………………………………….…24

Board Game Question Cards……………………………………….......….25-33

Answer Key………………………………………………….………………………...….34

Vocabulary Answers……………………………………………………..…...….35-36

Interactive Notebook Sheet Answers………......................….…....37-48

Decision Making Task Card Answers…………...................….….….49-50

Board Game Question Card Answers.…………………..................…51-54

Thank You and Copyright……………………………………......…………..….55

Additional Resources…………………………………………………...………..…56

Overview of Student Projects Google Slides

3 digital | paperless projects for your students!

This product contains 3 digital projects that students can complete using Google Slides! This resource has a brochure project, a website project, and an info-graphic / poster project.

Each student-centered project has a sample project and detailed project instructions for the students.

Info-graphic / Poster Project

Students pick a topic that they would like to research. (Examples include Anxiety Support, Types of Stress, Perfectionism in Adolescence, etc.) All of the elements in the info-graphic must be organized, clearly visible, and well placed. Creativity with color and photos is a must!

Website Project

Using a template, students design a fictional community service or volunteer website. (Examples include Anxiety Support, Types of Stress, Perfectionism in Adolescence, etc.)

Brochure Project

Using a template, students design a brochure that highlights important facts and topics

Mental, Emotional, & Social Health Exam - Assessment - Test | Designed for Middle School & Upper Elementary Students

Editable with Answer Key! Assign DIGITALLY with Easel!

6th Grade Health Series {Editable PowerPoint, Digital Easel, & PDF versions included in the file }

This product contains an assessment that has vocabulary matching, fill in the blank, short answers, essays, and more! It has 18 questions in total.

It also contains an ANSWER KEY and an EDITABLE PowerPoint file.

This resource is aligned with Mental & Social Health Interactive Notebook and Mental Health PowerPoint

Topics covered in this unit: Types of Stress, What Creates Stress, Anticipatory Stress, Body’s Stress Response, Dealing with Loss, Empathy Towards Others, Resiliency and Characteristics, Emotional Awareness, Anxiety Disorders, Social Anxiety, Eating Disorders and Types, Getting Help and When to Ask For Help

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