# Slides 3.7: Stress: What It Is, and My Stress Map Slide outline for Lesson 3.7. Eleven slides. Slide 10 carries the who-to-ask list; Sal fills in the counselor's name, the nurse's room, and the help line your school approves before this runs. The map is private; slide 6 says so and Sal says so twice. ## Slide 1: Stress: What It Is, and My Stress Map - Lesson 3.7: Self-Concept, Peers, and Stress - Unit 3: Growing Up, Getting Along - Do now, private: rate how stressed you feel right now, 1 (calm) to 5 (a lot). One word for why. Nobody collects this Notes: Hands if 4 or 5. Hands if 1 or 2. Both go up. That is the point. ## Slide 2: The smoke alarm - It goes off when there is smoke - It also goes off when you make toast - It is doing its job both times - So is your stress. Today: tell the toast from the fire Image: a round ceiling smoke alarm, drawn plainly, with a small piece of toast under it. ## Slide 3: What stress is - The body's response to a demand or a threat - Heart speeds up, muscles tighten, mind focuses or races - It is not a flaw. It is an alarm - The adolescent brain (Lesson 3.3) feels it strongly. Short sleep (Lesson 2.6) makes it louder Notes: Students copy the definition onto Part 1. ## Slide 4: Good stress, bad stress - Good: short, pointed at something you can do (a game, a test you studied for, a performance). Sharpens you, then leaves - Bad: too big, too long, or pointed at something you cannot control. Wears you down. Does not leave on its own - Same alarm, different fire Notes: One example of each on Part 1. Whiteboard check: "Nervous before a game you practiced for all week: good or bad?" Good. ## Slide 5: Body signals - Headache. Stomach ache. Tight shoulders. Fast heart. Sweaty hands - Trouble sleeping. Not hungry, or very hungry. Cannot focus. Tired all the time - Snapping at people. Going quiet - Mark where yours shows up first. The first signal is the early warning Image: a plain body outline, no features, with the signals labeled around it. Notes: Build the list from the room before showing it. Students mark Part 2. ## Slide 6: Your stress map - Two grids: when (time of day by day of week) and where (home, school, bus, phone, practice, other) - Shade the boxes where stress shows up most. Light for a little, dark for a lot - Then list your stressors in the margin, a few words each - This page is yours. It stays in your folder. Nobody reads it unless you want them to Notes: Say the privacy line now. Say it again at the exit strip. ## Slide 7: Five categories - S: school (a book). A test, a project, a grade - F: friends (two people). A group chat argument, being left out - H: home and family (a house). A sibling, a rule, a worry at home - P: phones and online (a phone). A post that got no likes, a chat that will not stop - M: money (a coin). A thing everyone else can buy - Tag each stressor with a letter. Star the biggest one Notes: These are general examples. Do not ask anyone which one is theirs. ## Slide 8: Patterns - Sunday night shows up on a lot of maps - So does the bus - Grade 8 stretch: find a pattern (same time every week, same place). What could change the pattern, not the feeling? Notes: Name Sunday night out loud without asking anyone to own it. ## Slide 9: Handle it, or bring it - Handle it yourself with a tool (tomorrow): a test, a game, a busy week, an argument that will blow over, a Sunday night - Bring it to an adult: anything that lasts for weeks; anything about safety; anything that makes you not want to be here; a friend who says any of those; anything you are not sure about - Not sure which pile? That is a "bring it" Notes: Students sort their starred stressor on Part 4. ## Slide 10: Who to ask - The school counselor: [Sal: name and room] - The nurse: [Sal: room] - Any teacher, including me - The main office - An adult at home - A help line the school approves: [Sal: the number your school uses] Notes: Students copy this onto the back of the map for keeps. This is the one thing nobody leaves without. ## Slide 11: Exit strip and tomorrow - Tear off the strip. Turn it in - 3 body signals. 2 categories most common for people your age. 1 adult (a role) you would bring the big kind to - Tomorrow: six tools, tested in this room, on your own number. Keep the ones that work Notes: The two categories named most become the example stressors on the Lesson 3.9 Stress Plan slide.