These 45-minute lessons and related parent resources provide accurate, relevant information on topics linked to Health and Life Skills learning outcomes. The lessons have four common themes: building resilience, thinking critically, developing positive relationships, and making healthy choices about substance use and gambling. The lessons can be taught as a series or separately. Each lesson also includes suggestions for use in other subjects.
Specialized Topics
These lessons are designed to teach about specific topics like gambling, tobacco and gender-specific issues that are especially relevant to junior high students. These lessons can be taught in either Grade 8 or Grade 9.
Points to Ponder for Parents
As a teacher, you connect with your students and also their parents. While teaching the lessons above, you may wish to use these brief information sheets to involve parents in the information you are discussing in the classroom. These sheets will support you in talking to parents about how they can help their teens develop strong life skills and make healthy choices. Feel free to send them home with your students, link to them on your website, or have them available during parent-teacher interviews.
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