Grade 8, Unit 5: Mental Health Literacy

The Grade 8, Unit 5: Mental Health Literacy is a supplemental resource designed to meet the Ontario 2019 Health and Physical Education curriculum expectations. This resource features lessons, activities, readings and teacher assessments that can be used to supplement your Mental Health Literacy unit.

There is no digital version of this resource available. The activities, assessments and lessons are meant to be printed and used in the in-person classroom.

Please be sure to view the preview of this resource for sample lessons and activities to see if this resource is the right fit for you and your students.

Specific Expectations

This resource is aligned with the Ontario 2020 Health and Physical Education curriculum. The specific expectations this resource addresses are:

• D2.4 Demonstrate an understanding of how incorporating healthy habits and coping strategies into daily routines can help maintain mental health and resilience in times of stress
• D3.4 Explain how word choices and societal views about mental health and mental illness can affect people and perpetuate stigma, and identify actions that can counteract that stigma

Lessons Included

The lessons included in this resource are three main parts, with additional subsections. The main portions of the lesson include minds on, action, and lesson consolidation.

• Lesson 5.1: What is Mental Health?
• Lesson 5.2: Caring for Our Mental Health
• Lesson 5.3: Healthy Habits and Coping Strategies
• Lesson 5.4: Mental Health and Mental Illness
• Lesson 5.5: Stigma
• Lesson 5.6: Bringing It Together

Component Breakdown

Please note that the activities included in this resource have a similar format. To help you decide whether this resource will be best suited to meet your needs, here is an overview of what is included:

• 16 printable activity pages
• 6 health chats
• 6 lessons
• 4 readings
• 2 opinion writing half-sheets
• 2 assessment trackers
• 1 assignment
• 1 self-assessment
• 1 rubric

Timing of Lessons: Each lesson will take a full mathematics period (based on 60-minute periods).

No Digital Components: There are no digital components included in this resource. Please also note that many activities are in the same format. This allows students to practice their understanding with activities they already know how to complete. You may need to supplement this resource with other activities if students need additional practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this resource include answer keys? Yes, this resource includes answer keys for all applicable pages. There are no answer keys for the problem-solving activity pages, as these answers are shared within the lesson plan.

Are there any crafts or learning centres included? There are no crafts or learning centre activities included in this resource.

What can I do if I find an error? I strive to create high-quality educational resources. However, errors might be found in a resource. If you find an error, please send me a question on TPT with the error location or an email, and I will be more than happy to fix the error and reupload the resource. Please allow 24 - 48 hours for me to fix the error.

Discussing Mental Health

Please note that due to the nature of the content students are expected to engage with, a portion of this resource explores resources students can access if they need mental health supports. While this is not addressed in the specific expectations, it is important for students to be aware that there are resources and tools they can access to help them in their daily lives.

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