Healthy Relationships & Ethics: Grade 8 Health Guide
Discover essential skills for building healthy relationships, setting boundaries, and peaceful conflict resolution in this Grade 8 health presentation.
Healthy Relationships & Ethics
Grade 8 Health: Lessons 11–15 | Exploring Maintenance, Boundaries, and Conflict
Lesson 11: Maintaining Healthy Relationships
I can use strategies that help maintain healthy relationships.
Can a relationship start healthy but become unhealthy? Why?
Activity: Relationship Maintenance Tool Kit
In small groups, define what these look like and when to use them:
Communication
Respect
Trust
Boundaries
Problem-solving
Lesson 12: Boundaries & Assertiveness
I can communicate my boundaries in an assertive way.
Defining your 'Line in the Sand': Saying NO respectfully and clearly.
Activity: The 'I' Statement Script
"I feel ______"
when ______"
because ______."
"I need ______."
Practice Scenarios: Friend pressure • Group work issues • Online messages
Lesson 13: Ethical Behaviour in Relationships
I can explain what ethical behaviour looks like in relationships.
Integrity
Honesty
Responsibility
Activity: Ethics Corners
ETHICAL
UNETHICAL
UNSURE
When choosing a corner consider: Impact on others • Long-term consequences • Personal values
Lesson 14: Understanding Conflict
CONFLICT
Values
Stress
Miscommunication
Competition
Assumptions
Lesson 15: Peaceful Conflict Resolution
I can demonstrate strategies for resolving conflict peacefully.
Use 'I' Statements
Find Common Ground
Compromise
Active Listening
Guided Role-Play
Practice resolving a conflict using the strategies learned.
Observers Look For:
One peaceful strategy that was used.
One strength in their communication.
Debrief Question
Which strategy worked best and why?
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