• Please have out the Following:Pen/PencilTwo sheets of paperEntry task sheetPlanners (or another sheet of paper)

• Learning Target:

• I can explain how labels/stereotypes can affect one’s self-esteem

• I can name positive traits about myself

• Success Criteria:

• Stereotype chart

• Discovering me

• Compliments

• Exit Task: What is one thing you could do to better the social environment at the jr. high and build your peer’s self-esteem?

BODY IMAGE

BODY IMAGE QUESTIONS …

•Answer the 4 questions on your piece of paper

•Should have more than 1 thing for each!

•Share with your group

•Add to your paper

• What is Body Image?

• What influences body image? How does it influence it?

• Why is body image important to teenagers?

• What are some negative consequences of having poor body image?

LEARNING GOALS ….

•I can name 3 things that influence body image.

•I can find patterns within media’s messages regarding beauty.

WHAT IS BODY IMAGE?

• How you think you look

• Personal image of your body

WHAT INFLUENCES BODY IMAGE?• Media – tells you what you should look like

• Magazines

• TV/Movies

• Advertisements

• Celebrities

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb5PZHcovA

• Peers – what others say

• Weight – society tells us to be skinny; one body type better than another

WHY IS BODY IMAGE IMPORTANT TO TEENAGERS?

• Relationships with peers

• Want to fit in

• Popularity

• Affects self esteem

• High body image = high self esteem

NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING POOR BODY IMAGE:

• Eating disorders

• Dieting

• Obesity

• Drug use

• Depression

• Low self esteem

• Suicide

BECOMING A MODEL ….The truth about what goes on before the world sees a picture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N7QpoSdFcc

DID YOU KNOW …

• Our genes determine 70% of our body weight and shape.

• Some things are out of your control!!

• Pictures of models in magazines and advertisements are technically altered.

• What you see is not the truth!!

IF BARBIE WERE REAL …

• She would have:• 46” bust

• 16” waist

• Be 7’ tall

• Wear a size 2 shoe

Does that sound realistic to you??

MEDIA’S INFLUENCES …. Do you know what you’re being exposed to???

SOCIETY TAKING ITS’ TOLL ….

Why are people willing to risk their health to get the perfect body???

REFLECTION:Write a short reflection that addresses the

following questions: Do you believe body image is an issue among teenagers?

Why? In your opinion do most teens have a positive or negative body image? Why?

If models and celebrities are “role models” what is this saying to teens – especially to females?

What could we do as a society to help with the problem of poor body image? What can be done to promote positive body images?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqtMt0zISQ (ellen)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6TdZRQpSE (bridal)

HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?

DISCUSSION GROUPS QUESTIONS!