Mental & Emotional Health
8th Grade
Day 1
Vocab: Good decision =
Personal responsibility =
Values =
Character =
Influence =
Peer pressure =
Consequence =
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What are the six steps of decision making? Write a brief explanation of each step.
What does personal responsibility mean to you?
Explain how peer pressure works.
How does your family influence your decisions
Identify two situations in which your peers influenced you.
Describe why you should evaluate the different influences on you before you
make a decision.
Day 2
Vocab: Self-esteem =
Goal =
Interest =
Success =
Action Plan =
Setback =
Persistence =
Assess =
Coping =
1. Explain the relationship between decisions and goals. How do your interests and
values influence your goals?
2. What are three sources of support for one of your goals?
3. Think of a career that you may like to have when you grow up. What are four
short-term goals that you might have to accomplish to reach your long-term goal?
4. Why is persistence important for reaching goals?
5. Why is learning from your setbacks important?
6. What are two ways to assess your progress?
7. Identify two reasons why goals might change?
Day 3
Vocab: Refusal skills =
Support system =
Stress =
Distress =
Positive stress = (eustress)
Defense Mechanism =
Stress Management =
1. What are four refusal skills?
2. What are seven common stressors for teens?
3. Give an example (and a picture) of each kind of stress: social, physical, mental,
and emotional.
4. What are the five defense mechanisms?
5. Some people say, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” What do you think they mean?
Do you agree with them?
6. Think back to when you were in the sixth grade. Make a list (plus pictures) of
your top five stressors then. Make a list (plus pictures) of your top five stressors
today. Predict what your top five stressors may be when you are in high school.
How does your list change from year to year?
Day 4
Vocab: Mental health =
Emotion =
Emotional health =
Hormones =
Emotional spectrum =
Triggers =
Body Language =
Active listening =
Self-esteem =
Positive self-talk =
Defense mechanisms =
1. How do hormones and life experiences influence emotions?
2. What are the six emotions in the emotional spectrum? Need a picture and a
picture of each emotion
3. Why might it be hard to recognize emotions?
4. How are emotions experienced physically?
5. List three skills that help people communicate emotions:
6. How can defense mechanisms help us cope with emotions?
7. List the six defense mechanisms: