Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Identification and Management of Emotions
- Paper Tweets Build SEL Skills (Web Resource Activity)
- 13 Powerful SEL Activities (Web Resource Activity)
- Emotion, Stress, and Health (YouTube Video)
- Emotional Intelligence From a Teenage Perspective (YouTube Video)
Stress Management and Coping
- This Moment is Your Life (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Past Tense : Healthy Ways to Manage Stress (EBSCO eBook)
- 10 Cool Meditations for Pre-Teens and Teens (Web Resource Activities)
- For Teens: Creating Your Personal Stress-Management Plan (Website Article)
- Stress (Website Article)
- Stress Mail Worksheet (Web Resource Worksheet)
Positive Motivation and Perseverance
- Motivational Short Film (YouTube Video)
- Positive Attitude Animals (YouTube Video)
- Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance (TEDTalk Video)
- What’s Stopping You From Achieving Your Goals (YouTube Video)
- Who Do You Want To Be? (YouTube Video)
Healthy Relationships
- Lumberjanes Vol 1. (Hoopla eComic)
- 60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology or Aha! (YouTube Video)
- What Teens Think About: Healthy Relationships (YouTube Video)
- Am I in a Healthy Relationship? (Website Article)
- Relationship Red Flags (Web Resource Worksheet)
- Teen Voices: Friendships and Boundaries (YouTube Video)
Self Awareness and Sense of Identity
- To This Day… For the Bullied and Beautiful (TEDTalk Video)
- 6 Self Esteem Building Activities (Website with Activities)
- Self-esteem the key to empowering the women of tomorrow (CBC Curio Video)
- Self Esteem (Web Resource Worksheet)
Critical and Creative Thinking
- Teens Talk About Self-Esteem And Self-Confidence (Hoopla eBook)
- Lunchbox Breakdown (CBC Curio Video)
- Fitness Island (Web Resource Worksheet)
- Do You Know How to Be Street Smart? (Website Article)
- Street Smart Teens (Website Article)
- How to Be More Street Smart and not a phone zombie (YouTube Video)