Host a group yoga or meditation class. Conversations related to sensitive topics can be difficult, and yoga/meditation is often a good medium for self-reflection and self-care. Challenging the status
Provide images or quotations for students to use to practice their communication skills to resist social influences or peer pressure, respond to challenges, deal with conflicts, and/or develop and
Explore incidences of harassment, gender based violence and stereotypes common in society and social media to support students in understanding their impact and being advocates for the reduction
Participants race their partners to perform a variety of locomotor skills, then return to their spot in order to earn a point for their half of the ‘tree’.
Use popular media to support students in making connections between ideas and messages presented in media related to sexuality and how these messages may influence their personal lives, and to express
Use an award ceremony format to support students in analyzing the influence of media on perpetuating negative images and messages and in becoming advocates for change to promote healthy relationship
Use popular media to support students in making connections between their personal lives and ideas and messages presented in media about mental illness, relationships, and bias and stereotyping, and
With your team, investigate credible messages about healthy eating that you’ve learned or already know, and then create and implement a promotional strategy to share one of those messages.
Use popular media to support students in making connections between ideas and messages presented in the media related to healthy eating choices and their personal lives, and to express their
Students engage in a Class Jigsaw to gather and share information about the consequences of cannabis misuse, personal factors that may influence misuse of substances, and the importance of coping and
Students use a Graphic Organizer to gather information about the possible effects of cannabis use on an individual’s physical and mental health; the people, resources, and services in the school and
Students use the scenarios provided and a T-chart Graphic Organizer to identify factors that might influence an individual’s decisions about using drugs such as cannabis; Students analyze scenarios to
Students use popular media as a tool to become youth advocates for educating their peers; Students explore the links between mental health and problematic cannabis use, analyze personal and societal
One team attempts to tag members of another team before they cross into their safe zone. If one partner is tagged, both buddies work together as taggers to catch others.
A way to raise awareness surrounding key statistics related to growth and development in your community by hanging information in a prominent space. Anything that has facts or statistics works with
Students engage using the Think-Pair-Share strategy, an Inside-Outside Circle, and use videos to explore the concept of resilience and the connection between protective and risk factors, and choices