Stress Less: Understanding How Your Mind and Body Respond to Anxiety

What could be more relevant to teens and preteens than experiencing stress? Use an article from the New York Times website to practice valuable Common Core skills for informational text reading, and also get a discussion going in your classroom about real-life stress. After reading the article, have your class complete one of the suggested extension activities such as writing a news broadcast, adding to a blog, or even creating a map of the brain.