February 8–12
Theme: Healthy Relationships
Skill Building: Interpersonal Communication
Well Being and Social Connection
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Black History Month
Do you like jazz music? (Have you watched the new Pixar movie Soul?)
- The Birth of Jazz (YouTube)
- Duke Ellington Bio (YouTube)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Perform Together (YouTube)
Check In (5 min)
Today happens to be...
Recap Yesterday (1 min)
Show & Share (5-10-min)
How do you feel when you meet new people?
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Have you ever tried to play matchmaker? Has anyone ever
tried to match you up with someone?
Portfolio Planner (3-5-min)
SAMPLE of planner in Progress - yours will be different
- How are your goals going?
- Habit trackers?
- Any changes you are making to your schedule?
Thematic Activity 01 (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS: This lesson helps us tell the difference between nagging and encouragement. In healthy relationships we rely more on encouragement than pressure to promote good results.
Encouragement or Nagging?
Joe and Sally got married 2 years ago. Since living independently together they have both gained weight by eating fast food very often. Joe wants to start exercising and start cooking at home. Sally SAYS she agrees but she keeps ordering fast food and bringing it home. Joe is frustrated because the more he reminds Sally to make healthy choices the more junk food she buys. He has tried to frighten her by showing her stories of people who have heart attacks and telling her she is going to have one too. Lately he asks her what she's eating and why at every meal. They keep getting into fights about it.
- Which partner is right about the health issues?
- Do you think Joe is nagging or encouraging Sally?
- Do you think Sally really does want to eat more healthfully and exercise?
- If you were Sally, how would you feel?
- If you were Joe, how would you feel?
- What advice would you give Joe and Sally?
- In what relationships is OK to give advice about personal topics like health or diet? Friend, family member, spouse, partner, co-worker, acquaintance, classmate?
- How would you encourage someone close to you in real life to make healthful choices in food and exercise?
<Body Break>
Thematic Activity 02 (5-10 min)
PRESENTERS: This should help develop the vocabulary for encouraging healthful actions. Scroll down to the heading "Instead of Nagging Try Positive Approaches"
Encourage, Don't Nag--What to Do Instead of Nagging
Using the examples in the link of positive approaches what can we say or do in each of the following situations to encourage someone we care about?
- Cleaning up around the house
- Doing laundry more often
- Coming home from work on time
- Getting more exercise
- Taking good care of a pet
<Body Break>
Survival Language in Grocery Store (5-10 min)
Answer all the questions for each picture separately.
- Where are we in the grocery store?
- What are examples of foods in that aisle?
- What are some things that will definitely NOT be in the aisle?
- What would you be SHOCKED to find in that aisle? Get wild with this one. It can be something that isn't even supposed to be in a grocery store!
Optional Level-Up
Can you think of two other words that sound like "aisle" but mean something else? They are homonyms.
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
