AEG5235: Assessment 2

Michael Contarin S3853143

Report Health Unit Plan

Unit Title: Mental Health
Lesson #: 1/4
Year Level: 9
Lesson Topic: What is Mental Health?
Setting: Classroom
Lesson Aims:
1. To establish existing knowledge about mental health
2. To define key terms when talking about mental health
3. To debunk common myths and misconceptions regarding mental
health
VELS:
AusVELS Level 9 Standards
Students examine mental health issues relevant to young people
Health and Physical Education Progression Point 8.5
identification of a range of health needs of young people, including
mental health
Key Vocabulary:

Mental Health
Mental Illness
Mental Health Problem
Positive Functioning

Materials:

PowerPoint Presentation
Whiteboard Marker
YouTube video

Sources:

HeadspaceAustralia, Mental Health and You, video file, viewed 13

June 2015, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=gtUGVzEUy5A&feature=youtu.be>
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 2015, Health and
Physical Education, The AusVELS Curriculum, viewed 13 June 2015
<http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Print/AusVELS.pdf?
d=hpe&l=9&e=0&e=1&e=2&e=3&e=4&e=5>
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 2012, Standards and
Progression Point Examples, AusVELS, Health and Physical

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Education, viewed 13 June 2015,

<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/documents/auscurric/progressionpoints
/hpeprogressionpoints.pdf>
Procedure:
Introduction
o 15 Minutes Health Definitions.
Literacy Game
Place definitions and statistics of the following
terms on the walls around the class room. In pairs,
students take turns of going to the signs placed
around the room and memorising as much as they
can, going back to their partner and dictating the
information for them to copy down.
o Mental Health
o Mental Illness
o Mental Health Problem
o 5 Minutes - Play video defining Mental Health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=gtUGVzEUy5A&feature=youtu.be
Lesson
o 5 Minutes - Define the aforementioned terms, and draw
parallels or (correct mistakes in their brainstormed
definitions (Slides 2-3)
Reveal that 1 in 5 Australian suffer a mental
illness in their lifetime and discuss how mental
health is a serious issues as it effects so many
people
o 15 Minutes Separate students into 4 equal groups and
play a quiz game to debunk common misconceptions
about Mental Health. Students answer all their questions
with a True or False answer.
Q. Mental illness a form of intellectual disability or
brain damage?
Q. Mental illness is incurable and lifelong
Q. Anxiety is the most common mental illness
Q. People are born with mental illness
Q. Some people are immune to mental illness
Q. People with mental illnesses are dangerous
o After the quiz game show answers on the PowerPoint
(slides 4-9 and discuss the correct answers as a class.
Debrief
o 10 Minutes Circle Time

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Students make a circle with the chairs and have

an open respectful discussion about Mental
Health.
Lead the discussion with questions such as,
Whats something you new you learned
today?
Does anything from todays lesson raise
any questions in your mind?
What factors do you think could possibly
contribute to Mental Illness?
What factors do you think could help you
protect yourself from mental illness?