Gemma Oxley

St. Joseph School - Coaldale AB

T.M - Violet Nagata

Stage 1: Desired Results

General Learning ● Students will develop effective interpersonal skills that demonstrate
Outcome(s): responsibility, respect and caring in order to establish and maintain
healthy interactions.

Specific Learning ● R–9.3 analyze, evaluate and refine personal strategies for managing
Outcome(s): stress/crises

Learning Objectives: Students will understand what stress is and how it affects the brain

Stage 2: Assessments

Key Questions: What is stress?

How have I experienced stress in my life?
How does my body respond to stress?

Formative Assessment : Observation Summative N/A

Assessment:

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Classroom setup: Prepare Videos Resources to bring: Readings

Time Content/ Description Notes

Introduction

5 minutes Introduce the lesson. Explain to students we will

be discussing stress today.
Ask the class if anyone can give you a definition
for stress? Gain a general understanding of what
students know about stress.

Ask questions such as:

● What is stress?
● Where have you experienced stress?
● What does stress feel like?
● Is stress good/ bad?
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Body

20 minutes Activity 1: Reading http://headsup.scholasti

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 Gemma Oxley
St. Joseph School - Coaldale AB
T.M - Violet Nagata
Students will popcorn read the article about stress. /NIDA15-
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15 minutes Activity 2: Four Questions

Students have this time to answer the three

questions relating back to the Stressed Out article.
1. Identify a situation in which you experienced
stress.
2. Write about how your body responded to the
stressful event, and explain why your body reacted
the way it did.
3. What strategies will you use to reduce this type
of stress in the future?

When students finish they have to answer one

more question about a time they felt stressed when
they were younger and how they dealt with it.
Then a time they believe they will be stressed in
the future and what advice they want to learn
before they get there.

Students who finish early can share their

responses with a friend.

5 minutes Activity 3: Ted Ed Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WuyPuH9ojCE

This video explains how stress affects the brain.

Remind students that I like to refer everything
back to the science behind the issue rather than
just preaching that it exists.

Closure

5 minutes Do a 5 minute breathing exercise to finish the https://www.youtube.co

class. m/watch?
v=nmFUDkj1Aq0