Health Education I (7-8)
Strand 1: HEALTH FOUNDATIONS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF HEALTHY SELF (HF) Standard HI.HF.1:
Health Education I (7-8)
Strand 1: HEALTH FOUNDATIONS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF HEALTHY SELF (HF) Standard HI.HF.2:
Health Education I (7-8)
Strand 2: MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH (MEH) Standard HI.MEH.2:
3 class periods of 90 minutes each
Individual
Student Learning Objectives: Analyze your own emotional intelligence and create a long term goal based on your findings. Show the process of your work towards your goal through some type of media (for example: Animoto, Prezi, PPT)
Cover the following prior to doing this lesson: decision-making skills, short term goal-setting, and self-concept.
Before going to the computer lab and getting the EI adventure project checklist, have a class discussion about emotions and what each "feel" like.
Students will be able to create the steps to set a long-term (3-4 weeks) goal and accomplish it. Students will be able to show the process using technological media.
*After this period I move on to my next unit, physical health, but I use Animoto, Prezi, and PowerPoint in each lesson and do a mini lesson about how to use each technology. You can not go on to the last portion of this lesson until you allow time for the student to do the steps and work towards their goal. Approximately 3 weeks elapse between Step 4 and Step 5.
This lesson is for a gifted class but I would use it the same way for any learner because they are writing their own goal. The quiz that each student takes is great for ELL's because of the pictures of real people used for examples.