Personal Health and Wellness Classroom Lesson for High School Students

Subject

Health

Grades

9th - 12th

Format

PDF · 76 pages

About this resource

The Personal Health and Wellness Classroom Lesson helps high school counselors engage their teen students while teaching important functional life skills. Students will learn about caring for their well-being while taking care of themselves physically and emotionally. Use this resource to help your students differentiate between healthy physical and mental health strategies! Students will learn about taking care of their body, basic hygiene and personal care, and functional life skills leading to conversations around habitual daily health habits. The digital game to reinforce the learned wellness skills requires no prep for the facilitator. It is interactive moving through questions and answers on slides as the players move around the game board. (It's made up of 52 total slides.) This resource can be used as a classroom lesson or a "lunch and learn" lesson series. They’ll reinforce the knowledge and skills they learn about personal health and wellness through a digital game that requires no prep. An additional facilitator guide is included with extra questions for parenting and pregnant teen students. Students will: • use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks • use decision-making skills to enhance overall health • practice self-management to practice health-enhancing behaviors What's Included in This Resource?: • Lesson Plan • Personal Health & Wellness Digital Instructions • Personal Health & Wellness Digital Google Slides (also sold separately here) • Digital Game Board Instructions • Digital Game Board Google Slides • Additional Questions for Parenting and Pregnant Students School counselors or teachers can share the interactive Google Slides with students via Google Classroom™ and let students view on their computers, iPads, or phones. Instructions are included on how to open the file and share it with your students via Google Classroom™. This includes 15 slides. The slides in this resource come on Google Slides but can be downloaded by the buyer into PowerPoint, image, or PDF format by going to File > Download > and choosing an alternate file type. This resource was created with high school students in mind but can be used with older middle school students as well. How Can I Use This? • in a classroom setting • in a small group setting • "lunch and learn" lesson series Interested in a suggested order for how to incorporate these classroom lessons throughout your school year? Check out this free Classroom Lesson Road Map! Which ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors does this resource address? • M 1. Belief in development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional, and physical well-being • B-SMS 1. Responsibility for self and actions If I Liked This Resource, What Else Might I Like? This is a great follow-up classroom lesson or “lunch and learn” lesson to use before or after the Goal Setting Classroom Lesson, Healthy Relationships Classroom Lesson, or Growth Mindset Classroom Lesson.

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