Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education Additional Supports ...

Positive Mental Health and Stress
Public Profile
Unit #3 Activity #3
Teaching Learning Strategy #2 & #3
Teacher Resource (Background Information)
Catholic Profile
Unit #5 Activity #4
Teaching Learning Strategy #1
Unit #5 Activity #5
Teaching Learning Strategy #2
Instructions:
1. Have students generate a list of stressors and then categorize the stressors into one of
the following categories, Physical, Social, Intellectual, Emotional, Spiritual, or
Environmental.
2. Distribute the Student Resource (Case Studies Worksheet). Ask students to
categorize the case study examples into the appropriate stressor categories. Have
them complete the Case Study Worksheet by filling in an appropriate strategy for
each example.
3. Have students read the statements on the Everyday Coping Student Resource
(Worksheet). Students should identify the methods of copying for each situation.
Stress and Stressors
Stress: the effect of an event on your mind and body, these effects can be both helpful or
harmful; the forms of stress can be either positive (e.g., something that one is looking
forward to like a school dance or wedding) or negative (e.g., break-ups and death of a
loved one)
Stressors: situations and experiences that cause stress
• Physical Stressors Ð (e.g., positive; strenuous activity), (e.g., negative; bacteria,
smoke, lack of sleep, injury)
• Social Stressors Ð (e.g., positive; receiving compliments, expectations of others),
(e.g., negative; rejection, embarrassment, ridicule, arguments)
• Intellectual Stressors Ð (e.g., positive; challenging problems), (e.g., negative; mental
fatigue, inability to comprehend)
• Emotional Stressors Ð (e.g., positive; falling in love), (e.g., negative; anger, lack of
love, mistrust)
• Spiritual Stressors - (e.g., positive; acting in accordance with your moral code), (e.g.,
negative, guilt, moral conflicts, lack of meaning or purpose in life)
• Environmental Stressors Ð (e.g., positive; possession of a lot of money), (e.g.,
negative; lack of money, shelter, food)
Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education (PPL30), Module #2 Positive Mental Health and Stress
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