week of september 10 to september 14: Create a presentation

Pick a topic to teach the class about 

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Think of something that we have covered in class that you would like to teach the class more about.

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​TO DESIGN YOUR OWN ASSIGNMENT ASK YOURSELF:

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​CHOOSE YOUR WORK DYNAMIC:

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1. Do you want to work by yourself or with others?
2. Would you like to work with a partner or with a team?
3. If you want to work in a team would you prefer to work with three or four people?

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​CHOOSE A Topic that we covered in class

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1. Human Emotions
2. Stress and Stress Management
3. Family Health
4. Responsible Relationships
5. Food Choices
6. Nutrients in food
7. Body Positivity

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make a poster that shows us more about your topic

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1. Present what you learned, add labels to your poster to teach us the terminology 
2. Teach the whole class what you learned
3. Create an activity for the class
4. Practice your art skills

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Just FYI

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Democratic education is an educational ideal in which democracy is both a goal and a method of instruction. It brings democratic values to education and can include self-determination within a community of equals, as well as such values as justice, respect and trust.

Sudbury school. A Sudbury school is a type of school, usually for the K-12 age range, where students have complete responsibility for their own education, and the school is run by direct democracy in which students and staff are almost equals.

Sudbury school

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Points to cover

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​Human Emotions

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There are six basic emotions: 
happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust

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​Stress and Stress Management

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1. Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand or threat. When you sense danger—whether it's real or imagined—the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction or the "stress response." The stress response is the body's way of protecting you.
   
2. Examples of stressors
   1. The death of a loved one.
   2. Divorce.
   3. Loss of a job.
   4. Increase in financial obligations.
   5. Getting married.
   6. Moving to a new home.
   7. Chronic illness or injury.
   8. Emotional problems (depression, anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, low self-esteem)
3. Ways to cope with stress
   1. Do something that you love
   2. Talk to supportive friends or family
   3. Write about the stress
   4. Exerise

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​Family Health

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1. Types of family dynamics:
   1. Nuclear family- a couple and their children
      
   2. Adoption- the legal process through which a couple will take another persons child into their family
      
   3. Single parent family- only one parent lives with children
      
   4. Extended family- group of close relatives living together or near each other, grandparents, teachers, uncles, aunts, or cousins
      
   5. Blended family- when parents remarry and children from both parents live together
      
   6. Foster family- when people take care of a child when their biological family is not able to take care of them
2. All members of the family are meant to share responsibilities, chores and responsibilities can be adjusted according to age.  Youth can help with cleaning and cooking regardless of gender.
   
3. Violence can occur in all kinds of families-- rich or poor, urban or rural, uneducated or educated; the heart of the problem is one persons' desire to have power and control over others.
   
4. What family provides
   
   1. ​Caring and Commitment: When one family member makes a mistake, the other members of the family offer their support even if they are angry or disappointed
   2. Respect and Appreciation: Family members help each other feel important, Celebrate success
   3. Empathy: The ability to understand how the other person feels. Family members listen to each other's points of view.
   4. Communication: Family members tell each other what they honestly feel, they listen with respect to what the other person has to say.
   5. Cooperation: Responsibilities are divided fairly among family members.  Each follows through with what they say they will do.
5. Resolving Conflicts: by focusing on collaboration and compromise​

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​Responsible Relationships

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1. Casual friends: acquaintances, people that you know from school or work that you don't have deep conversations with.
2. Close Friends: you might be more inclined to share your childhood stories, dreams, concerns about life, goals, and beliefs.  
3. Friendship includes:
   
   1. Loyalty
   2. Honesty
   3. Empathy
   4. Reliability
4. The best way to be compatible with great friends is to be a great friend. 
   Check yourself and everything else will follow.
   
5. Friends of the opposite sex: A friend can be of the opposite sex and of any gender
   
6. A healthy relationship means that there is an equal distribution of power and control over what the people in the relationship get to do.
   
7. It is healthy to start a relationship by building emotional intimacy, building trust in each other and a sense of comfort in being yourself.
8. It is completely ok to not share everything with a new partner, you can share only what you feel comfortable sharing
9. Physical intimacy can be healthy, what matters is that you are making your own decisions and are being safe
10. Celibacy has been know to help with the cultivation of creative energy 
    
11. Set clear limits, communicate your limits, avoid high pressure situations, and be assertive about honoring your boundaries
12. Abuse can happen to anyone, it is never the victims fault
13. MORE THAN 50% OF RAPE VICTIMS KNOW THEIR RAPIST
    
14. A red flag is: Anytime someone ignores your boundaries or tries to make o feel bad
15. we are each responsible for our own words and actions
    

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​Food Choices

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1. Nutrient: a component in food that the body needs to grow, develop, and repair itself 
2. Macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
3. Micronutrients: vitamins and minerals that organisms must ingest in small amounts to maintain health 
4. Carbohydrates: fruits and veggies, grains, legumes
5. Simple Carbohydrates/ Simple sugar (Monosaccaride): a carbohydrate made up of a single sugar subunit; an example is glucose
   
6. Complex Carbohydrate (Polysaccharide): a carbohydrate made of many simple sugars linked together, a polymer of monosaccharides; examples are starch and glycogen
   
7. Fiber: a complex plant carbohydrate that is not digestible by humans
   
8. Starch: a complex plant carbohydrate made of linked chains of glucose molecules; a source of stored energy
   
9. Calories: the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down in measure in units called calories, more calories means more energy from the food, if you do not use the energy it gets stored for later
   
10. ​Proteins: Meats, Dairy, Legumes, also in nuts, grains, and veggies
    
    1. made of chains of Amino Acids: long chains of building blocks of tissue
11. Unsaturated fats: Liquid at room temperature. Have at least one unsaturated bond in a place where hydrogen can be added to a molecule.
    
12. Saturated fats: have all the hydrogen the carbon atoms can hold
    
13. Water soluble vitamins:
    
    1. B1 (thianine): cofactor for enzymes involved in energy metabolism and nerve function, found in leafy vegetable, whole grains, meat
    2. B2 (Riboflavin): in eggs meat, green vegetables, helps us digest carbs, proteins, and fats
    3. B3 (Niacin): in grains, nuts, fish; helps with metabolism
    4. B6 (Pyridoxine): in whole grains, green vegetables, meat; maintains healthy nervous system and red blood cells
    5. Folate (Folic Acid): in green leafy vegetables and legume; helps with formation of red blood cells, involved in DNA synthesis and cell production
    6. B12 (Cobalamin): cofactor for enzymes involved in the breakdown of fatty acids and amino acids and nerve cell maintenance, found in algae, eggs, meat and milk
    7. C (Ascorbic Acid): fruit, green vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes; collagen synthesis, iron absorption and immunity, found in citrus fruits
14. Fat soluble vitamins:
    1. A (retinol): in eye pigment, supports skin bone and tooth growth, supports immunity and reproduction, found in fruits, vegetables egg yolk
       
    2. D: needed for calcium absorption and bone growth, found in fish and eggs, mushrooms, soy, we need sun to synthesize it 
    3. E: antioxidant, supports cell membrane, in green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains
    4. K: synthesis of blood clotting factors, in green leafy vegetables, cabbage
15. ​Mineral: an inorganic mineral required by organisms for normal growth, reproduction, and tissue maintenance: calcium, potassium, iron, zinc
    
    1. ​Calcium:  Found in dairy, green veggies, legumes; for bone and teeth, muscles and nerve function, blood clotting
    2. Phosphorous: in legumes, meat, bananas; for energy metabolism and healthy bones
    3. Magnesium: in leafy green vegetables, legumes, whole grains; builds muscle, energy metabolism, muscle contraction 
    4. Iron: carries oxygen through out the body in hemoglobin in red blood cells found in green vegetables and meats
    5. Potassium: needed for electrolyte balance, water balance, muscle contraction and nerve function, found in fruits, vegetables
    6. Iodine: in Iodized salt, algae, seafood; thyroid health and metabolism
    7. Selenium: seafood and organ meats; breaks down harmful substances
    8. Sodium: needed for electrolyte balance, muscle use and nerve function, in salt, bread, milk
    9. Zinc: in whole grains and meats; part of many body processes

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Body Positivity

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1. Love yourself as you are
2. Be in a relationship with yourself, tell yourself that you are beautiful
3. There are many different body types
4. People can be healthy at various body weights
5. Tell other people that they are valuable as they are.
6. The media sells us products to make us spend money after feeling insecure
7. Our beauty standards are just capitalist brainwashing
8. All people are beautiful as they are
9. People of all shapes and sizes can have body image issues

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Community Respect

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1. More communication
2. To be told that we are respected
3. Transparency 

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