9th+Grade+Personal-Social+Lesson+Plans


 * Personal-Social Development Goals:**
 * Promote communication skills with peers and adults.
 * Develop leadership and teamwork skills.
 * Learn skills to demonstrate personal responsibility and accountability.

**Lesson Plans for Advisory **
 * ~ Topic ||~ File ||~ Description ||~ **Source** ||
 * Suicide || Click [|here to go to the SD Suicide Prevention Website][|(The teen page is a great webpage to show your class!])

[|Send an e-card]
|| Sept. is Suicide Prevention Month. SD Suicide Prevention Resources include: Hotline, myths & stats facts sheet and e-card to send to struggling friend. || SD Suicide Prev. Website || Violence || @http://www.loveisrespect.org/ || February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month.There are easy to use quizzes, brief videos, and otherdiscussion items. This would be a great topic for student journals too. || Love is Respect || Family || Gratitude || Development || [] || Connect with the Character Counts website for excellent resources || CC || This is a physical activity requiring class participation. Supplies needed include a rope. || DOE TAA || || Students will be guided to express gratitute to others. || JS ||
 * Teen Dating
 * Quotations || [] || Quotations to inspire students' journaling: Great Quotes from Great People || First in the
 * Multi-cultural || [] || Don't Let Malala Yousafzai's Voice Be Silenced || Teaching Tolerance ||
 * Multi-cultural || h[|ttp://www.tolerance.org/publication/truth-about-american-muslims] || What Do You Know About American Muslims? || Teaching Tolerance ||
 * Bullying || [] || //The End of Bullying Begins with Me:// that’s the message during PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Month in October. || PACER ||
 * Military || [] || Information about sending letters and care packages to the military || Operation
 * Military || [] || Information about sending letters and care packages to the military || Operation
 * 350 quotes || [] || Quotes cover all six of the Character Pillars. Use for discussion or journaling. || CC ||
 * Character
 * Gender bias || [[file:9th GenderCommunication.doc]] || Students will identify attitudes, behaviors, and skills that contribute to gender bias and stereotyping. || DOE TAA ||
 * Team building || [[file:9th PS Roping in Teamwork.doc]] || Students will describe the importance of teamwork.
 * Effective leaders || [[file:9th PS Leaders in Leadership.doc]] || Students will identify qualities of an effective leader. || DOE TAA ||
 * Judgments about people || [[file:9th PS Making Judgments.doc]] || Students will discuss the effects and results of making judgments about people. || DOE TAA ||
 * Internet safety || [[file:9th PS Protecting Yourself--CyberSafety.doc]] || Students will recognize skills needed to insure personal safety when using the Internet || DOE TAA ||
 * What we value || [[file:9th PS Values Auction.doc]] || Students will learn that what one person values may not be important to another and that it is okay to have different ways to evaluate what is important to them. || DOE TAA ||
 * Gratitude || [[file:Gratitude_Works_Teacher_Instructions_FINAL.pdf]]
 * Caring People || [[file:Peanuts Philosophy.ppt]] || Supports the gratitude lesson. Discusses the most important people are those who care for us. || Klapperich ||
 * Teen Smoking || Video to check out || 24 min. DVD availble in the CHS library "Smokin' Somebody stop me!" || CHS Library ||