(Download) Ebook: Life Skills - Teacher's Manual Class-VIII

• Class : VIII
• E-Book Name: Teacher's Manual

Contents:

INTRODUCTION
Psychodynamics of Adolescents

Section 1 - Exploring Life Skills 

UNIT 1 : An Introduction to Life Skills

• 1.1 What are Life Skills? 4
• 1.2 Who needs Life Skills? 8
• 1.3 Life Skills Development 8
• 1.4 Life Skills Journal 10
• 1.5 ABetter Me 13
• 1.6 Empathise... do not Sympathise 17
• 1.7 Lateral Thinking 21
• 1.8 Analytical Thinking 27
• 1.9 Solution is the Word 31
• 1.10 My Smart Decisions 35
• 1.11 Effective Communication 40
• 1.12 The Importance of Relationships 48
• 1.13 Be Emotionally Smart 53
• 1.14 De-stressing 59

Activity 1 : Me, this is Me! (PART - 1) 67
Activity 2 : Me, this is Me! (PART - 2) 69
Activity 3 : Seeing Inside and Outside of Ourselves 72
Activity 4 : Building Positive Self-Esteem: Setting Goals 75
Activity 5 : Accepting Compliments Assertively 79
Activity 6 : The 3 R's of Growing-up 83

Section 2 - Internalizing Life Skills

UNIT 2 : SELF AWARENESS

• Activity 1 : Me, this is Me! (PART - 1) 67
• Activity 2 : Me, this is Me! (PART - 2) 69
• Activity 3 : Seeing Inside and Outside of Ourselves 72
• Activity 4 : Building Positive Self-Esteem: Setting Goals 75
• Activity 5 : Accepting Compliments Assertively 79
• Activity 6 : The 3 R's of Growing-up 83

UNIT 3 : CRITICAL THINKING 87 -101
UNIT 4 : CREATIVE THINKING 102-116
UNIT 5 : EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 117-138
UNIT 6 : INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 139-152
Activity 1 : As you Assume it! 87

• Activity 2 : Stating Statements 91
• Activity 3 : Keep Balloon up in the Air 94
• Activity 4 : Media Makes it All 96
• Activity 5 : Why and What of Choosing 98
• Activity 6 : May be... still 100
• Activity 1 : The Creative Solution Finders 102
• Activity 2 : Ms. Nature-the Scientist 104
• Activity 3 : Tell Me 106
• Activity 4 : Quote the Quotes 109
• Activity 5 : Stick and Cloth 113
• Activity 6 : Shhh... Sherlock Holmes is here 114
• Activity 1 : Contribution to Group Discussions 117
• Activity 2 : Asking Open-ended Questions as an Effective Listener 122
• Activity 3 : Assertiveness 125
• Activity 4 : Listening to Non-verbal Communication 129
• Activity 5 : Responding 132
• Activity 6 : Good Listening Skills 134
• Activity 1 : Sharing Feelings 139
• Activity 2 : What is my Network of Relationships? 141
• Activity 3 : Interpersonal Relationships 143
• Activity 4 : The Complete Picture! 146
• Activity 5 : I am not an Island! 148
• Activity 6 : My Helping Hands! 151

UNIT 7 : MANAGING EMOTIONS 153-168
UNIT 8 : COPING WITH STRESS 169-184
UNIT 9 : EMPATHY 185-206
UNIT 10 : DECISION MAKING 207-222

• Activity 1 : How do I Manage Anger? 153
• Activity 2 : Your Triggers for Anger 156
• Activity 3 : Managing Emotions (Role Play) 158
• Activity 4 : Emotions Collage 161
• Activity 5 : “I-Message”: Managing Anger 163
• Activity 6 : Managing Emotions 166
• Activity 1 : Handling Stress (Role Plays) 169
• Activity 2 : Coping with Stress (Case Studies) 172
• Activity 3 : Stress Game 174
• Activity 4 : How Stress Affects My Life 177
• Activity 5 : Therapeutic Writing 180
• Activity 6 : The Relaxation Response 183
• Activity 1 : The Value of Respect 185
• Activity 2 : Council of All Beings 189
• Activity 3 : What would You Do if... 192
• Activity 4 : Choosing to Help Others 195
• Activity 5 : Broken Bonds 199
• Activity 6 : Nobody wants to Befriend a Bully 203
• Activity 1 : Making Informed Choices 208
• Activity 2 : Practise Making Decisions 213
• Activity 3 : Bomb Shelter 215
• Activity 4 : Classroom Council 216
• Activity 5 : Two Truths and a Lie 217
• Activity 6 : Conflicts! My Conflicts 219
• UNIT 11 : PROBLEM SOLVING 223-239
• SELF ASSESSMENT 240-256
• THE NATIONAL POLICY FOR CHILDREN, 2013 255-264
• CIRCULARS 265-268
• GLOSSARY 269-274
• Activity 1 : I Can 223
• Activity 2 : Puzzles and Teasers 225
• Activity 3 : Barriers to Problem Solving 232
• Activity 4 : The Six Thinking Hats 234
• Activity 5 : Understanding a Problem Better 236
• Activity 6 : Why I Eat What I Eat? 238
• i. Self Awareness 240
• ii. Critical Thinking 242
• iii. Creative Thinking 244
• iv. Effective Communication 245
• v. Interpersonal Skills 246
• vi. Managing Emotions 247
• vii. Coping with Stress 249
• viii. Empathy 250
• ix. Decision Making 252
• x. Problem Solving 253
• Circular 1 265
• Circular 2 266
• Circular 3 267

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