UNIT PLAN: Stress Management

Week 1

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday
Learning Opportunities
  • A few days before beginning this learning experience have students fill out blank calendar, circling days that are crucial for attendance,
  • Review "My Response to Stress Rubric"
  • A/B Type Personalities
  • Statement: "Young people don’t know what stress is!"
  • "What is Stress?"
  • Psychological Stressors
  • "Stressed Out?" Sheet

    • (phases of the stress response)

  • "Push The Panic Button" Activity
  • "Stress Self Inventory"
  • HR Monitor
  • Sort "Responses to Stress" into… physical, emotional, behavioral
  • "Stress BIOPOEM"
  • "Healthy Ways to Escape from Stress"
  • crossword puzzle
  • Diaphra
  • gmatic
  • Breathing
  • Progressive Muscle

    • Relaxation Activity
Standards     H1b, CDOS3a.1 H1b, CDOS3a.1 H1b, ELA1.2b

CDOS3a.2, 3a.7

 H1bc, CDOS3a.1,2
Assessments    Graphic Organizer Discussion

Oral quiz

 Graphic Organizer

Discussion

 Key to self correct sorted items. Discussion

Rubric

 Worksheet

Discussion after PMR
 
Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Learning Opportunities
  • "People I Can Count on?"
  • Community Agencies That Can Help
  • "Using Community" Resources" / with "POSSIBLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES"
  • Organize and plan a stress clinic
  • "Positive Ways to Cool Down When You’re Upset"
  • Use specific graphic organizers for small group tasks*
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  • Continue planning the stress clinic
  • Debrief clinic plans
  • Assign "My Response to Stress Reflections
  • Intro. next unit
  • Turn in "My Response to Stress Reflections
  • Complete & submit holistic "My Response to Stress Rubric"
  • Continue next unit, refer frequently stress
Standards H1c,3c CDOS3a.1

H1bc,2a,3e, CDOS3a.1,2, 3,7

 H1bc,2a,3e, CDOS3a.1,2, 3,7 H1b, 2b, CDOS3a.1, ELA1.2b    
Assessments Worksheets,

Rubric

 Worksheet, Discussion

Graphic Organizers, Rubric

 Rubric Essay, Rubric Student Packet, Essay, Rubric