Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health

Book SynopsisLife Skills is a practical resource that gives teachers 225 ready-to-use worksheets that cover a wide variety of key life skills. The book addresses topics such as drug and alcohol use, sex, relationships, stress, food-related issues, and self-esteem. Life Skills is an easy-to-use, time-saving book that is designed for grades 6-12 and helpful for both new and seasoned teachers. For quick access and easy use, the worksheets are organized into eight sections and are printed in a large 8 1/2 x 11 format that folds flat for photocopying. Here's an overview of what you'll find in each section: Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking: Trends in smoking, second-hand smoke, reasons why people smoke and ways to help people quit, facts about drug use, the classification of different drugs, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, as well as drinking and driving. Sex and Sex-Related Issues: Male and female sex organs, why people have sex, facts and myths, birth control, optiTable of ContentsAbout the Author v About This Book vii Section 1 Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking 1 Word Association 2 2 What Drug Am I? 3 3 Trends in Tobacco Use 4 4 Time Line: A Short History of Tobacco and Cigarette Use 5 5 Thoughts About Secondhand Smoke 6 6 Young Kids and Smoking 7 7 Show Me the Money 8 8 Getting Tough on Smoking: An Editorial 9 9 Antismoking Slogans 10 10 You Be the Judge 11 11 Classifying the Types of Drugs 12 12 The Types-of-Drugs Chart 13 13 Facts and Myths on Drug Use 14 14 Time Line: History of Drug Regulations in the United States 15 15 Drug Use and Different Ages 16 16 The Drug-Use Continuum 17 17 The Marijuana Expert 18 18 To Legalize or Not to Legalize? 19 19 A Venn Diagram Comparing Tobacco and Marijuana 20 20 Caffeine 21 21 The Truth About Anabolic Steroids 22 22 Tic-Tac Drugs: Teacher Page 23 22aTic-Tac Drugs: Student Page 24 23 The Effects of Alcohol 25 24 Is Drinking a Problem for You? 26 25 Reasons, Reasons, Reasons 27 26 The Staircase of Decisions with Drinking 28 27 The Gray of Alcoholism 29 28 Thoughts About Drinking and Driving 30 29 A Letter from a Child with FAS 31 30 Express Yourself 32 31 Word Removal 33 Section 2 Sex and Sex-related Issues 32 Words and Slang 36 33 Facts and Myths About Sex 37 34 Reasons Why People Have Sex 38 35 Sexuality Throughout Our Lifetime 39 36 The Four Phases of Sexual Intercourse 40 37 Male versus Female 41 38 The Birth Control Chart 42 39 Birth Control Crossword 43 40 No Condom, No Sex: Talking to Your Partner About Condoms 44 41 Dr. Birth Control 45 42 Some Thoughts on Abstinence 46 42aThe Some-Thoughts-on-Abstinence Chart 47 43 What Should Vanessa Do? 48 44 Facts About Adoption 49 45 What to Avoid During Pregnancy 50 46 Stages in the Womb 51 47 STI Unscramble 52 48 Dr. STI 53 49 Ways of Acquiring HIV 54 50 Attitudes About AIDS: We’ve Come a Long Way Since the 1980s 55 51 A Poem About an AIDS Victim 56 52 Facts About Homosexuality 57 53 Options for Couples Who Want a Child (But Are Having Infertility Problems) 58 54 Surrogate Rights 59 55 Sexual Harassment Facts 60 56 Sexual Harassment or Not Sexual Harassment? 61 57 Date Rape 62 58 Date-Rape Decisions 63 59 Finish the Story 64 60 Dear Rudy 65 61 Sex Jeopardy 66 62 It Takes Three 67 63 Alphabet Soup 68 Section 3 Love, Relationships, Marriage, and Family 64 A Relationship Balloon Tree 70 65 The Relationship Chart 71 66 Circle of Friends 72 67 Different Friends, Different Occasions 73 68 All About Cliques 74 69 Break the Clique 75 70 Finish the Sentences on Dating 76 71 The Singles Ads 77 72 How Do Couples Meet? 78 73 Steps in a Relationship 79 74 Is It Love or Infatuation? 80 75 Love Quotations 81 76 Sternberg’s Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 1 82 77 Sternberg’s Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 2 83 78 Sternberg’s Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 3 84 79 What Type of Lover Are You? 85 80 What Matters to You? 86 81 Qualities You Seek in a Mate 87 82 To Live Together or Not to Live Together 88 83 Marriage Quotations 89 84 Marriage Vows 90 85 A Marriage Check-off List 91 86 How Expensive Is It? 92 87 Talk-Show Marriage Talk 93 88 Can These Marriages Be Saved? 94 89 Why Do Relationships End? 95 90 Looking at the Family 96 91 Family Challenges 97 92 If Parenthood Required a License 98 93 Stages in the Family Life Cycle 99 94 Who’s in What Stage of the Family Life Cycle? 100 Section 4 Life Skills 95 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 102 96 Maslow’s Needs and You 103 97 A Goal Chart 104 98 High and Low Self-Esteem 105 99 Improving Your Self-Esteem 106 100 Peer Pressure and You 107 101 Learning Assertiveness 108 102 More on Assertiveness 109 103 Dealing with Difficult People 110 104 Conflict Outcomes 111 105 The Steps in Decision Making 112 106 Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 1) 113 106a Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 2) 114 107 Wawa Island: A Team-Building Activity 115 108 Are You an Effective Communicator? 117 109 Name That Communication Blocker 118 110 Techniques for Saying No 119 111 Communication Scenarios 120 112 What Are They Really Saying? 121 113 A Paired Listening Exercise: Teacher Page 122 113a A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script A 123 113b A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script B 124 114 Help Fatima Manage Her Time (Part 1) 125 115 Help Fatima Manage Her Time (Part 2) 126 116 Managing Your Time (Part 1) 127 117 Managing Your Time (Part 2) 128 118 What Do You Do? 129 119 Fatima’s Errands: A Time Management Activity 130 120 Types of Violence 131 121 Is Your School Violent? 132 122 Top 10 Pieces of Advice to Live By 133 123 Advice in Code 134 Section 5 Stress 124 Are You Vulnerable to Stress? 136 125 The Life Change Index 137 126 What Is Their Life Change Index? 138 127 Good Stress versus Bad Stress 139 128 Top 10 Sources of Stress 140 129 Stress in Various Aspects of Your Life 141 130 Three Generations of Stress 142 131 Long-Term Stress versus Short-Term Stress 143 132 ZZZzzz: Sleep Patterns 144 133 Sources-of-Stress Game 145 134 The Four Stages of Stress 146 135 Fight or Flight 147 136 Those Stressful Reactions 148 137 Reacting to Stressful Situations 149 138 Relaxation Bingo 150 139 Getting Physical 151 140 Support Systems 152 141 How Can You Help Your Stressed Friend? 153 142 A Suicide Awareness Quiz 154 143 Dealing with a Grieving Friend 155 144 Thoughts on Death and Dying 156 145 The Five Stages of Grief 157 146 Which Stage of Grief (in Dying Patients)? 158 Section 6 Food and Food-related Issues 147 Food Associations 160 148 A Healthy-Eating Report Card 161 149 An Eating-Habits Survey 162 150 Favorite Food 163 151 A Food Pyramid Puzzle 164 152 Factors Affecting Your Food Choices 165 153 “Weight” and See 166 154 A Day in the Life of Your Stomach 167 155 Calorie Calculations 168 156 What to Know About H 2 O 169 157 Let’s Learn About Vitamins 170 158 Cholesterol: Fact or Fiction 171 159 Protein Fill-in-the-Blanks 172 160 All You Ever Wanted to Know About Fiber 173 161 Fat Habits and You 174 162 Fat Classification 175 163 Fat Reduction 176 164 Crazy About Carbohydrates 177 165 Our Addiction to Additives 178 166 Food Categories 179 167 Just Because It’s a Salad Doesn’t Mean It’s Healthy 180 168 Can You Help These Eaters? 181 169 An Eating Disorder True-False Quiz 182 170 Name That Disorder 183 171 Signs of an Eating Disorder 184 172 The Dos and Don’ts of Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder 185 173 The Food-Vocabulary Word Game 186 Section 7 Your Body and Body Image 174 What Is Your Body Type? 188 175 Calculate Your BMI 189 176 Body Image and You 190 176a Body Image and You: Questions 191 177 Body Image and the Sexes 192 178 Cosmetic Plastic Surgery 193 179 Body-Parts Connections 194 180 Body-Parts Vocabulary 195 181 Muscle Word Search 196 182 Right Muscle, Right Exercise 197 183 The Human Skeleton Crossword 198 184 Female Reproductive System Vocabulary 199 185 Male Reproductive System Vocabulary 200 186 The Respiratory System Matching Exercise 201 187 The Digestion Puzzle 202 188 The Sun and Your Skin 203 189 Genetics and Your Health 204 190 Dr. Doctor’s Magic Square 205 191 What Makes You Ill? 206 192 Five Diseases and Conditions That May Affect Teens 207 193 Basic First-Aid Crossword 208 194 Diagnose the Emergency 209 195 Preventing Cardiovascular Disease 210 196 A Fitness Survey 211 197 Components of Fitness 212 198 Anaerobic Energy, Aerobic Energy, and DOM 213 199 Keeping Fit Without Doing Aerobics 214 Section 8 Self-esteem and Knowing Yourself 200 What’s in a Name? 216 201 I Am 217 202 Graffiti You 218 203 The YOU Report Card 219 204 What You Like to Do 220 205 You Are Where You Live 221 206 What Would They Say About You? 222 207 Backing It Up with Examples 223 208 How Have These Outside Factors Shaped You? 224 209 Personality and You 225 210 Personality and Physical, Mental, and Social Health 226 211 What’s Your Personality? 227 212 A, B, C, D Personality Types 228 213 Birth Order and Personality 229 214 Handwriting and Your Personality 230 215 Astrological Signs and Your Personality 231 216 What Do You Value? 232 217 What Are Your Values . . . ? 233 218 A Values Auction 234 219 Weaknesses 235 220 A Few of Your Favorite Things 236 221 Using Your Five Senses 237 222 Highs/Lows and You 238 223 A Room with a Clue 239 224 Cartoons, Colors, and Cars 240 225 If 241 Answer Key 243 Bibliography 261

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