Health Test #1

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Test 1

• Bullying and Chapters 1 3

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Bullying

• John S. Battle High School

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Advocacy Class Activity

• Imagine you are walking down the school hallway.
  You turn the corner and see one student being
  bullied by another.

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Prejudice and Stereotypes

• Prejudice an unfair opinion or judgment of a
  particular group of people
• Example A teen might decide he dislikes all
  cheerleaders because a cheerleader once turned
  him down for a date.
• Stereotype an exaggerated or oversimplified
  belief about people who belong to a certain
  group.
• Example Assuming all boys like sports is a
  gender stereotype.
• What are some other examples?

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Tolerance

• Tolerance - the ability to accept others
  differences.
• People who are tolerant value diversity and can
  appreciate the differences in other peoples
  cultures, interests, and beliefs.
• Who do you know that practices tolerance?

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Disrespectful Behaviors

• Has a fellow student or friend every picked on
  you for no reason? Perhaps this person called
  you names, or even threatened you with physical
  violence.
• BULLYING deliberately harming or threatening
  other people who cannot easily defend themselves.
• What do bullies do?
• Tease, spread rumors keep someone out of the
  group, and they can even attack physically by
  pushing, hitting, etc.

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Why do people bully?

• They think they feel more superior
• They may do it as a way to fit in
• 1 out 4 students get bullied in the United
  States on a regular basis.
• Bullies are actually more inclined to drop out
  and have problems with alcohol and violence.
• Kids who are bullied are more inclined to harm
  themselves because the bullying damages their
  self-esteem.

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Reflection

• What are 4 ways to show respect in your
  relationships?
• Thought of the day
• Pulling someone down will never help you reach
  the top.

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Achieving Mental and Emotional Health

• Chapter 3 Lesson 1 pp.66-71

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Developing Your Self-Esteem

• Good mental and emotional health is directly
  related to healthy self-esteem.
• Mental/Emotional Health the ability to accept
  yourself and others, express and manage emotions,
  and deal with the demands and challenges you meet
  in your life.
• Class Question
• What are some aspects of everyday life that
  affect an individuals mental and emotional
  health?

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Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional
Health

• Read Importance of Mental and Emotional Health
  and Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional
  Health. pg. 67
• Sense of Belonging
• Sense of Purpose
• Positive Outlook
• Self-Sufficiency
• Healthy Self-Esteem
• Everyone has to manage difficult and stressful
  situations. Mentally and emotionally healthy
  people handle stresses in positive ways.
• Resilient the ability to adapt effectively and
  recover from disappointment, difficulty, or
  crisis.

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Reflection

• Close friends encourage one another. How might
  this kind of encouragement affect a persons
  mental health?

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Self-Esteem Competence

• Self-Esteem how much you value, respect, and
  feel confident about yourself
• necessary for good mental/emotional health
• Competence having enough skills to do something
• trying new challenges
• Read How You Develop Self-Esteem pg. 68

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Class Discussion

• Improving Your Self-Esteem
• What are some ways you can help improve your
  self-esteem?
• How can improving your self-esteem have a
  positive effect on your relationships with
  others?

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Developing Self-Awareness

• Understanding your needs and meeting them in
  healthy ways will help you reach your highest
  potential.

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
5 Levels
Hierarchy of Needs a ranked list of those needs
essential to human growth and development,
presented in ascending order, starting with basic
needs and building up.
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Maslows Hierarchy

• Once our basic needs are met, we then continue to
  move in an upward movement striving to reach
  self-actualization.
• Self-Actualization to strive to be the best you
  can be
• What needs are you focused on right now?
• How are you meeting those needs?

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Closure/Reflection

• Why do you think taking time to attend to the
  needs of others is beneficial to self-esteem?
• Write answer down in your notebook!

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Developing Personal Identity and Character

• Chapter 3 Lesson 2 pp.72-77

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BIG IDEA

• A healthy identity can be achieved by being a
  person of good character.
• Class Discussion Questions
• 1. What are some positive characteristics that
  make you unique?
• 2. Do you think your personal identity will stay
  the same throughout your life, or do you think it
  will change?

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Your Personal Identity

• Describes who you are!
• Personal Identity your sense of yourself as a
  unique individual
• can depend on age and circumstances
• How identity forms?
• Recognizing your likes and dislikes
• Relationships
• Experiences with family

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How Identity Forms

• Role Model someone whose success or behavior
  serves as an example for you
• Aspects of Identity
• Personality a complex set of characteristics
  that make you unique
• SETS YOU APART FROM OTHER PEOPLE
• DETERMINES HOW YOU WILL REACT IN CERTAIN
  SITUATIONS
• Character distinctive qualities that describe
  how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
• Outward expression of inward values
• A person of good character demonstrates core
  ethical values such as responsibility, honesty,
  and respect.

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Class Activity

• Brainstorm a list of sports stars, actors, and
  musicians who you look up to?

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Critical Thinking

• If these individuals know that many teens look up
  to them, should they feel obligated to behave as
  positive role models?

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Traits of Good Character

• Integrity firm observance of core ethical
  values
• Read in class p. 74 (6 character traits)
• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Fairness
• Caring
• Citizenship

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Working Toward a Positive Identity

• Recognize Your Strengths and Weaknesses
• Demonstrate Positive Values
• Develop a Purpose in Your Life
• Helps you set goals
• SHORT TERM
• Example studying for and passing an exam
• LONG TERM
• Example planning for college

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Working Toward a Positive Identity

• Form Meaningful Relationships
• Crucial to the development of your identity
• Constructive Criticism nonhostile comments that
  point out problems and encourage improvement
• Avoid Unhealthful High-Risk Behaviors
• Contribute to the Community

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In Class Assignment

• Part 1 - Brainstorm one short-term goal and one
  long-term goal and record the goals in writing in
  your notebook.
• Part 2 List the steps that will help you
  achieve each goal.

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Expressing Emotions in Healthful ways

• Chapter 3 Lesson 3 pp. 78-83

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Managing your anger

• When Tina took out her favorite sweater to wear,
  she saw a big stain on the sleeve. Furious, she
  marched into her sister Judys room. I never
  said you could borrow my sweater! Look what you
  did to it! Its ruined!
• It was clean when I put it back in your closet!
  Judy shot back.
• I dont believe you, Tina said. Now I dont
  have anything to wear tonight. Dont ever touch
  my things again!
• But when I put it back it was clean, said Judy.
  
• Tina stormed back to her room and slammed the
  door.

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Expressing feelings

• Learning how to manage anger and other strong
  emotions can reduce the risk of violence.
• Statistics
• In 2006, over 720,000 people ages 10 to 24 were
  treated in emergency rooms because of a violent
  act.
• 29 of teens reported feeling sad or hopeless
  that they stopped doing some usual activities.

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR EMOTIONS

• Emotions signals that tell your mind and body
  how to react.
• How you respond to your emotions can affect your
  mental/emotional, physical, and social health.
• Hormones chemicals produced by your glands that
  regulate the activities of different body cells.
• Puberty can cause a fluctuation of hormones in
  your body which can make you feel like your
  emotions are swinging from one extreme to
  another.
• Read Mood Swings pg. 78

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MAIN IDEA

• Recognizing and acknowledging your emotions is a
  sign of good mental and emotional health.
• Common Emotions Rd. pg.79
• Happiness
• Sadness
• Love
• Fear
• Guilt
• Anger

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Form of Anger

• Hostility the intentional use of unfriendly or
  offensive behavior.
• can hurt others
• Class Exercise
• Express emotions we just looked at on p. 79
  without using words
• Use actions
• Use facial expressions
• Use movement or body posture

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Dealing With emotions in a positive way

• Empathy ability to imagine and understand how
  someone else feels
• Helping a friend who is going through a difficult
  time
• Read reflection questions on p. 80

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Responding to Difficult Emotions

• Feeling bad, or emotional, when things happen in
  your life is normal.
• Techniques to reduce the intensity of your
  emotions
• Taking several deep breaths
• Relaxing your muscles
• Getting away from the situation until you calm
  down
• Analyzing your emotions by writing them down in a
  journal
• Talking to someone you trust

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Defense Mechanisms

• Defense Mechanisms mental processes that
  protect individuals from strong or stressful
  emotions and situations
• Handling Fear
• Dealing with Guilt
• Managing Anger
• Do something to relax.
• Channel your energy in a different direction.
• Talk with someone you trust.

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Understanding Health and Wellness

• Chapter 1 Lesson 1

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Take Charge of Your Health

• Health the combination of physical,
  mental/emotional, and social well-being.
• Every day you make decisions that shape your
  health.
• It is important to balance your physical,
  mental/emotional, and social health.
• What are some ways you can help gain a better
  balance of your health?

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1st Component - Physical Health

• Physical Health all about how well your body
  functions.
• Means having enough energy to perform your daily
  activities, deal with every day stresses, and
  avoid injury.
• Five important actions to get and keep a healthy
  body
• 1. Get 8-10 hours of sleep each night.
• 2. Eat nutritious meals and drink 8-10 glasses
  of water each day.
• 3. Engage in 30-60 minutes of physical activity
  daily.
• 4. Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other
  drugs.
• 5. Bathe daily, and floss and brush your teeth
  every day.

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2nd Component - Mental/Emotional Health

• Mental/Emotional Health about your feelings and
  thoughts.
• People who are mentally and emotionally healthy
• Enjoy challenges that help them grow.
• Accept responsibility for their actions.
• Have a sense of control over their lives.
• Can express their emotions in appropriate ways.
• Usually can deal with lifes stresses and
  frustrations.

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3rd Component - Spiritual and Social Health

• Spiritual Health a deep seated sense of meaning
  and purpose in life.
• Social Health getting along with others
• Family, Friends, Teachers, Members of the
  Community
• Seek and lend support when needed.
• Communicate clearly and listen to others.
• Show respect and care for yourself and others.

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Keeping a Balance

• Wellness an overall state of well-being or
  total health.
• Comes from making decisions and practicing
  behaviors that are based on sound health
  knowledge.
• Read p. 9 Keeping a Balance

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Class Discussion

• What are some activities you can participate in
  or some habits you can do to help gain a proper
  balance with your HEALTH?

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Did You Know?

• 50 of American Adults live with a chronic
  disease!
• Chronic Disease an ongoing condition or illness
  such as heart disease, obesity, and cancer.
• Leading Risk Factors
• Smoking
• Lack of Exercise
• Poor Nutrition
• Being Overwieght

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Class Reflection Activity

• Take a few minutes to make a list in your
  notebook of actions you can take personally to
  improve your own health and potentially lower
  your risk of living with a chronic disease.
• Review
• What are the 3 components that make up the Health
  Triangle?

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What Affects Your Health

• Chapter 1 Lesson 2

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BIG IDEA

• Watch Video
• Class Discussion
• What are some ways that a persons surroundings
  can influence his or her health?
• What are some factors you have control over that
  influence your health?

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Influences on Your Health

• FIVE Influences
• Heredity
• Environment
• Attitude
• Behavior
• Media and Technology

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Heredity

• Heredity refers to all the traits that were
  biologically passed on to you from your parents.
• Read section on Heredity p. 11-12 as a class
• Class Discussion
• What are some traits you have inherited from your
  parents?

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Environment

• Environment the sum of your surroundings
• Physical places you live
• People
• Culture
• Environmental factors that can affect your
  health
• Neighborhood and school safety
• Air and water quality
• Availability of parks and recreational facilities
• Access to medical care

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Environment Cont.

• What are ways you can help improve your physical
  environment?
• Identify positive and negative influences in your
  environment.

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Social Environment

• Social Environment made up of all the people
  around you, including your family and peers.
• Peers people of the same age who share similar
  interests.
• Also include your friends
• Read p. 13 paragraph on peers as a class
• Culture the collective beliefs, customs, and
  behaviors of a group.
• Language
• Food
• Spiritual Beliefs
• Traditions

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Attitude/Behavior

• Your attitude, or the way you view situations,
  can have a big effect on your health.
• Look at challenging situations positively.
• Behavior you have total control over it.
• You can choose to avoid high-risk behaviors in
  favor of healthful behaviors.

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Media and Technology

• Media various methods for communicating
  information
• Read P. 14 as a class Media and Technology
• Technology what media is delivered by
• Radio
• Television
• Internet
• Newspapers
• Magazines

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Critical Thinking

• Why is it important to know whether media
  messages are trustworthy?

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Understanding Your Influences

• You can take control of your health by
  understanding the factors that influence it.
• Review
• What are the 5 factors we just learned that
  influence your health?
• If time allows
• Role Play with a classmate a scenario in which a
  teen tries to persuade a friend to adopt a
  positive health behavior.

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Health Risks and Your Behavior

• Chapter 1 Lesson 3

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BIG IDEA

• Turn in Journal Entry
• Watch Video
• Class Discussion
• What are some behaviors that put your health at
  risk?

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Identifying Health Risks

• Engaging in risk behaviors can harm your health.
• Risk Behaviors actions that can potentially
  threaten your health or the health of others.
• You can control most risk behaviors.
• You can make wise, safe, and healthy decisions
  YOU CHOOSE!
• The Center for Disease and Prevention (CDC) has
  identified 6 risk behaviors that account for most
  of the deaths and disability among young people
  under age 24 (next slide).

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6 Risk Behaviors

1. Tobacco use
2. Unhealthy dietary behaviors
3. Inadequate physical activity
4. Alcohol and other drug use
5. Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV
   infection, other sexually transmitted diseases,
   and unintended pregnancies
6. Behaviors that contribute to unintentional
   injuries and violence

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Risks and Consequences

• Cumulative Risks related risks that increase in
  effect with each added risk
• Read p. 18 Risks and Consequences
• Why is it important to understand risk behaviors?

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How to Avoid or Reduce Risks

• You can take action to reduce your exposure to
  health risks.
• Wear a seat belt
• Check depth of water before diving
• Wear a helmet when riding a bike
• Prevention taking steps to keep something from
  happening or getting worse.

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Abstaining from High-Risk Behaviors

• Abstinence a deliberate decision to avoid
  high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity
  and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
• One of the most effective strategies for
  protecting your health!
• What are some other things that you should
  abstain from or not do?

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Promoting Your Health

• Regularly participating in health-promoting
  behaviors will help you reach a high level of
  wellness.
• Read p. 19
• What are some health-promoting behaviors you can
  start or develop?

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Cooperative Learning

• Public Service Announcement a public service
  announcement (PSA) is a short, informative
  announcement that shares important information
  with the public. PSAs are often aired on
  television and radio. Many PSAs convey
  information about health behaviors.
• In small groups write a 30-60 second radio PSA
  that promotes a behavior that reduces a health
  risk, such as wearing a seat belt or avoiding
  tobacco. Each group will share its completed PSA
  with the class.

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Promoting Health and Wellness

• Chapter 1 Lesson 4

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BIG IDEA

• Watch Video
• Class Reflection
• What is one way that taking this health class
  will help you make more healthful decisions?

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The Importance of Health Education

• Individual, family, community, and national
  health require planning and responsible behavior
  on everyones part.
• Keeping people healthy is a good investment.
• Today, America spends 2.3 trillion each year on
  health care, or 7,600 per person.
• What is one way society would change if people
  took better care of their health?

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Educating the Public

• Health Education provides accurate health
  information and teaching health skills to help
  people make healthy decisions.
• Healthy People (2010) a nationwide health
  promotion and disease prevention plan designed to
  serve as a guide for improving the health of the
  people in the United States.
• Look at Figure 1.10 on p. 22

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Goals of Healthy People

• 2 Goals Established by Healthy People 2010
• Increase the quality and length of a healthy life
  for all Americans.
• Remove differences in health outcomes that result
  form factors such as gender, race, education,
  disability, and location.
• Health Disparities differences in health
  outcomes among groups

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Healthy Goals Healthy People 2010

1. Promote the best possible health in order to end
   preventable death, illness, injury, and
   disability.
2. Eliminate health disparities.
3. Make wellness a way of life and enhance the
   quality of life for individuals and communities.
4. Promote healthy places and environments.

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Becoming Health Literate

• A health-literate person knows how to find and
  use reliable health information.
• Know where to find health information.
• Decide if the information is correct.
• Assess the risks and benefits of treatment.
• Figure out how much medicine to take.
• Understand test results.
• What are some specific situations in which
  understanding health information is important?

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What You Can Do?

• Health Literacy refers to a persons capacity
  to learn about and understand the basic health
  information and services, and to use these
  resources to promote ones health and wellness.
• Experts believe that poor literacy influences a
  persons health more than age, income, and
  education.

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Qualities of a Health-Literate Individual

• A critical thinker and problem solver
• A responsible, productive citizen
• A Self-Directed Learner
• An Effective Communicator
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  Read p. 24