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.
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As a team, decide which answer best suits the way your team worked together. |
YES | NO |
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| 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. |
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We did best at...
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Next Time, we could improve...
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NEED TO WORK ON THIS (score1 - 0% or 5%) |
SUCCESSFUL (score2 - 8%) |
OUTSTANDING (score3 - 15%) |
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Collaboration among peers 15% |
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Autonomy 15% |
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Creativity 15% |
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Quality of research/ investigation 15% |
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BELOW AVERAGE (score1 - 10%) |
AVERAGE (score2 - 20%) |
ABOVE AVERAGE (score2 - 40%) |
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| 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://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
Suicide in Portugal
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829215001033
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
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:
- each group must assign (as they please) tasks 1 - 4 to each member;
- 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.
- Groups must think about materials required as well as techniques they 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.
- Creation of the poster, leaflet or commercial.
- 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.