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My Mental Health

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students define mental health and complete a worksheet about themselves.  In this mental health lesson, students evaluate themselves as they score their worksheet.  Students discuss critical thinking questions about their responses.
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Sources of Support

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine sources of support. In this personal health instructional activity, students participate in activities that require them to consider people. organizations, and websites that they may contact when they need emotional...
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Economy's Stuck, but Business is Booming at Therapists' Offices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of the economy and mental health. In this economy and mental health lesson, students read an article about how the mental health community is booming due to the poor economy. High schoolers discuss ways...
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The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners discuss human emotions and mental health. In this mental and emotional health instructional activity, students write a short story regarding the "think and share" choice. Learners include emotion, the connection between...
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify feelings and learn how to handle conflict. In this character education lesson, discuss what to do when a friend is feeling sad and develop positive ways to handle negative feelings.
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Striking Out Stress- A "Gallery Walk" Activity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss ways to cope with stressful situations. For this mental health lesson, students identify stressful situations and how they would respond to them. Students discuss their feelings.
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Abnormal Puzzle

For Students Pre-K
In this health worksheet, students find the words related to abnormal personalities and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Exposes in Different Eras: The Work of Dorothea Dix and Burton Blatt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover that Dorothea Dix was the first to make the pubic aware of the terrible living conditions of people with mental illness in the 1800's. They evaluate the influence of citizen action on public policy.
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Treatment Works!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students consider the goals of a treatment plan for persons who have had the way they think, feel, or behave changed because of mental illness. PET images are utilized to support the evidence of changes in the activity and functioning of...
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The Stigma Within

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students role play the part of someone with a mental illness and the families they are members of. They act out the scenes from cue cards and other students can state their questions and comments.
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Feeling Sleepy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read the article "Feeling Sleepy?" students compare the article to a sleep survey they do in their class, describe problems that can arise from not getting enough sleep and identify strategies for getting adequate sleep.
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Our Interests

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover what mental health is. They discuss examples and draw pictures of themselves taking care of their mental health. They write a story about a time when they felt good about themselves.
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Human Behavior

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the study of human behavior and develop their ideas about the importance of understanding mental health.
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Mental Health 3: Mental Health Through Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact and portrayal of mental illness in literature. They develop thier ideas about mental health through the arts in this the third lesson on mental health.
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Getting to Know You: Meal Worms

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize differences between themselves and other people, and accept their uniqueness as a positive gift, by studying meal worms.
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Mental Health Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define various mental disorders and list some of their signs and symptoms. They identify mental disorders after being given hypothetical scenarios. They share their results with the class.
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Anger (Part 1): Identifying Our Style

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners identify the two common sources of anger. In this psychology activity, students discuss productive ways to express anger. They complete a reflection worksheet at the end of the activity.
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify ways of handling a conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students identify things that make a person feel sad and ways to help people feel better. Learners write a story about a situation when they felt sad and...
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Good Mental Health Word Search

For Students 10th - 11th
In this word search worksheet, students identify fifty words related to good mental health in a word puzzle. Examples include hormones, self esteem, and depressed.
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Upping the Odds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research test taking tips that focus on nutrition, sleep, and stress reducers. They create a variety of fun projects such as posters and brochures and present their findings to other classes.