Ninth graders learn that stress is normal and manageable, and sort everyday coping responses into healthy strategies that help and unhealthy ones that make things worse.
Students will be able to…
Stress is part of life, but how you handle it makes all the difference. Which coping strategies actually help, and which ones quietly make things worse?
Project this and sort each response into healthy or unhealthy coping — tap a response, then tap which it is.
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Tests, friends, and schedules pile up. What do you do when stress hits?
Students sort coping responses.
Students replace unhealthy habits.
Students build a personal plan.
Students reflect on managing, not avoiding.
Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.
Identify and use stress-management strategies.
Regulate emotions and impulses.
Recognize one's stressors and reactions.
Seek help and support when needed.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students list their top stressors, choose three healthy strategies that work for them, and write a short personal coping plan. A printable stress-management worksheet is in the Social-Emotional Learning library.
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