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Exploring Self-Esteem 1: What Is Self-Esteem? Unit PlanExploring Self-Esteem 1: What Is Self-Esteem? Unit Plan
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IRISS
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6th - 12th
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Health
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4 days
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Exploring Self-Esteem 1: What Is Self-Esteem?

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Adolescents explore self-esteem and the various factors that influence a person's sense of self in this four-part lesson series. Through a combination of whole class instruction, small group discussions, and independent work, students learn how personal relationships, life events, and discrimination impact the way people feel about themselves.

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Concepts

self esteem, respect, mental health, stress management, coping skills, discrimination

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Include these lessons in a middle or high school unit on mental health
  • Consider viewing clip of a TV show or movie and discussing the level of self-esteem shown by the different characters
  • Create a class list of actions that positively and negatively affect a person's self-esteem, posting it in the classroom as a reminder to students
  • Have students act out skits that demonstrate the concepts introduced in each lesson

Pros

  • A variety of worksheets are provided that support students with learning about self-esteem
  • Each lesson provides a clear object and sequence of learning activities
  • Examples of possible student responses are included for the different worksheets

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4 W.9-10.4 W.11-12.4 SL.6.1.a SL.6.1.c SL.6.1.d SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d SL.8.1.a SL.8.1.c SL.8.1.d SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.1.c SL.9-10.1.d SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.1.c SL.11-12.1.d

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