Alabama Social Studies SS24.P.18b
The Standard
- SS24.P.18
- Summarize ways to promote psychological wellness.*
Explain physiological, cognitive, and behavioral strategies to deal with stress, and contrast positive and negative ways of coping with stress.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Clinical Psychology
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how slow breathing affects the body, how realistic self-talk changes a thought, and how making a plan changes an action. They compare ways of coping by looking at what helps now and what happens later.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a student worried about a test, they can suggest one body, one thought, and one action strategy and explain each. They can explain why a short break may help but repeatedly skipping study time may make stress worse.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every distraction is harmful, even though a short break can help. They may assume avoiding a problem solves it because they feel better for a while.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Jordan is anxious about a test. Name one body, one thought, and one action strategy Jordan could try. Explain why skipping class might feel good now but make stress worse later.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Lead one minute of comfortable slow breathing, then have students record any change they notice in breathing rate or shoulder tension.
Ask: Why might scrolling videos help for ten minutes but make an unfinished project feel worse tomorrow?
Sort cards for slow breathing, realistic self-talk, asking a teacher, skipping class, and drinking into body, thought, or action, then helpful or harmful.
Use a sample work schedule and bus delay; students choose a body, thought, and action strategy before a late shift and explain each.
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Related Standards
- SS24.P.19
Describe different types of biomedical and psychological treatments for mental disorders.
- SS24.P.18a
Identify sources of stress across the human lifespan and explain the physiological and psychological consequences of stress for health and wellness.*
- SS24.P.16a
Describe various approaches for explaining mental illness, including biological and medical, cognitive, and sociocultural models.
- SS24.P.18
Summarize ways to promote psychological wellness.*
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