Oklahoma Social Studies PS.7.5

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Content Standards

The Standard

PS.7: Examine mental disorders and the factors that promote mental and physical health.

Explain how physical, psychological, and social factors combine to promote overall health and well-being.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · PS.7

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students trace how sleep, stress, and relationships affect one another in a realistic situation. They explain how a change in one area can affect the others.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a student who works late and misses sleep, a student can explain how fatigue might affect mood and time with friends. They can suggest a realistic change and explain what it might improve.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat health as only exercise and diet, or assume mood is purely a matter of choice. They may think strong friendships cancel out chronic sleep loss.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: A student sleeps five hours, feels anxious before class, and stops talking with friends. Explain two connections among these details and suggest one realistic step that could help.

Lesson moves

Give pairs cards labeled sleep, after-school work, stress, and friend support; have them arrange arrows and explain two links.
Ask students to write how joining a study group might change both test stress and sleep for someone with a packed schedule.
Write four student schedules on slips; have teams match each to likely effects on sleep, mood, and friendships, then defend one match.
Use your school's start time, a sample 10 p.m. bedtime, and a 6 a.m. bus pickup to discuss sleep, stress, and friendships.

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