Decoding Emotions Lesson Plan
A comprehensive lesson plan for a 30-minute session on understanding anxiety and depression, designed for 8th-grade students with detailed timing and preparation steps.
Decoding Emotions Slides
A 9-slide visual presentation for teaching 8th graders about anxiety and depression, featuring empathetic design, clear symptoms, coping strategies, and support resources.
Decoding Emotions Teacher Script
A comprehensive teacher's script designed to accompany the "Decoding Emotions" slides, providing verbatim prompts, discussion points, and guidance for managing student responses.
Real Check-In Warm Up
A simple, reflective warm-up activity for students to check in with their emotions using a 1-5 scale and a single descriptive word.
Key Takeaways Exit Ticket
An exit ticket for students to reflect on key learnings about mental health, identify a personal coping strategy, and synthesize a core message for a peer.
Heart to Heart Discussion Guide
A discussion guide for teachers to facilitate meaningful conversations about mental health stigma, support systems, and proactive help-seeking behaviors.