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Healthy Living
Unit Plan
Be There for Others Unit Plan
In this 6-lesson unit, students will learn to recognize signs of mental health struggle and how to be there for others.
Student learning related to the Living Skills expectations takes place in the context of learning related to the Active Living, Movement Competence, and Healthy Living strands, and should be assessed and evaluated within these contexts.
Healthy Living
Lesson
Be There for Yourself
Students will learn to recognize their limits and how to take care of their own mental health.
resources; connect; barriers; support
Healthy Living
Lesson
Golden Rule #1: Say What You See
Students will learn the difference between a mental health struggle and crisis, how to start a conversation with someone who is struggling with their mental health, and what to do if someone is in crisis.
support; warning signs; symptoms; coping; cope; responding; help seeking; Tik Tok; social media; breaking news; golden rule 1; say what you see
Healthy Living
Lesson
Golden Rule #2: Show You Care
Students will learn how to build trust and find practical ways to help someone through their day to day life.
support; warning signs; symptoms; coping; cope; responding; help seeking; Tik Tok; social media; breaking news; golden rule 1; say what you see
Healthy Living
Lesson
Golden Rule #3: Hear Them Out
Students will learn what it means to be a good listener and how to balance the conversation.
listen; active listening; conversation
Healthy Living
Lesson
Golden Rule #4: Know Your Role
Students will learn what their role is - and is not - when supporting someone and how to set boundaries to protect their relationships and their own mental health.
boundaries; role; self-harm
Healthy Living
Lesson
Golden Rule #5: Connect to Help
In this lesson, your students will learn to access professional and community resources and what to expect from them.
resources; connect; barriers; support
Mental Health
Lesson
Jack Talk On Demand: Mental Health Essentials
As part of the Jack Talks program, this On Demand Talk uses peer-to-peer learning to teach young people across Canada that we all have mental health and we all need to care for it. Jack Talks aim to reduce barriers to help-seeking through the goals of all Jack.org programs: increasing mental health awareness, knowledge, and literacy; reducing negative attitudes like shame, stigma, and silence; and advocating for more appropriate and accessible services.
support; warning signs; symptoms; coping; cope; responding; help seeking
Mental Health
Lesson
Jack Talk On Demand: Mental Health Essentials Post-Talk Discussion and Activities
As a follow-up to Jack Talk On Demand: Mental Health Essentials, students have the opportunity to revisit some of the key ideas shared by the speakers. Students can consolidate their learning through discussion, reflection, and application of knowledge.
support; warning signs; symptoms; coping; cope; responding; help seeking
Jack Intersections
Lesson
Together in Change: Building Belonging After Disruption
This video-based lesson helps students explore empathy, inclusion, and community connection to support youth well-being after emergencies and disruptive events. Students learn to recognize the emotional impact of crises, understand ways to foster safe and inclusive spaces, practice supportive communication, and develop skills to help peers and communities recover while maintaining their own well-being.
belonging, community, disruption, inclusion, connection, support, empathy
Jack Intersections
Lesson
Together in Change: Facing the Cost of Living
This video-based lesson helps students explore how rising living costs and financial uncertainty can affect emotions, relationships, and sense of future. Students learn to recognize stress and worry related to financial pressures, understand common emotional and social reactions, and develop strategies to cope, reduce stigma around financial challenges, and connect with trusted supports.
cost of living, finance, stress, financial, pressure, strategies, support
Jack Intersections
Lesson
Together in Change: Navigating Stressful News and Events
This video-based lesson helps students explore how news and world events can affect emotions, relationships, and daily routines. Students learn to recognize signs of stress, set boundaries with news and social media, navigate difficult conversations respectfully, connect with trusted supports, and use practical strategies to cope with overwhelm.
stress, news, crisis, crises, politics, political, boundaries, social media, media
Jack Intersections
Lesson
Together in Change: Strengthening Indigenous Mental Health
In this video-based lesson, speakers discuss how climate emergencies, such as wildfires, can affect Indigenous mental health and community connection. They explore the emotional impact of displacement, why Indigenous communities are often disproportionately affected, and practical ways young people can support themselves and others.
Indigenous, wellness, disruption, climate change, climate, colonialism, oppression, intergenerational, trauma
Digital
Activity
Digital Well-Being: Digital Snapshot & Intention Check
Students will reflect on their digital interactions and their effects, whether through social media, games, apps, or other online platforms.
digital social media self-awareness phone online
Digital
Activity
Digital Well-Being: Digital Spaces That Lift You Up
In this activity, students reflect on how different online spaces, people, and content affect their mood and mindset, recognizing which support their well-being and which tend to drain or distract them. They then decide what to keep, limit, or let go of.
digital social media self-awareness phone online
Digital
Activity
Digital Well-Being: Pause, Notice, Replace
In this activity, students examine when their screen use feels automatic or unhelpful, then create small, realistic strategies to pause or replace those habits in support of their well-being.
digital social media self-awareness phone online
Active Listening
Activity
Minds On: Active Listening
This activity focuses on the importance of active listening, especially when someone shares a mental health struggle.
active listening; communication; advice; care; support
Supporting Others
Activity
Minds On: Checking In
In this activity, students explore what stops people from asking for help with their mental health and introduces the importance of offering support and connecting to help.
support; warning signs; symptoms; coping; cope; responding; help seeking; Tik Tok; social media; breaking news
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Together in Change: Building Belonging After Disruption
This video lesson helps students build empathy, inclusion, and supportive communication skills to strengthen community well-being after emergencies.
Maryam & Aswani - Connect To Help | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health?
Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Self-Care Pyramid
What's your self-care pyramid? Quelle est ta pyramide d'autosoins?
Lee - Be There for Youself | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Max - Connect To Help | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Erica & Liv - Know Your Role | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Bri & Neta - Know Your Role | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org. SHARE YOUR "BE THERE" LOVE! Head to BeThere.org/Photo to create your own Be There pic. Head over to our Instagram Stories to join our interactive Be There campaign. Created by Jack.org.
Estyr & Kirbie - Know Your Role | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Shayan - Know Your Role | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Be There : Listening Legend #LevelUp
In recognition of Canadian Mental Health Week, Jack.org has launched a national campaign promoting their youth mental health resource Be There, which aims to give young people the tools they need to support friends experiencing mental health issues. The new campaign includes a series of online videos that show young people unlocking video game–style achievements for practicing skills like checking in on a friend, being an attentive listener, and not trying to fix a friend’s problem by giving unhelpful advice. Visit https://bethere.org/Level-Up for more.
Mel & Matt - Hear Them Out | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Jessie & Manvir - Hear Them Out | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Ashley - Hear Them Out | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Nightingale & Henry - Say What You See | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Be There : Text Training #LevelUp
In recognition of Canadian Mental Health Week, Jack.org has launched a national campaign promoting their youth mental health resource Be There, which aims to give young people the tools they need to support friends experiencing mental health issues. The new campaign includes a series of online videos that show young people unlocking video game–style achievements for practicing skills like checking in on a friend, being an attentive listener, and not trying to fix a friend’s problem by giving unhelpful advice. Visit https://bethere.org/Level-Up for more.
Wali & Fariha- Show You Care | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Shawn & Shaiya - Show You Care | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Charlotte - Say What You See | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Be There : Check-in Champ #LevelUp
In recognition of Canadian Mental Health Week, Jack.org has launched a national campaign promoting their youth mental health resource Be There, which aims to give young people the tools they need to support friends experiencing mental health issues. The new campaign includes a series of online videos that show young people unlocking video game–style achievements for practicing skills like checking in on a friend, being an attentive listener, and not trying to fix a friend’s problem by giving unhelpful advice. Visit https://bethere.org/Level-Up for more.
Sadia & Luana - Say What You See | BeThere.org
Sadia & Luana - Say What You See | BeThere.org
Mohammad - Show You Care | BeThere.org
Know someone struggling with their mental health? Be There is a game-changing mental health resource that teaches anyone how to support people when they're struggling with their mental health. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours, get started at BeThere.org.
Together In Change: Youth Grief, Loss, and Eco-Anxiety
As a part of Jack Intersections: Mental Health in a Changing World, this Together in Change video features a subject matter expert and a young person discussing eco-anxiety, grief, and loss in the context of environmental change. They explore how concerns about the climate and the future can affect our mental health and emotions. The conversation also shares ways to process these feelings and support ourselves and each other through them.
Together in Change: Digital Well Being in Emergencies
As a part of Jack Intersections: Mental Health in a Changing World, this Together in Change video features a subject matter expert and a young person discussing digital well-being during emergencies. They explore how news, social media, and constant updates can impact mental health during stressful times. The conversation also shares practical ways to stay informed while protecting your well-being and supporting others online.
Together in Change: Strengthening Indigenous Mental Health
This video lesson explores the mental health impacts of climate emergencies on Indigenous communities and ways young people can build resilience and support.
Together in Change: Facing the Cost of Living
This video lesson helps students understand the mental health impacts of financial stress, build coping skills, and connect with trusted supports.
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