Health Education:

Stress Unit Plan

Grade 9-10
Westfield High School,
Westfield MA

Colleen Mistler
March 20, 2017 -April 3,
2017
 Unit Outcomes, State Standards & Assessment Template
Stress Unit Plan:Grade Nine and Ten

Unit Outcomes Reference Assessments

MA
By the end of the unit, Student will be CF
able to... Standards
by number

Describe how stress affects the body MACF 1.12 Body Map
both physically and mentally

Identify the causes and effects of MACF 1.12 Understanding Stress

stress Worksheet

Complete the lists of ways to manage MACF 5.11 Managing Stress Worksheet
stress

Define chronic stress and relaxation MACF 5.11 Chapter 4 Lesson 2

response Worksheet

Identify the stage of grief an individual MACF 5.12 Managing Stress and Coping
is experiencing in a given scenario with Loss Worksheet

Complete a flowchart of the grieving MACF 5.12 Coping with Loss and Grief
process Worksheet

Make a list of ten contributions to your MACF 5.19 Key Stress Relievers for me
stress levels and ten methods of Project
reducing stress

Describe three healthy strategies for MACF 5.19 Chapter 4 Lesson 1

managing stress Worksheet

State three ways you can show support MACF 6.11 Chapter 4 Lesson 3
to a friend that is grieving Worksheet

Identify strategies to make grieving a loss MACF 6.11 Post Test

easier

Block Plan/Sequencing of Lessons

 Stress Unit Plan:Grade Nine and Ten

Day of Focus/ Supplies/ Learning Assessment

Unit Outcomes Materials/ activities
/ Essential Technology including
Qs pedagogical
strategies:
One - Identify the - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Pre Test
topic of the - Whiteboard and Question of the
upcoming markers Day - Name Tag
stress unit and - Paper
- Introduction
methods to (preferably thick - Umbrella
relieve stress white paper) Worksheet
- Pre- Test will be
- Demonstrate - Washable Handout
taken individually
a method of Markers
by the students
relieving stress - Pre Test
by coloring - Handout
- Activity 2: Name
nametags Umbrella
Tag
- Discuss Worksheet
stressful Handout
- Activity 3:
situations and
Umbrella
how to avoid
Worksheet
being stressed
Two - Understand - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Umbrella
the difference - Whiteboard and Question of the Worksheet
between markers Day Handout
- Introduction
distress and - Paper
- Activity 2: Finish
eustress (preferably thick - Chapter 4
Umbrella
- Define white paper) Lesson 1
Worksheet
perception, - Washable Worksheet
- Activity 3
stressor, and Markers
physical or mental
psychosomatic - Chapter 4 - Ticket to leave
stress?
response Lesson 1
- Activity 4:
- Discuss the Worksheet
Lesson one
three stages of
worksheet
the stress
- Ticket to leave
response
Three - Identify the - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Feeling
level of stress Whiteboard and Question of the Stressed Out
they are under markers Day Worksheet
- Introduction
- Activity 2:
- Define - Chapter 4 - Stress Symptom
Pressure Pass
perception, Lesson One Assessment
Activator
stressor, and Worksheet
- Activity 3:
psychosomatic - Stages of stress
Feeling Stressed
response - Feeling response activity
Out Worksheet
Stressed Out
- Activity 4: Stress
- Discuss the Worksheet - Ticket to leave
Symptom
three stages of
Assessment
the stress - Stress Symptom
- Activity 5:
response Assessment
Stages of stress
response activity
- Ticket to leave
Four - Define - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: Chapter 4 Lesson
chronic stress - Whiteboard and Question of the 1 Understanding
and relaxation markers Day Stress Reteaching
- Introduction
response - Chapter 4 Activity
- Activity 2: House
Lesson 1 - Chapter 4
of cards activator
- Describe four Understanding lesson 2
- Activity 3:
effective Stress Worksheet
Chapter 4 Lesson
strategies for Reteaching - Key Stress
1 Understanding
avoiding or Activity Relievers For Me
Stress Reteaching
limiting stress - Chapter 4 Worksheet
Activity
Lesson Two - Great Stress
- Activity 4:
- Identify three Worksheet Relievers Handout
Chapter 4 lesson
ways to - Key Stress - Ticket to leave
2 Worksheet
manage stress Relievers For Me
- Activity 5: Key
Worksheet
Stress Relievers
- Great Stress
For Me Worksheet
Relievers
- Activity 6: Great
Handout
Stress Relievers
- Four decks of
Handout
cards
- Ticket to leave
Five - Describe how - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Body Map
Question of the
 stress affects - Whiteboard and Day - Ticket to leave
the body both markers
physically and - Large white - Introduction
mentally paper
- Use markers - Activity 2: Cue
technology to - Glencoe Health Cards
research Textbook
additional - Techniques for - Activity 3: Body
information avoiding stress Map
about stress index cards
and how it - Ticket to leave
impacts the
human body
Six - Describe how - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Body Map
stress affects Question of the
the body both - Whiteboard Day - Ticket to leave
physically and
and markers
mentally - Introduction
- Use
technology to - Large white
- Activity 2: Body
research paper
Map
additional markers
information - Activity 3: Art
about stress - Glencoe Health
Show
and how it Textbook
impacts the - Ticket to leave
human body
- Complete a
realistic human
body poster
with 10
examples of
what chronic
stress does to
the body over
time
Seven - Identify - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Using Stress
personal - Whiteboard Question of the Management
behaviors and markers Day Techniques
- Introduction
 compared to - Using Stress - Activity 2: Using Worksheet
expectations Management Stress
Techniques Management - Choose
- Demonstrate Worksheet Techniques Techniques That
meditation and - Choose Activity Work For You
breathing Techniques That - Activity 3: Worksheet
techniques to Work For You Meditation/
release stress Worksheet Breathing - Ticket to leave
- Youtube Video: Techniques
- Ticket to leave
Eight - Name and - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Chapter 4
describe the Whiteboard and Question of the Lesson 2
eight stage of markers Day Managing Stress
grief - Glencoe Health Reteaching
- Introduction
Textbook Activity Worksheet
- Activity 2:
- Define - Chapter 4 - Youtube Video
Chapter 4 Lesson
coping, closure, Lesson 3 Quicksand Giraffe
2 Managing Stress
mourning, and Worksheet - Chapter 4
Reteaching
traumatic event - Chapter 4 Lesson 3
Activity Worksheet
on the Chapter Lesson 2 Worksheet
- Activity 3:
4 Lesson 3 Managing Stress - Homework
Youtube Video-
Worksheet Reteaching assignment
Quicksand Giraffe
Activity - Ticket to leave
- Activity 4:
- Youtube Video:
Chapter 4 Lesson
Quicksand
3 Worksheet
Giraffe
- Homework
https://www.youtu
assignment
be.com/watch?
- Ticket to leave
v=G_Z3lmidmrY
Nine - Identify - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Carousel
feelings of grief Question of the Brainstorming
and depression - Whiteboard Day
and markers - Ticket to leave
- Introduction
- Provide
examples for - Large white
- Activity 2:
coping, closure, paper
Timeline Activity
perception and markers
mourning
- Activity 3:
- Glencoe Health
 Textbook Carousel
Brainstorming

- Ticket to leave
Ten - Identify the - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Chapter Four
stage of grief Question of the Lesson 3 Coping
an individual is - Whiteboard Day with Loss and
- Introduction Grief Worksheet
experiencing in and markers
- Activity
a particular - Chapter Four
2:Chapter Four
scenario - Glencoe Health Managing Stress
Lesson 3 Coping
Textbook and Coping with
with Loss and
- Complete a - Chapter Four Loss Worksheet
Grief Worksheet
flowchart of the Lesson 3 Coping
- Activity 3:
grieving with Loss and - I am Who is
Chapter Four
process Grief Worksheet Activity
Managing Stress
- Chapter Four
and Coping with
Managing Stress - Ticket to leave
Loss Worksheet
and Coping with
- Activity 4: I am
Loss Worksheet
Who is Activity
- I am.. Who is
- Ticket to leave
Materials

Eleven - Complete the - Ipad/computer - Activity 1: - Chapter 4 Test

unit test within Question of the
the period with - Whiteboard Day - Ticket to leave
at least 80% and markers
- Introduction
correct answers
- Glencoe Health
- Activity 2:
- Perform Textbook
Youtube Video:
meditation and
meditation
breathing - Unit Test
practices to
- Activity 3:
relax and - Youtube Video
Chapter 4 Test
reduce stress
before the
- Ticket to leave
exam

References:
 Bronson, M. H. (2011). Glencoe Health (pp. 98-104). New York, NY: McGraw Hill

Education.

Karren, K. J., Smith, N. L., Hafen, B. Q., & Jenkins, K. J. (2010). Mind Body Health:

The effects of attitudes, emotions, and relationships (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

McConnell, K. E., Corbin, C. B., Corbin, D. E., & Farrar, T. D. (2014). Health for life.

Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.