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Thursday, December 10, 2015

IB Middle Years Programme: Year 2

IB Objective: A: Knowing and Understanding
Subject: Health
Education

Grade: 7

Total Time: 9:00-10:40

1 hour and 40 minutes

Lesson Topic: Youth and Mental Health

IB Statement of
The transition from elementary to secondary school involves important
Inquiry for Unit:
physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes.
IB Learner Profile
IB aims to develop learners who are knowledgeable.
Focus:
Link to B.C.s New We experience many changes in our lives that influence how we see
Curriculum (Big
ourselves and others.
Idea):
Lesson Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will. . .
1. have reviewed physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes
from the previous lesson.
2. understand some mental health issues common in the teenage
years.
3. learn about how to effectively cope with these challenges,
including where to go for help.
Prior Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of mental illness
Basic note-taking skills
Materials:
SmartBoard and PowerPoint
Lined paper/student notebooks
Half-sheets of scrap paper
Digital gap-fill (projected)
Time
Teacher
Students
Materials
(mins.)
Review from last class
Review from last class
SmartBoard
PowerPoint
Review IB inquiry
Listen and ask questions
statement
Complete gap-fill orally in pairs
Gap-fill (on
Remind students of
20
PowerPoint)
the knowledgeable
quality in the IB
Lined
learner profile
paper/notebooks
Present gap-fill on
PowerPoint to review
the physical,
emotional, cognitive,
and social changes that
occur in the early
teenage years

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Hook/Opening New
Hook/Opening New Topic
Topic
Project depression,
Think of ideas and words that
stress, fear,
relate to the concepts
anxiety, mental
individually (or in pairs)
illness, etc. and have
Contribute ideas to whole class
students think of
discussion after pair-share
related words or
concepts, monitoring
for appropriacy
Whole class feedback
Emphasize that
experiencing changing
moods and mental
health concerns is very
common
Interactive Presentation
Interactive Presentation
Define stress,
Take notes as needed
depression and
Answer written and oral
anxiety, including
questions about the myths of
common symptoms
mental illness
Show interactive
Brainstorm effective vs.
PowerPoint,
ineffective ways of coping- by
presenting mental
reviewing real cases and
health information as
deciding the appropriate actions
above
(If available): Use iPads to look
Dispel myths about
up the websites:
mental illness
http://youth.anxietybc.com
Reduce the stigma of
http://www.mindcheck.ca
mental illness
https://www.cmha.ca/mental Indicate ways students
health/your-mentalcan cope with difficult
health/youth/
emotions and thoughts
and where to go for
help
Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Exit Slip
Exit Slip
Review notes
Give students time to
Answer question in writing
review their notes, as
Hand in slip
needed
Give students exit slips
asking, What are some
common mental health

Lined
paper/notebook
PowerPoint
SmartBoard

SmartBoard,
Internet
connection, and
PowerPoint

(iPads)

Half-sheets of
scrap paper

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conditions and how

could a student get
help?
Assessment
ForF Formative (For) Exit slip to review and reflect on the content of todays
for/of
lesson.
Learning:
Extensions:
Advanced students can write longer compositions on their exit slips.

Adaptations:

Plan B:

If this lesson continues into the next block, it can be extended for all students
by having them write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on what they have learned.
Writing prompt: What did you learn today? What do you want to know more
about? Students can add pictures to their compositions also.
Visual and aural support with language on the PP, and pair work will support
English Language Learners and students who may have language
comprehension and processing issues. Teacher will also repeat and rephrase
key ideas to aid in aural comprehension.
Teacher will use chalk/white board and poster paper if SmartBoard fails.