• Please have out the Following:
Pen/Pencil
Two sheets of paper
Entry task sheet
Planners (or another sheet of paper)
• Learning Target:
• I can explain how labels/stereotypes can affect one’s self-esteem
• I can name positive traits about myself
• Success Criteria:
• Stereotype chart
• Discovering me
• Compliments
• Exit Task: What is one thing you could do to better the
social environment at the jr. high and build your peer’s selfesteem?
BODY IMAGE
BODY IMAGE QUESTIONS …
• Answer the 4 questions on your piece of
paper
• Should have more than 1 thing for each!
• Share with your group
• Add to your paper
• What is Body Image?
• What influences body image? How does it influence it?
• Why is body image important to teenagers?
• What are some negative consequences of having poor
body image?
LEARNING GOALS ….
• I can name 3 things that influence
body image.
• I can find patterns within media’s
messages regarding beauty.
WHAT IS BODY IMAGE?
• How you think you look
• Personal image of your
body
WHAT INFLUENCES BODY IMAGE?
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Media – tells you what you should look like
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Magazines
TV/Movies
Advertisements
Celebrities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb5PZHcovA
Peers – what others say
Weight – society tells us to be skinny; one body type better
than another
WHY IS BODY IMAGE IMPORTANT TO
TEENAGERS?
• Relationships with peers
• Want to fit in
• Popularity
• Affects self esteem
• High body image = high self esteem
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF
HAVING POOR BODY IMAGE:
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Eating disorders
Dieting
Obesity
Drug use
Depression
Low self esteem
Suicide
BECOMING A
MODEL ….
The truth about what goes on before the
world sees a picture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N7Qpo
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DID YOU KNOW …
• Our genes determine 70% of our body weight and
shape.
• Some things are out of your control!!
• Pictures of models in magazines and advertisements are
technically altered.
• What you see is not the truth!!
IF BARBIE WERE REAL …
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She would have:
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46” bust
16” waist
Be 7’ tall
Wear a size 2 shoe
Does that sound realistic to
you??
MEDIA’S INFLUENCES
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Do you know what you’re being exposed
to???
SOCIETY
TAKING ITS’
TOLL ….
Why are people willing to risk
their health to get the perfect
body???
REFLECTION:
Write a short reflection that addresses the following
questions:
Do you believe body image is an issue among teenagers? Why? In
your opinion do most teens have a positive or negative body image?
Why?
If models and celebrities are “role models” what is this saying to teens –
especially to females?
What could we do as a society to help with the problem of poor body
image? What can be done to promote positive body images?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqtMt0zISQ (ellen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6TdZRQpSE
(bridal)
HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
DISCUSSION GROUPS QUESTIONS!