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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 YEAR LEVEL: 8 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Mental Health

Week 1

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom: Each student has access to their own computer and there is sufficient internet and WIFI access.
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 1 Skills and Students will be able to identify Diagnostic Introduction: YouTube ‘What is
strategies to the different types of mental - What do students - Welcome students into the class and ask students how Mental Health’
promote physical illnesses know or believe they are going https://www.youtube.co
Lesson 1 and mental health, about mental
- Discuss with student’s todays lesson will be focused on m/watch?v=ArOTqcMH2
safety and Students will be able to identify health? G0
wellbeing in the different causes and mental health – show YouTube video ‘What is Mental
Mental various symptoms for particular mental - Identify different Health’
Illnesses environments health illnesses mental health - Ask students to use their laptops and follow the link on
(ACPPS073) illnesses - review the white board to a Padlet Padlet
Students will be able to identify a of Padlet answers &
Sources of health number of preventative measures discussion - Students are to reflect on what they already know about https://padlet.com/dash
information that to reduce poor mental health mental health and answer the question: List some board
can support - Identify the common types of mental illnesses – Students are to enter
people who are different causes and their answers on the Padlet forum
going through a symptoms of
- Teacher will collect and discuss the answers and add
challenging time prevalent mental
(ACPPS076) health illnesses more if necessary

Body:
- Teacher will show students a YouTube video (How to spot
the signs and symptoms of mental illness) highlighting the YouTube: ‘How to spot
different types of mental illnesses the signs and symptoms
- Teacher will discuss video and explain how all individuals of mental illness’
have emotions, thoughts and behaviours. https://www.youtube.co
- Students are to return to Padlet forum and answer a m/watch?v=FB49AezFJxs
series of questions which they will all discuss as a class
Padlet:
- What can cause a particular mental health issue or https://padlet.com/dash
illness? (i.e. anxiety may be caused by bullying/stress) board
- What signs might someone show if they have low mental
health (i.e. withdrawal, sad, isolated, sick)
- What are some ways to prevent poor mental health? (i.e.
talking to friends, exercise, meditate)?

Conclusion
- Kahoot: Quiz – true or false & discussion
 - Students are to all participate in a Kahoot quiz focusing
on mental health; causes and symptoms
- The teacher will discuss each question after students
have answered and will further explain why it is true or Kahoot:
false https://create.kahoot.it/
- Teacher is to outline that mental health issues are a details/mental-
health condition with complex causes and as with all health/29d77d65-9a64-
serious health conditions, the sooner you get help and 40b6-b56a-
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treatment, the better the outcomes generally are.
- Teacher will end class, and ask if any students have any
question or queries – the teacher will inform students
that he/she is available after class for any further
assistance

Week 1 Skills and Create a poster, using a Piktochart Formative Introduction:

strategies to design, showcasing four relevant Students ability to - Greet class at front of room, ask students how they are 25 x handout of contact
promote physical and interesting facts about mental identify and discuss going. number for Lifeline,
Lesson 2 and mental health, illnesses the prevalence of
- Teacher will review the different types of mental health Beyond Blue & Kids Help
safety and mental illness Line
wellbeing in Students will be able to identify illnesses. Teacher will encourage class discussion on
Mental various relevant statistics about mental Assess students, definitions, signs and symptoms of each illness.
YouTube ‘Mental Health
Illnesses environments health ability to effectively - Teacher will show YouTube video ‘Mental Health Statistics’
(ACPPS073) work in groups Statistics’
& Health Students will be able to
https://www.youtube.co
- Discuss with class their views and possible experiences m/watch?v=2dmd0oFOB
promotio Health promotion effectively use ICT resources to Identify key facts
activities which extend their knowledge and ideas to with present issues. Re-emphasise if anyone is struggling NM
n posters target relevant surrounding mental health and promote mental with these issues to talk to a teacher, school counsellor,
health issues for identify strategies to promote health through a family, and give a handout that has the phone number to
young people and mental health poster
Lifeline and Kids Help Line on WB.
ways to prevent
them
Body:
(ACPPS077)
- Explain to students that they are each going to create a
poster based on their research on Mental Health
- Students are to create a health promotion poster focused
towards improving mental health Piktochart:
- Ask students to each get out their laptops and direct https://piktochart.com/
them to Piktochart
- Students are to log in using an account/password
provided by teacher
 - Teacher will first demonstrate to students how to use
Piktochart, in order to create a poster
- Teacher will highlight the numerous links and resources
available for students to use to do their research
- Students are given time to research their interesting facts
and create a poster highlighting at least four relevant
facts

Conclusion:
- At end of activity, direct students to download their Padlet Link:
poster and store in a digital file https://padlet.com/dash
- Once downloaded all students are to upload their board
finished poster to Padlet and add a small comment about
something they learnt within the lesson
- The teacher will view all the posters and discuss as a class
what students learnt and found interesting

Week 1 Health promotion Students will gain an Diagnostic: Introduction:

activities which understanding on what stigma is Students survey - Greet students at the front of the class and ensure all
target relevant and the impacts it has on answers and their students have access to a laptop/iPad and access the WIFI Google forms:
Lesson 3 health issues for individuals suffering from mental definition of stigma
- Quickly review definitions of mental illnesses https://www.google.co
young people and health illnesses m.au/forms/about/
ways to prevent Formative: - Direct students to the online survey on Google Forms and
(e.g. Qs: mental illness
Stigma them Students will be able to - Students written instruct them to each individually complete means you are weird,
(ACPPS077) effectively use Google Docs to information on - Once complete; ask student what the survey was people with mental
work collaboratively in groups Google Docs as researching? Discuss with student’s what stigma is and illness are dangerous,
Sources of health reasons why stigma some mental illness
how it has become attached to mental health issues
information that Students are to reflect on their has become aren’t real, mental
can support own attitudes and opinions on attached to mental illness can affect anyone)
people who are stigma and develop strategies to health Body:
going through a reduce it within society - Teacher will ask students to write ‘Why they think there is
challenging time - Analyse students stigma attached to mental health issues’  students will Google Docs:
(ACPPS076) answers on how enter their answers as a group on the allocated group https://www.google.co
stigma will affect Document on Google Docs m/docs/about/
Skills and the lives of those
- Teacher now asks students to discuss in groups ‘How
strategies to with a mental
promote physical illness does stigma affect the lives of people with mental illness’
and mental health, (i.e. unhappiness, loneliness, deciding not to get
safety and - Students ability to treatment, stress)
wellbeing in work effectively in
various group situations
environments - Teacher will ask one representative from each group to
(ACPPS073) stand at the front of the class and present their answer to
the class using the Google Doc
Benefits to
individuals and - Teacher will then further elaborate on the correct
communities of answers Why we all need to
valuing diversity - Teacher will ask students how can we reduce stigma? practice emotional first
and promoting
aid’, Guy Winch:
inclusivity Conclusion: https://www.ted.com/ta
(ACPPS078) - The whole class will close their laptops and watch the lks/guy_winch_the_case
‘TED’ talk ‘Why we all need to practice emotional first aid’ _for_emotional_hygiene
by Guy Winch
- Reiterate the dangers of stigmatisation and the
importance of emotional first aid