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|Q2 11th Grade Advisory |Subject: Emotional & Mental Health #6 |

|Date: |Focus: Human needs |

|Objectives- By the end of class students will be able to: |Materials: |

|Demonstrate and identify health ways to express emotions for dealing with relationships |Do now, Maslow reading |

|responsibly. | |

|Shape peer norms that value communicating emotions in healthy ways to deal with relationships & |NYS Learning Standards |

|roles in relationships |Standard 1: Personal Health and Fitness |

|Use communication skills to express emotions appropriately to foster responsible relationships. |Standard 2: A safe and healthy environment |

| |Standard 3: Resource Management |

|Do now (3-4 min): | |

|All humans need the same things to survive and maintain good emotional and mental health, I think the 5 most important things that all humans need for | |

|good emotional and mental health are… | |

|My top 5 needs for humans | |

|Maslow’s 5 Needs | |

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|Self-actualization | |

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|Self-esteem | |

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|Love & belonging | |

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|Safety and security | |

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|Physiological- air, water, food, shelter, sleep | |

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|Discussion (3-5 min): Ask students to name their top 5 needs and discuss why they think all humans need these things to maintain good emotional and | |

|mental health | |

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|Activity #1 Maslow & Emotional Health | |

|Hand out worksheets | |

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|(3-5 min) Students will read the Maslow worksheet (as a class or on their own) and underline/highlight 3-5 important facts | |

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|(2-5 min) Share-out of student facts & comments relating to: | |

|Self-actualization | |

|Self-esteem | |

|Love and belonging | |

|Safety and security | |

|Physiological (air, water, food, shelter, sleep) | |

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|Activity #2 Discussion & Comments about Maslow | |

|State: When needs at the bottom of the Maslow pyramid are fulfilled, humans seek to and are able to fulfill higher order needs. Most people have their | |

|physiological needs fulfilled most of the time. Teenagers, adults and senior citizens continue to attempt to satisfy their needs for safety, love, esteem, | |

|and self-actualization. As people move through different stages in their lives, the actions they take to achieve and maintain good mental health may | |

|change. Once the more basic needs are met, higher-order needs become the focus of their lives. | |

|(3-5 min) Direct students to Love & Self-esteem activity on Work-sheet and allow time to have them fill out | |

|Fact: Loving and being loved are basic needs. | |

|I agree/disagree with this fact because… | |

|Fact: Self-esteem can be enhanced with patience and hard work. | |

|I agree/disagree with this fact because… | |

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|Final Summary (1-2 min) Summarize activity: Remember that higher-order needs can only be pursued when lower-order needs are met. Thinking and dreaming | |

|about your future and making plans are important first steps in achieving and maintaining good mental and emotional health. | |

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Do Now: All humans need the same things to survive and maintain good emotional and mental health; I think the 5 most important things that all humans need for good emotional and mental health are…

|My top 5 needs for humans |Maslow’s 5 Needs for humans |

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Activity #2:

Fact: Loving and being loved are basic needs.

I agree/disagree with this fact because… ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Fact: Self-esteem can be enhanced with patience and hard work.

I agree/disagree with this fact because…

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