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Coward Punch - Anger Management 101
Lesson4 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10Health and Physical EducationHealthSocialMental HealthPhysical HealthSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will learn how and why anger is triggered and how it affects the body systems. They will identify how activating events and personal beliefs interact with anger. They will learn to work with the flight, fight or freeze response system to calm their anger and find a variety of ways to reduce their likelihood of heightened responses to everyday situations.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how an activating event and belief can cause an anger response
- understand how the flight, fight, freeze mechanism affects the body and brain
- understand that anger is a normal and healthy response, but that it can have devastating consequences
- know how to calm their anger through breathing, meditation and discharging activities.
Success criteria
Students can:
- recognise how and why their emotions become elevated and how the fight, flight or freeze response affects their body systems
- identify how triggering and personal beliefs can contribute to angry or aggressive feelings or behaviours
- implement strategies that work for them to manage their anger and reduce instances where their fight, flight or freeze response is triggered.
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