Unit 1: Self-Responsibility for
Wellness
 Journal
 Share
 Notes
Journal
 Talk about a time when you were
feeling really sick. What was it like
physically? How did you feel
emotionally? Were you able to hang
out with your friends and/or have
energy to talk to them on the phone?
Share Journals
What is Health?
 HEALTH is a quality of life that
includes your physical, mental, and
social well-being.
 Physical is the condition of your body.
 Mental is the condition of your mind
and emotions.
 Social is the way you relate to others.
Quick Write
• Write a paragraph evaluating your overall
health, taking in your physical, mental,
and social health.
Healthful vs. Risk Behaviors
 A HEALTHFUL behavior is an action
that helps prevent illness and
accidents, helps promote health for you
and others, or improves the quality of
the environment.
 Examples: wearing a seatbelt,
exercising regularly, eating healthful
foods, getting enough sleep and
relaxation.
Healthy
Unhealthy
Healthful vs. Risk Behaviors
 A RISK behavior is an action that helps
increase the likelihood of illness and
accidents, threatens your health and
the health of others, or helps destroy
the environment.
 Examples: smoking cigarettes,
snowboarding without helmet, using
illegal drugs, and throwing plastic
bottles in the regular trashcan.
A Balanced Lifestyle
 The combination of the PMS of health
contribute to a balanced lifestyle.
 The following health and risk items affect
each other: safety and first aid, community
and environment, mental health, family and
social health, growth and development,
nutrition, exercise and fitness, drugs,
disease and disorders, consumer and
personal health.
Goals
 The first step to accomplishing things is
to set a goal.
• A GOAL is a desired achievement toward
which you work.
• What are some of your goals?
Making a Plan
 After setting a goal, your next step is to
make a plan.
 A PLAN is a detailed description of the
steps you will take to reach your goal.
 Saying “get better grades” is a goal,
but “try harder” is not a real plan…
A Real Plan
 A real plan for attaining higher grades
might look like this:
• I will put time aside from 7-9 each night to
do my homework.
• I will not have any ims/ web sites open on
my computer that are not directly
connected to my homework.
• I will make flashcards for studying for all
tests.
Making Responsible Decisions
About Health
 You make many decisions every day
about a variety of subjects. Think about
some of the decisions you have
already made today (what to eat, to
wear your seatbelt, be nice/rude to a
teacher, etc.)
Making Responsible Decisions
About Health
 The problem solving approach is a
series of steps you apply to a situation
to help you make a responsible
decision. Consider each of the
following steps in the problem-solving
approach:
Making Responsible Decisions
About Health
 1. Identify the problem
 2. Identify ways to deal with the problem
 3. Apply criteria for responsible decision
making to each alternative
• Would the results of my decisions
Be healthful?
Be safe?
Be legal?
Show respect for myself and others?
Follow my parents or guardians guidelines?
 4. Make a responsible decision and act upon
it.
 5. Evaluate your actions.
Example
 1. I didn’t study for a test
 2. Cheat. Tell teacher I didn’t study. Cram.
Skip class. Do my best and take the
consequences.
 3. Maybe legal and physically safe, but I
would not be showing respect for myself,
others, or my parents unless I chose “cram”
and “do my best” or “tell teacher”.
 4. I would decide to both cram and do my
best.
 5. I can look at myself in the mirror and know
I have self respect. I will do better next time.