Week of April 23rd - 27th

Hi Gr.10's,

First off on Monday, your health/ad campaign posters that were assigned on Tuesday are due. You had two class periods to work on this plus the weekend, so there should be no excuse for not having it done. Expect to hand your assignment in first thing!

Don't forget also that your 5-day Eating Logs + Reflection on the backside should be completed by now and turned in for a mark and to be put into your Grad Transitions folder. Also, there are still a few of you who have not yet returned your letter of permission, signed by your parents. It has been over a week so please get it back to me asap!!

This week we will begin looking at exercise and fitness. You will do a couple quizzes/assessments of your own fitness and fitness knowledge, watch a video and go over some handouts. On Monday you will need to visit the link on the right hand side under "Important Links" called Daily Physical Activity Guidelines for Teens.

Once we have finished learning about exercise and fitness, we will be moving on to the following topics:

• body image
• eating disorders
• steroid use
• managing stress

Exercise, fitness, and looking good are closely linked to our body image, eating disorders and steroid use. Unfortunately, the media plays a very influential role in 'societal ideals' of what 'beauty' is supposed to look like. We will examine this, the causes for it, and of course the negative consequences of it. We'll see how far we get this week, but I believe this is quite an interesting unit. You can expect a few videos this week as well.

As an introduction to body image, I'd like you to look at the following picture and ask yourself, how did our perception of 'beauty' and 'being sexy' change so drastically over the years?

It is a good question :(


See you in class...