Transcript Lesson #1 - Lenape Regional High School District

Chapter 1
Lessons 1,2,3
Understanding Health & Wellness
- Health & Wellness
- Promoting Healthy Lifestyle
- Reducing Health Risks
Do Now
What does it mean to be healthy? Do
you consider yourself healthy?
What can impact your
health?
Health – is the combination of physical,
mental/emotional, and social wellbeing.
HEALTH CONTINUUMN
Health Triangle (p 7)
3 Parts of Health
1) Physical Health – body
functions
- exercise, food,
2) Mental/Emotional Healthfeelings & thoughts
- coping, emotions,
*spiritual health – deep seated
sense of meaning and
purpose
3) Social Health – way get along
with others
- friends, communication
Wellness –
balance / total
health
Your Personal
Health
Triangle
Label your paper:
My Health Triangle
Physical Health
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Statement # 1
I get at least 8 hours of
sleep each night.
Statement # 2
I eat a well balanced diet;
trying to include all food
groups.
Statement # 3
I keep my body, teeth, and
hair clean.
Statement # 4
I do at least 60 minutes of
moderate physical activity
each day.
Statement # 5
I avoid using alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs.
Statement # 6
I see a doctor and dentist
for regular check ups.
Label your paper:
Mental Health
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Statement # 1
I generally feel good about
myself and accept
who I am.
Statement # 2
I express my feelings clearly
and calmly, even if I am
upset or angry.
Statement # 3
I accept helpful criticism.
Statement # 4
I have at least one activity
that I enjoy.
Statement # 5
I feel as though people like
me and accept me.
Statement # 6
I like to learn new
information and develop new
skills.
Label your paper:
Social Health
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Statement # 1
I have at least one close
friend.
Statement # 2
I respect and care for my
family.
Statement # 3
I know how to disagree with
others without getting
angry.
Statement # 4
I am a good listener.
Statement # 5
I get support from
others when I
need it.
Statement # 6
I say “no” when people ask
me to do something that is
harmful or wrong.
Graphing Your Results
Add up the number of “yes”
answers for each of the
three categories.
Choose a symbol to
represent all of your “yes”
answers.
Graphing Your Results
For example, if you like
softball/baseball, you can
use:
Graphing Your Results
Use your symbols to form a
Health Triangle to
represent your scores.
Label each side.
Graphing Your Results
Social (5)
Mental (5)
Physical (3)
Analyzing Your Results
1.) Does your Health Triangle have
equal sides?
2.) In which area(s) are strong?
3.) In which area(s) do you need
improvement?
Summarizing Your Results
What can you do to
improve your Health, and
balance your triangle?
How exactly will you be
able to accomplish this?
** TWO sentences for each. **
Do Now:
• What are factors at Cherokee, that
you as students, face everyday
impacting your health in either a
positive or negative way?
Influence on your Health
Can control and Can’t control
1) Heredity – all the traits that are biological (Good or Bad)
2) Environment – is the sum of your surroundings
- physical environment
- social environment
- culture- customs and behaviors of a group
3)Attitude- way you view situations
4) Behavior – how you act
5) Media & Technology – media – various methods of
communicating. Info delivered via technology (radio, tv,
internet)
Website check
health info
.gov and .org (professional organizations)
Write a Protective Factor and Risk Factor For each Influence
on your Health
1) Heredity –
(+) – Grandparents living to 90
(-) – breast caner in family
2) Environment –
(+) good school system
(-) poor family life
3)Attitude(+) positive thing will work out
(-) poor attitude
4) Behavior –
(+) – exercise
(-) drugs
5) Media /Technology
(+) new health information
(-) negative characters in TV
Carousel Activity
• Break off into 5
groups, one group
to each influence.
• Each group
member will write
down either a
positive or
negative factor for
each influence
Summarizer
• On a half sheet of
paper list the 5
influences
• Star the ones you
can control
Think…then share
• Every day you are faced with some
degree of risk. What are some
situations you have been in where
you had to make a choice
Risk Behaviors– actions that threaten your
health
CDC Risk Behaviors in Teens
• Tobacco use
• Alcohol & drugs
• Sexual behaviors
• Poor Diet
• Lack of Physical Activity
• Behaviors result injury
Teen risk taking
Reduce Risks
1. More positive health behaviors –
good for you
2. Prevention – taking steps to keep
something from happening
Skits
• You will be assigned one of the 6
Risk behaviors in teens. As a
group you will perform a skit that
promotes healthy decisions and
avoids risky behaviors. The skit will
be two parts. The first part will
show the wrong behavior and then
the second part will show the
healthy decision.