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Life Skills is a practical resource that gives teachers 225 ready-to-use worksheets that cover a wide variety of key life skills. The book addresses topics such as drug and alcohol use, sex, relationships, stress, food-related issues, and self-esteem. Life Skills is an easy-to-use, time-saving book that is designed for grades 6-12 and helpful for both new and seasoned teachers. For quick access and easy use, the worksheets are organized into eight sections and are printed in a large 8 1/2" x 11" format that folds flat for photocopying. Here's an overview of what you'll find in each section:

Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking: Trends in smoking, second-hand smoke, reasons why people smoke and ways to help people quit, facts about drug use, the classification of different drugs, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, as well as drinking and driving.

Sex and Sex-Related Issues: Male and female sex organs, why people have sex, facts and myths, birth control, options after getting pregnant, sexually transmitted diseases, homosexuality, infertility options, sexual harassment, and date rape.

Love, Relationships, Marriage, and Family: The role of friends in our lives, negative aspects of cliques, dating and love, love and infatuation, qualities in an ideal mate, problems in marriage, why marriages end, family life cycles, and nontraditional families.

Life Skills: High and low self-esteem, long and short range goals, learning assertive behavior, dealing with difficult people, conflict resolution, what makes a good leader, effective communication and time management skills, and problems with violence.

Stress: What makes you stressed?, reactions to stress, coping with stress, suicide, death, and dying.

Food and Food Related Issues : Improving eating habits, the food pyramid, information about calories, water, vitamins, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, additives, and eating disorders.

Know Your Body and Body Image: Body image and type, the functions of differnet organs, body parts, body systems and terminology, viruses and bacteria, basic first aid, diagnosing and solving emergency problems, fitness habits, and four components of fitness.

Self Esteem and Knowing Yourself: Favorite things, handwriting, personality type, birth order, highs and lows, and five senses.

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• About the Author(p. v)
• About This Book(p. vii)
• Section 1 Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking
• 1 Word Association(p. 2)
• 2 What Drug Am I?(p. 3)
• 3 Trends in Tobacco Use(p. 4)
• 4 Time Line: A Short History of Tobacco and Cigarette Use(p. 5)
• 5 Thoughts About Secondhand Smoke(p. 6)
• 6 Young Kids and Smoking(p. 7)
• 7 Show Me the Money(p. 8)
• 8 Getting Tough on Smoking: An Editorial(p. 9)
• 9 Antismoking Slogans(p. 10)
• 10 You Be the Judge(p. 11)
• 11 Classifying the Types of Drugs(p. 12)
• 12 The Types-of-Drugs Chart(p. 13)
• 13 Facts and Myths on Drug Use(p. 14)
• 14 Time Line: History of Drug Regulations in the United States(p. 15)
• 15 Drug Use and Different Ages(p. 16)
• 16 The Drug-Use Continuum(p. 17)
• 17 The Marijuana Expert(p. 18)
• 18 To Legalize or Not to Legalize?(p. 19)
• 19 A Venn Diagram Comparing Tobacco and Marijuana(p. 20)
• 20 Caffeine(p. 21)
• 21 The Truth About Anabolic Steroids(p. 22)
• 22 Tic-Tac Drugs: Teacher Page(p. 23)
• 22a Tic-Tac Drugs: Student Page(p. 24)
• 23 The Effects of Alcohol(p. 25)
• 24 Is Drinking a Problem for You?(p. 26)
• 25 Reasons, Reasons, Reasons(p. 27)
• 26 The Staircase of Decisions with Drinking(p. 28)
• 27 The Gray of Alcoholism(p. 29)
• 28 Thoughts About Drinking and Driving(p. 30)
• 29 A Letter from a Child with FAS(p. 31)
• 30 Express Yourself(p. 32)
• 31 Word Removal(p. 33)
• Section 2 Sex and Sex-Related Issues
• 32 Words and Slang(p. 36)
• 33 Facts and Myths About Sex(p. 37)
• 34 Reasons Why People Have Sex(p. 38)
• 35 Sexuality Throughout Our Lifetime(p. 39)
• 36 The Four Phases of Sexual Intercourse(p. 40)
• 37 Male versus Female(p. 41)
• 38 The Birth Control Chart(p. 42)
• 39 Birth Control Crossword(p. 43)
• 40 No Condom, No Sex: Talking to Your Partner About Condoms(p. 44)
• 41 Dr. Birth Control(p. 45)
• 42 Some Thoughts on Abstinence(p. 46)
• 42a The Some-Thoughts-on-Abstinence Chart(p. 47)
• 43 What Should Vanessa Do?(p. 48)
• 44 Facts About Adoption(p. 49)
• 45 What to Avoid During Pregnancy(p. 50)
• 46 Stages in the Womb(p. 51)
• 47 STI Unscramble(p. 52)
• 48 Dr. STI(p. 53)
• 49 Ways of Acquiring HIV(p. 54)
• 50 Attitudes About AIDS: We've Come a Long Way Since the 1980s(p. 55)
• 51 A Poem About an AIDS Victim(p. 56)
• 52 Facts About Homosexuality(p. 57)
• 53 Options for Couples Who Want a Child (But Are Having Infertility Problems)(p. 58)
• 54 Surrogate Rights(p. 59)
• 55 Sexual Harassment Facts(p. 60)
• 56 Sexual Harassment or Not Sexual Harassment?(p. 61)
• 57 Date Rape(p. 62)
• 58 Date-Rape Decisions(p. 63)
• 59 Finish the Story(p. 64)
• 60 Dear Rudy ...(p. 65)
• 61 Sex Jeopardy(p. 66)
• 62 It Takes Three(p. 67)
• 63 Alphabet Soup(p. 68)
• Section 3 Love, Relationships, Marriage, and Family
• 64 A Relationship Balloon Tree(p. 70)
• 65 The Relationship Chart(p. 71)
• 66 Circle of Friends(p. 72)
• 67 Different Friends, Different Occasions(p. 73)
• 68 All About Cliques(p. 74)
• 69 Break the Clique(p. 75)
• 70 Finish the Sentences on Dating(p. 76)
• 71 The Singles Ads(p. 77)
• 72 How Do Couples Meet?(p. 78)
• 73 Steps in a Relationship(p. 79)
• 74 Is It Love or Infatuation?(p. 80)
• 75 Love Quotations(p. 81)
• 76 Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet(p. 82)
• 77 Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 2(p. 83)
• 78 Sternberg's Love Triangle Theory: Worksheet 3(p. 84)
• 79 What Type of Lover Are You?(p. 85)
• 80 What Matters to You?(p. 86)
• 81 Qualities You Seek in a Mate(p. 87)
• 82 To Live Together or Not to Live Together(p. 88)
• 83 Marriage Quotations(p. 89)
• 84 Marriage Vows(p. 90)
• 85 A Marriage Check-off List(p. 91)
• 86 How Expensive Is It?(p. 92)
• 87 Talk-Show Marriage Talk(p. 93)
• 88 Can These Marriages Be Saved?(p. 94)
• 89 Why Do Relationships End?(p. 95)
• 90 Looking at the Family(p. 96)
• 91 Family Challenges(p. 97)
• 92 If Parenthood Required a License ...(p. 98)
• 93 Stages in the Family Life Cycle(p. 99)
• 94 Who's in What Stage of the Family Life Cycle?(p. 100)
• Section 4 Life Skills
• 95 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs(p. 102)
• 96 Maslow's Needs and You(p. 103)
• 97 A Goal Chart(p. 104)
• 98 High and Low Self-Esteem(p. 105)
• 99 Improving Your Self-Esteem(p. 106)
• 100 Peer Pressure and You(p. 107)
• 101 Learning Assertiveness(p. 108)
• 102 More on Assertiveness(p. 109)
• 103 Dealing with Difficult People(p. 110)
• 104 Conflict Outcomes(p. 111)
• 105 The Steps in Decision Making(p. 112)
• 106 Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 1)(p. 113)
• 106a Good Leader, Weak Leader (Part 2)(p. 114)
• 107 Wawa Island: A Team-Building Activity(p. 115)
• 108 Are You an Effective Communicator?(p. 117)
• 109 Name That Communication Blocker(p. 118)
• 110 Techniques for Saying No(p. 119)
• 111 Communication Scenarios(p. 120)
• 112 What Are They Really Saying?(p. 121)
• 113 A Paired Listening Exercise: Teacher Page(p. 122)
• 113a A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script(p. 123)
• 113b A Paired Listening Exercise: Student Page, Script B(p. 124)
• 114 Help Fatima Manage Her Time(p. 125)
• 115 Help Fatima Manage Her Time (Part 2)(p. 126)
• 116 Managing Your Time)(p. 127)
• 117 Managing Your Time (Part 2)(p. 128)
• 118 What Do You Do?(p. 129)
• 119 Fatima's Errands: A Time Management Activity(p. 130)
• 120 Types of Violence(p. 131)
• 121 Is Your School Violent?(p. 132)
• 122 Top 10 Pieces of Advice to Live By(p. 133)
• 123 Advice in Code(p. 134)
• Section 5 Stress
• 124 Are You Vulnerable to Stress?(p. 136)
• 125 The Life Change Index(p. 137)
• 126 What Is Their Life Change Index?(p. 138)
• 127 Good Stress versus Bad Stress(p. 139)
• 128 Top 10 Sources of Stress(p. 140)
• 129 Stress in Various Aspects of Your Life(p. 141)
• 130 Three Generations of Stress(p. 142)
• 131 Long-Term Stress versus Short-Term Stress(p. 143)
• 132 ZZZzzz: Sleep Patterns(p. 144)
• 133 Sources-of-Stress Game(p. 145)
• 134 The Four Stages of Stress(p. 146)
• 135 Fight or Flight(p. 147)
• 136 Those Stressful Reactions(p. 148)
• 137 Reacting to Stressful Situations(p. 149)
• 138 Relaxation Bingo(p. 150)
• 139 Getting Physical(p. 151)
• 140 Support Systems(p. 152)
• 141 How Can You Help Your Stressed Friend?(p. 153)
• 142 A Suicide Awareness Quiz(p. 154)
• 143 Dealing with a Grieving Friend(p. 155)
• 144 Thoughts on Death and Dying(p. 156)
• 145 The Five Stages of Grief(p. 157)
• 146 Which Stage of Grief (in Dying Patients)?(p. 158)
• Section 6 Food and Food-Related Issues
• 147 Food Associations(p. 160)
• 148 A Healthy-Eating Report Card(p. 161)
• 149 An Eating-Habits Survey(p. 162)
• 150 Favorite Food(p. 163)
• 151 A Food Pyramid Puzzle(p. 164)
• 152 Factors Affecting Your Food Choices(p. 165)
• 153 "Weight" and See(p. 166)
• 154 A Day in the Life of Your Stomach(p. 167)
• 155 Calorie Calculations(p. 168)
• 156 What to Know About H[subscript 2]O(p. 169)
• 157 Let's Learn About Vitamins(p. 170)
• 158 Cholesterol: Fact or Fiction(p. 171)
• 159 Protein Fill-in-the-Blanks(p. 172)
• 160 All You Ever Wanted to Know About Fiber(p. 173)
• 161 Fat Habits and You(p. 174)
• 162 Fat Classification(p. 175)
• 163 Fat Reduction(p. 176)
• 164 Crazy About Carbohydrates(p. 177)
• 165 Our Addiction to Additives(p. 178)
• 166 Food Categories(p. 179)
• 167 Just Because It's a Salad Doesn't Mean It's Healthy(p. 180)
• 168 Can You Help These Eaters?(p. 181)
• 169 An Eating Disorder True-False Quiz(p. 182)
• 170 Name That Disorder(p. 183)
• 171 Signs of an Eating Disorder(p. 184)
• 172 The Dos and Don'ts of Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder(p. 185)
• 173 The Food-Vocabulary Word Game(p. 186)
• Section 7 Your Body and Body Image
• 174 What Is Your Body Type?(p. 188)
• 175 Calculate Your BMI(p. 189)
• 176 Body Image and You(p. 190)
• 176a Body Image and You: Questions(p. 191)
• 177 Body Image and the Sexes(p. 192)
• 178 Cosmetic Plastic Surgery(p. 193)
• 179 Body-Parts Connections(p. 194)
• 180 Body-Parts Vocabulary(p. 195)
• 181 Muscle Word Search(p. 196)
• 182 Right Muscle, Right Exercise(p. 197)
• 183 The Human Skeleton Crossword(p. 198)
• 184 Female Reproductive System Vocabulary(p. 199)
• 185 Male Reproductive System Vocabulary(p. 200)
• 186 The Respiratory System Matching Exercise(p. 201)
• 187 The Digestion Puzzle(p. 202)
• 188 The Sun and Your Skin(p. 203)
• 189 Genetics and Your Health(p. 204)
• 190 Dr. Doctor's Magic Square(p. 205)
• 191 What Makes You Ill?(p. 206)
• 192 Five Diseases and Conditions That May Affect Teens(p. 207)
• 193 Basic First-Aid Crossword(p. 208)
• 194 Diagnose the Emergency(p. 209)
• 195 Preventing Cardiovascular Disease(p. 210)
• 196 A Fitness Survey(p. 211)
• 197 Components of Fitness(p. 212)
• 198 Anaerobic Energy, Aerobic Energy, and DOM(p. 213)
• 199 Keeping Fit Without Doing Aerobics(p. 214)
• Section 8 Self-Esteem and Knowing Yourself
• 200 What's in a Name?(p. 216)
• 201 I Am(p. 217)
• 202 Graffiti You(p. 218)
• 203 The YOU Report Card(p. 219)
• 204 What You Like to Do(p. 220)
• 205 You Are Where You Live(p. 221)
• 206 What Would They Say About You?(p. 222)
• 207 Backing It Up with Examples(p. 223)
• 208 How Have These Outside Factors Shaped You?(p. 224)
• 209 Personality and You(p. 225)
• 210 Personality and Physical, Mental, and Social Health(p. 226)
• 211 What's Your Personality?(p. 227)
• 212 A, B, C, D Personality Types(p. 228)
• 213 Birth Order and Personality(p. 229)
• 214 Handwriting and Your Personality(p. 230)
• 215 Astrological Signs and Your Personality(p. 231)
• 216 What Do You Value?(p. 232)
• 217 What Are Your Values ...?(p. 233)
• 218 A Values Auction(p. 234)
• 219 Weaknesses(p. 235)
• 220 A Few of Your Favorite Things(p. 236)
• 221 Using Your Five Senses(p. 237)
• 222 Highs/Lows and You(p. 238)
• 223 A Room with a Clue(p. 239)
• 224 Cartoons, Colors, and Cars(p. 240)
• 225 If ...(p. 241)
• Answer Key(p. 243)
• Bibliography(p. 261)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Sandra McTavish holds a Master of Science in Education from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. She teaches English part-time at Humber College and is currently on leave from her position teaching English at Southwood Secondary School in Cambridge, Ontario