Navdeep Kaur

Lesson Plan
Grade Level: High School (11th)
Content area: Growth, development, and sexual health
Topic: Self- Esteem
Standards:
Analyzing Influence:
2.5G Evaluate how culture, media, and other people influence perceptions
about body, image, gender roles, sexuality, attractiveness, relationships,
and sexual orientation.
Essential Concept:
1.10 G Recognize that there are individual difference in growth and
development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
Objectives: Upon completion of the lesson, the learner will:
1. Analyze the influence of social media on body image.
2. Summarize how to increase self- esteem.
3. Describe how physical appearance relates to culture and media

Time

Procedure/ Step by Step

2 Minutes

Pre-test: Do text poll.

Ask the question what
is Self- Esteem?

5 Minutes

Ice Breaker: Class

discussion.
1-2 volunteers to share
their thoughts based
on the student activity.

15 Minutes

Lecture on: the self

and how culture,
media and other
people influence your
perception.

20 Minutes

Describe how culture

and media relates to
your body image
(self).
Collect the posters
when students are
finished.

10 Minutes

Conclude:
Quick recap of the
objectives. If not finish
will continue next day.
Quick questions
Post-test: Do text poll

Student Activates

Students text their

answer based on the
question what is SelfEsteem?

Materials

Compute
Projection
Students use their cell
phones for pre-test.
Website for text poll:
http://www.polleverywher
e.com

Students discuss with a

partner how culture,
media and other people
influence the students
body image and how
that affects their selfesteem.
Follow along and do
fill in the blanks
handouts.
Answer the short
paragraph question on
page 2 of the fill in the
blanks sheet at the end
of lecture.

Cute out and paste

magazine words or
pictures that
identify with the
students self.

Put away materials

Students text their
answer based on the
question what is selfesteem?
Getting ready for next
lass/ go home.

None

PowerPoint
Computer
Projection
Handout

Glue
Scissors
Construction paper
Magazines

Computer
Projection
Students use their cell
phones for Post-test
Website for text poll:
http://www.polleverywhe
re.com

What is self Esteem?

Self - Esteem Fill in the Blank

1. _____________ reflects a/n

or her own worth.

overall emotional

2.
How you see yourself depends on
Society.

of his

, Friends,

3.
In
youre only seeing an
has nothing to do with reality.

and

snapshot, which

4.
If you are thinking about _______ _______ / using ______ _______ such
as ( facebook, ________, etc) first thing in the morning and at ______ before
going to sleep, or you find yourself always using these ______. These habits
means that there a high chance you have _____ _____ ______.
5.
You feel ____________ being by yourself and having face to face
____________ with people.
6.
Jodie Gummow states in her article, Social media is a ________
________ way to be in a relationship with somebody and _______ on the
inability to be alone. Kids are _________ the idea of what it meant o wait for
___________ - they get it right now (Campbell).
7.

Family can sometimes _____________ our body __________.

8.
Family members might struggle with their _______ ______ and that is why
they ________.
9.

__________ can dramatically reduce your ________- _________.

10.
They can criticise the way you _________, __________, and ______ to
make you feel ___________.
11.
________ : People you feel ____________ to others always keep
___________ themselves to them and ___________ try to find _________.
12.
Over
of girls age
attending school, when they

to

avoid normal daily activities, such as

about their looks.

Based on the PowerPoint, how can you increase your self-esteem and that of
others?