Motivational Monday: Stress

I CAN identify stress in my life and learn to manage it.

• Watch the video on stress as a class:
• http://teenshealth.org/en/teens/stress.html#
• Stress definition:
• Talk with your table and write the definition of stress on the board
• Formal Definition:
• “Stress is the body’s way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation with focus, strength, stamina and heightened alertness. “
  
  
  “Events that trigger stress responses are called stressors. “
  
  
  “Usually we think of stressors as being bad or hard things, but even exciting or fun things like having a party or competing in something we enjoy can be stressful.”
• Individually read the article
• Which situations cause stress?
• As a table write down as many as you can in 3 minutes
• What are ways to manage stress?
• As a table write down as many as you can in 3 minutes
• Read Keep Stress Under Control
• Put check marks next to things you wrote down
• Add things you didn't
• Put stars next to ways that will help you the most!