Dare 2B Healthy

Introduction

Nowadays, young people find themselves living in a rather volatile time. A time of great changes but also a time of many choices.

For some teens, things are clear; however, many others struggle and often end up opening the “wrong doors”, which will affect their lives forever. Indeed, the decisions you make as a young person will shape your whole life, sometimes to the point of self-destruction.

There are several social issues facing teens today that other generations didn't have to deal with. Perhaps it is even more difficult to stay healthy nowadays than a few decades ago.

Thus, we must ask ourselves - "How healthy am I?" or even "What am I willing to do in order to be healthy?"

Do you "Dare 2B Healthy ?".

Task

Public Awareness Campaign to Promote Healthy Lifestyles - Dare 2B Healthy

  • You are going to participate in an international project on how to promote healthy habits among teenagers. The name of the project is “Dare 2B Healthy”.
  • In groups of 4 you must create a poster, a leaflet or a commercial to give information on the topic and also to promote healthy habits.
Process

Title of the project: Dare 2B Healthy

Methodology: Collaborative Group work

Number of lessons: You will have 3-4 lessons available for this assignment (some work must also be done outside the class)

Operationalization

TASK 1

Brainstorming - Main diferences between "Traditional Group Work" (TGW)  Vs. "Collaborative Group Work" (CGW).

TASK 2

Organisation of 5 groups of co-responsibility – 4 members each.

Teacher chooses four students, each of those will take turns and choose a second person, then that person will choose the third member and finally the last one is also chosen by the previous member.

TASK 3

Collaborative Group Assignment - shared responsibilities.

Each group will be assigned one of the topics:

(1) (Un)healthy eating;

(2) Teenage violence;

(3) Depression and suicide among teens;

(4) Active living Vs. Sedentary behaviour;

(5) Risky behaviours among teens - addictions.

  • Main tasks: research; selection; organization of materials and preparing a final product to display in class – a leaflet, a poster or a commercial.
  • Before you choose, learn about these three diferente styles (Check the features of each by reading /analysing some documents and examples provided by the teacher).

 

  • Any of these products MUST INCLUDE information about the following sub-topics:
     (1) Contextualisation – the problem (some facts and figures);
     (2) Main causes and consequences;
     (3) What needs to change – solutions;
     (4) Helplines/ lifelines or emergency and support services.

 

  • Each member will deal with only ONE of these sub-topics.
  • The group must decide on the final product – leaflet, poster or commercial.
  • Together you must decide which materials you need, as well as techniques you want to use to create the final product.

 

  • Each member of the Group researches the assigned topic to find accurate information that must be carefully selected and compilated.
  • Remember to choose interesting pictures that are truly related to the topics discussed.
  • It is everybody's responsibility to edit the work done, once it is finished, and of course to produce a final revised version which will be presented in class.
  • Then create a poster, a leaflet or a commercial.
  • Display your work in class and prepare an oral presentation by all the members of the group.
Evaluation

Assessment

  • During the process – groups fill in checklists and progress assessment forms;
  • At the end - Class discussion, self and hetero-assessment of all groups (filling in of personal / group assessment forms.

Group Self-Evaluation Checklist

NAME ___________________________________ Nº _____ CLASS _____ DATE ___/___/____

TOPIC OF STUDY (UNIT) _______________________________________

As a team, decide which answer best suits the way your team worked together.

YES NO
We finished our task on time and we did a good job!    
We encouraged each other and we cooperated with each other.    
We used quiet voices in our communications.    
We used the English language to communicate throughout the process.    
We shared ideas and listened to and valued each other’s ideas.    

We did best at...

 

Next Time, we could improve...

 

 

Evaluation Criteria - Collaborative Group Work (CGW)

Group members: ___________________________________ CLASS_____ DATE ___/ ___/ ____
 

NEED TO WORK ON THIS

(score1 - 0% or 5%)

SUCCESSFUL

(score2 - 8%)

OUTSTANDING

(score3 - 15%)

Collaboration among peers

15%

      

Autonomy

15%

      

Creativity

15%

      

Quality of research/ investigation

15%

 

 

 
 

BELOW AVERAGE

(score1 - 10%)

AVERAGE

(score2 - 20%)

ABOVE AVERAGE

(score2 - 40%)
Communication / Language accuracy (Oral and Written)      

 

Conclusion

Hopefully, by now, you should already be able to answer the questions:

 

"How healthy am I?"

"What am I willing to do in order to be healthy?"

So... Do you Dare 2B Healthy ?

Credits

Check the following links for some useful and reliable information on the given topics:

1. (Un)healthy eating

https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/healthy-lifestyle/healthy-eating-habits/healthy-eating-habits-teens

https://www.verywellhealth.com/teens-bad-food-habits-2610256

https://www.livestrong.com/article/549450-teenagers-with-bad-eating-habits/

https://www.healthline.com/health/balanced-diet

 

2. Teenage violence

https://teens.lovetoknow.com/Teenage_Violence_Statistics

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/youth-violence

https://www.socialworkdegreeguide.com/lists/5-top-social-issues-facing-teens-today/

 

3. Depression and Suicide among Teens

http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/s/suicide-and-teens/symptoms-and-causes

file:///C:/Users/Asus/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.IE5/XRRJN84N/9789241564779_eng.pdf

Suicide in Portugal

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829215001033

https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/saude-mental/taxa-de-suicidio-entre-jovens-atingiu-maximos-de-ha-10-anos-em-portugal

https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2019-10-10-Taxa-de-suicidio-entre-os-jovens-portugueses-esta-a-aumentar

 

4. Active living Vs. Sedentary behaviours among teens

https://physicalactivityteens.weebly.com/consequences-of-physical-inactivity-in-teenagers.html

https://activelivingresearch.org/sedentaryreview

https://www.kflaph.ca/en/healthy-living/sedentary-behaviour-for-teenagers.aspx

 

5. Risky behaviours – Teen addiction problems

https://www.centeronaddiction.org/addiction-prevention/teenage-addiction

https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20080604/teen-risk-behaviors-bad-but-better#1

https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/behaviour/behaviour-questions-issues/risky-behaviour

https://www.teendrugrehabs.com/blog/top-12-teen-addictions-according-to-teen-addicts-themselves/

 

6. Helplines / support services
http://worldhelplines.org/portugal.html
https://kidshelpphone.ca/
https://teenlineonline.org/
https://teencentral.com/help/
https://www.youthaccess.org.uk/supernav/links
 

7. leaflets and posters - you may use free templates from Google docs, Publisher or Canva

https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/learn/how-to-make-a-brochure

https://www.printplace.com/articles/poster-design-rules

Teacher Page

Collaborative Group Work (CGW)

Project work – Dare2B Healthy

Planning

Teacher: Jerónima Ribeiro de Sousa

Class: 9.º B (20 students)

Project: Dare2B Healthy                 Topic: Unit 1 “Show you care… be aware1”

Task: Public Awareness Campaign to promote healthy lifestyles

  • You are going to participate in an international project on how to promote healthy habits among teenagers. The name of the project is “Dare 2B Healthy”.
  • In groups of 4 you must create a poster, a leaflet or a commercial to give information on the topic and also to promote healthy habits.

Methodology: Collaborative Group work

Number of lessons: 3-4 (some work must also be done outside the class:

Operationalization

  • Brainstorming on the differences between “Traditional Group Work - TGW” Vs. “Collaborative Group Work - CGW” (emphasis on the benefits of CGW – topics are written on the BB).
  • Organisation of 5 groups of co-responsibility – 4 members each: teacher chooses four students, each of those will take turns and choose a second person, then that person will choose the third member and finally the last one is also be chosen by the previous member.
  • Main tasks: research; selection; organization of materials and preparing a final product to display in class – a leaflet, a poster or a commercial. Any of these products MUST INCLUDE information about the following sub-topics:
     (1) Contextualisation – the problem (some facts and figures);
     (2) Main causes and consequences;
     (3) What needs to change – solutions;
     (4) Helplines/ lifelines or emergency and support services.
     
  • The class is also informed about the evaluation criteria for the project, which is also displayed.
  • Procedures:
  1. each group must assign (as they please) tasks 1 - 4 to each member;
  2. they must decide on the final product – leaflet, poster or commercial. In order to do that they must check the features of each by reading /analysing some documents and examples provided by the teacher.
  3. Groups must think about materials required as well as techniques they want to use to create the final product.
  4.  Each member of the Group researches the assigned topic to find accurate information that must be carefully selected and compilated.
  5. Creation of the poster, leaflet or commercial.
  6. Display of work in class and oral presentation by all the members in each group.

Assessment

  • During the process – groups fill in checklists and progress assessment forms;
  • At the end - Class discussion, self and hetero-assessment of all groups (filling in of personal / group assessment forms.
     
     

NOTES

  • All this information will be presented in a Webquest;
  • The teacher will keep a record of the process in the form of pictures.