1. Achieving Mental and Emotional Health
Chapter 3
Lesson #1
Pages 66-71 *

2. Developing your self-esteem
Objective 1: Identify the characteristics of good mental and emotional health.
Objective 2: Identify and apply how to improve your self-esteem.
Objective 3: Identify Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

3. The Characteristics of Good Mental/Emotional Health
The ability to accept yourself and others, express and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life.
People with good mental/emotional health demonstrate…
Sense of Belonging (Family, Friends, Teachers)
Sense of Purpose (Recognizing your value)
Positive Outlook (Sees the bright side & reduces stress)
Self-sufficiency (Having confidence to make safe & responsible decisions)
Healthy Self-Esteem (helps accept & recover from difficulties and failures)
QUESTION: With your partner, provide examples as to how this would look in real life, from 2 of the 5 characteristics listed above.

4. Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem: How much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
Taking healthful risks can raise your self esteem
What are some healthy risks?
Trying new challenges can also raise your sense of competence: or having enough skills to do something.
Self-talk: the encouragement or criticism that you give yourself, can affect your self-esteem.

5. Benefits of Healthy Self-Esteem
Feel proud of yourself and your abilities, skills, and accomplishments
Believe setbacks are temporary
Ability to confront challenges & overcome them
Confidence to try new things
Know they may not be as good at some tasks as they are with others

6. Improving Self-Esteem
Turn to page 69 in your textbook.
Create a document titled “Improving MY self esteem.
From the list, choose 1 thing you can do to improve your self esteem.
Type your written plan DESCRIBING HOW you could incorporate the chosen suggestion into everyday life.

7. Brave Creative Positive Friendly Flexible Thoughtful Respectful
Directions: students will list 3 traits they have displayed from the past two months.
Next: partner up and take turns sharing stories as to how you demonstrated those traits.
Brave
Creative
Positive
Friendly
Flexible
Thoughtful
Respectful
Determined
Helpful
Grateful
Funny
Patient
Honest
Generous
Trusting
Loyal
Forgiving
Open-Minded
Responsible
Good Listener

8. Self esteem activity
Directions: students will take turns discussing the following with their partner:
Discuss 3 things that you are good at
Share 3 compliments that you have received
Share 1 or 2 challenges you have overcome

10. Maslow’s Needs activity
Students may work alone or with a partner
Pass out worksheet
Read the directions and complete the worksheet.
Be prepared to discuss your answers.