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Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. Each episode follows a different character as the championship game approaches. Each character's story focuses on different themes related to the health curriculum: Episode 1: Coach's Kid - Anxiety

Inside Out 1 & 2 are thoughtful explorations of emotions, values, and how those affect the main character, Riley's life. Both films are an excellent opportunity for students to examine, reflect upon, and evaluate their own values and mental health. This bundle includes film study materials for both films. Each study includes: a reflection worksheet which encourage students to consider the film as well as how it relates to their own lives and relationshipsa creative, hands-on assignment which

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode 1: Coach's Girl" focuses on anxiety, stress, and empathy. The story follows Laurie as her anxiety over the upcoming championship baseball game coalesces into a literal ball of stress. A

This unit is a comprehensive overview of film language and film study, which also helps students make a connection between the language of film, and how that language constructs meaning for the audience. Ultimately, this unit will help students understand the central question: "How does a film mean?" Throughout this introductory unit, students will be reminded that "Things mean things". Filmmakers make choices about everything that is seen and heard on screen with the goal of affecting their au

While students explore healthy choices in their relationships and mental health, it's important for students to consider their own values and the traits which define them. The film Inside Out, is an excellent resource to help students engage meaningfully with their own emotions and how they impact their choices and overall wellness. The film Inside Out explores a young girl's mind as she navigates a major life change, highlighting the importance of understanding, accepting, and expressing a ra

While exploring healthy choices, students need to consider emotions and their impact on their relationships with friends and others around them. Disney Pixar's recent film Inside Out 2 deals with these issues in a thoughtful, meaningful and entertaining way. The film centers around Riley who, in addition to trying to qualify for an elite hockey team, experiences the onset of puberty, and all the emotions which come bursting forth as a result! This product includes: a post-viewing worksheet in b

The City of Ember follows a young girl and boy as they face the truth that their world is slowly falling apart. An increasingly relevant tale, the story provides opportunities for students to explore themes like isolation and climate change, whilst also being able to enjoy the fun of unraveling the mystery of who made their world and what is to become of it. This product includes: a day-by-day unit planan introductory slideshow that encourages students to think of the world (and time!) in a comp

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode 5: Steal" focuses on friendships, making ethical choices, and group identity. The story follows Ira, an imaginative - but lonely - boy who wants nothing more than to have some real frien

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode 2: Blue" focuses on relationships, independence and emotional availability. The story follows Frank, the little league umpire. We soon come to learn that while he values certainty and i

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode *: Home" focuses on resilience, support, and forgiveness. The story follows Dan, the coach of the Pickles. As Dan's love for the game and his love of his team is challenged by a newcomer

Perfect for health courses, and any study on healthy relationships, Mean Girls is a classic film, giving a hilarious and poignant snapshot of life in high school. Following newcomer Cady, the film tells her story as she learns to navigate her new school, new friends, and the mean girls themselves: the plastics! This product includes: an introductory slideshow which invites students to consider the power of social groups, and encourages them to consider the characteristics of both healthy and un

Perfect for the days just before Christmas Break, this simple film study gives health class students an opportunity to reflect on the values, emotions, and choices which are so important to the story of recent animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch. This product includes: An 8-question worksheet which invites students to carefully consider the wellness choices made by the Grinch and those around him in the film.includes two versions, one formatted for digital distribution, the other for p

This group of activities is designed to provide students with brief, highly-focused scene studies. Each study invites students to investigate, identify, and understand specific filmmaking principles, and how they relate to ideas of plot, theme, and mood. This product includes 10 pdfs, each with: a link to the relevant scene of studya brief teachers guide which outlines the film principles being demonstrated, as well as how these principles relate to plot, theme and mood

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode 3: Raspberry" focuses on integrity, resilience, and goal-setting. The story follows Rochelle, the team's star player. But behind her all-star attitude, things aren't that easy in her li

This series of products is designed to provide students with brief, highly-focused scene studies. Each study invites students to investigate, identify, and understand specific filmmaking principles, and how they relate to ideas of plot, theme, and mood. This product includes a pdf with: a link to the relevant scene of studya brief teachers guide which outlines the film principles being demonstrated, as well as how these principles relate to plot, theme and mood

Disney/Pixar's Win or Lose is a lively new series and a gift to health teachers everywhere. Telling the story of a little league championship game from eight different perspectives, the series explores themes central to the health curriculum: stress, anxiety, relationships, empathy, family, and more. "Episode 6: Mixed Signals" focuses on relationships, conflict resolution, and decision making. The story follows Yuwen, the softball team's ace pitcher. On the outside, Yuwen is confident, brash,

This comprehensive unit will introduce students to the concept of a critique, helping them to understand the important process of writing thoughtful, well supported critical pieces of writing. The focus for this unit is on the critiquing of narrative texts, but can easily be adapted to any category of text. All items in this unit are numbered into a suggested sequence for use. This product includes: a detailed teacher guide, with notes for each document in the unitfill in the blank notes on Crit

Central to so many of the goals of Health curriculum is the ability to make good decisions. This lesson will guide your students through four different decision making processes, identifying strengths and weaknesses of each, and provide them with opportunities to practice each method before taking on a short assignment which will challenge them to make thoughtful decisions. This product includes: a 35 slide presentation, with an intro activity, clear descriptions of each decision-making method,

Self-care is often thought of as bubble baths and massages, but it's really so much more! This semester-long project will lead students through the myths that surround self-care, along with the many different types of self-care that we can engage in. Ultimately, this will lead students to an assignment which requires them to lead their class in a self-care activity of their design. This product includes: an 18 slide presentation about self-care myths and the six domains of self-carean assignmen

AI generated images are becoming more and more common. What many students don't know is that AI image generators are trained using billions of human-made images. Students will learn how these images represent an "average" healthy person based on the many images that show up in their social media feeds, image searches, etc. They are invited through this activity to reflect on and discuss how these images don't necessarily reflect what is truly healthy, and how they might change their own approach