This lesson gives the students an opportunity to explore and better understand different types of eating disorders. Students are also given an in depth look at how the media can play a major role in someone developing an eating disorder. Giving students the opportunity to study these eating disorders allows them to be able to identify and recognize the warning signs associated with these disorders. These skills can allow students to help themselves as well as other that may know suffering from an eating disorder. Because these are so common among teens and adolescents it is important that students are exposed and made aware of the dangers eating disorders can have on their bodies.

Eating Disorder- group of conditions marked by an unhealthy relationship with food

Anorexia Nervosa- characterized by weight loss often due to excessive dieting and exercise, sometimes to the point of starvation

Bulimia Nervosa- condition is marked by cycles of extreme overeating, known as bingeing, followed by purging or other behaviors to compensate for the overeating.

Binge Eating Disorder- characterized by regular episodes of extreme overeating and feelings of loss of control about eating

Body Image- the way you see yourself and imagine how you look

Purging- an eating disorder characterized by recurrent purging (self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives) to control weight

Laxative- substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements

The student will be able to name and describe the three main types of eating disorders that were discussed throughout the lesson.

The student will be able to identify at least two signs/symptoms of each of the eating disorders covered throughout the lesson.

15 minutes

-Computer

-Whiteboard

-Eating Disorder Facts (Supplemental Materials #1)

-Social Media Packets (Supplemental Materials #2)

-Twitter Post Half Sheets (Supplemental Materials #3)

W:	The lesson is designed to show students the three main types of eating disorders and the influence the media has over people suffering from an eating disorder. Students will gain familiarity with the basic vocabulary involved with eating disorders.
H:	The lesson hooks the students by presenting them with alarming facts that are related to the topic. Some of these facts include teens that are similar in age to the students in the classroom. The students also will be presented with a "Media" themed lesson in order to show how the media can play a major role when talking about eating disorders.
E:	Students get to complete a Self-Paced and Self-Exploration learning activity. Students work at their own pace to complete the packet of information. Once completed, students will be asked to reflect on the main idea of lesson by creating a brief summary stating the main idea of the lesson.
R:	The students will be given an opportunity to reflect on their learning by creating a Tweet, which limits them to 140 characters, about the main idea of the lesson. This allows students to think critically to condense what they learned into a shortened statement that summarizes what they took away from the lesson.
E:	Students will be encouraged to self-evaluate when creating their Tweet about the lesson. Students will evaluate what they learned and be forced to summarize it into a main idea. This Tweet that the students have constructed will be used as an exit ticket at the conclusion of the lesson.
T:	This lesson is tailored to students of all learning abilities. The self paced activity allows students to work independently at their own pace and not feel rushed to complete the work. The online article the students will be using has the option for students to be able to listen to the text. This specifically benefits weak readers, as well as a student that is unable to identify a word. The exit ticket also allows students to write in their own words what they learned and what they thought the main idea of the lesson was. This works on both the students writing and critical thinking skills.
O:	The lesson begins by having students read alarming facts about people suffering from eating disorders. This draws the students attention to get them focused on the topic of the lesson. The students will then use their Chromebooks to complete a self paced activity where they are creating a Facebook page for each eating disorder. They find the information on the online article I have provided them with. This activity ties the Media and learning together by using a popular social media  source, Facebook, with the topic of eating disorders. Finally, students conclude the lesson by continuing with the "Media" theme and creating a Tweet about the main idea and concept that they took away from the lesson.

Activity 1

Six random students will be selected as they walk into the room before class starts and these students will each be given a numbered fact. The students will hold onto their facts until the bell rings and class begins.

Before explaining the topic of the lesson to the students the students will be instructed to read their facts one by one.

FACT 1- 40% of all 9 & 10 year olds have already been on some kind of a diet

FACT 2- 69% of all girls in 5th-12th grade reported magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape

FACT 3- The body type portrayed in advertisements as “ideal” is possessed naturally by less than 5% of women.

FACT 4- The average woman is 5’4” and 140 pounds. The average model is 5’11” and 117 pounds

FACT 5- A study found that adolescent girls were more fearful of gaining weight than getting cancer, nuclear war, or losing a parent

FACT 6- 25-40% of people with eating disorders are males

 

The facts will be presented on the whiteboard from an previously made powerpoint slide.

The question "What do these facts mean? Why am I showing you these facts? What topic do you think we are going to be talking about after seeing these facts?" (Eating Disorders)

Students will then be asked to talk about what they found interesting, surprising, etc. about the statistics. If not mentioned it will be pointed out that "A lot of these statistics are coming from studies done with kids that are your age." It will be explained that this is a serious problem among youths as well as adults and males just as much as females.

 

Activity 2

Students will be told that the lesson is going to be a "media" themed lesson. They will then be given a packet of blank Facebook profile pages.

The question will be posed "How many of you have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.?" A good amount of students will most likely raise their hands and then it will be explained how social media can play a large part in negative thoughts that can lead to eating disorders becuase of comments, pictures, etc.

The students will be told that because social media is a large source of negativity they will be creating a Facebook profile on each of the three main eating disorders. This is to supplement the media themed lesson.

Students will use their Chromebooks to find the article which they obtain the information. 

They will be instructed to go to Google and search for Webmd eating disorders. The first link is the article that the students will use to create their profiles.They will read through the article and complete the profile pages on each of the three eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder).

Have the students work at their own pace to follow directions from the packet. Students should be able to complete the packet in no more than 15-20 minutes.

Once the packet is completed the students will share their answers with the teacher. The students and the teacher will go over the packet togehter aloud to ensure that students have the correct answers. This packet will be used as a study tool for the students.

 

Activity 3

To conclude the lesson and continue the media theme of the lesson the students will be given a blank Twitter post on a half sheet of paper. This will be used to assess the students learning from the days lesson.

Students will be instructed to summarize what they learned and thought the main idea of the days lesson was in regards to eating disorders. Students will be reminded that because it is technically a "Tweet" they are limited to 140 characters.

This forces the students to think critically and summarize their thoughts in a condensed fashion. The students will use this as their exit ticket to leave the classroom. Students will be instructed to use a hashtag (#) with their name at the end of their Tweet in order to determine who composed each tweet. Once the bell rings students will give their Tweet to the teacher as they leave the classroom. 

 

Extension:

Students that need additional learning opportunities will be given an opportunity to write a letter to someone that is suffering from one of the three eating disorders. They will need to write the letter to the person describing the risks of their behaviors. The student should tell the individual in their letter why their behavior is dangerous and talk about the short and long term side effects that can come from their negative behavior. Another point to make is how the person suffering from the disorder can get help and begin to get away from their disorder.

If a student needs assistance with their assignment a student that has already completed their packet can assist the struggling student. This student can serve as a "peer teacher" to the student that is struggling. They can assist in helping them find and transfer the information from the article to packet.

The goal of the lesson is to familiarize students with different types of eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder) and show them how the media can be closely related to people that suffer from these disorders.

Students will be assessed on their completion of the packet and creating the Facebook profiles on the three eating disorders.

Students willl also be assessed on their Tweet that will be used as an exit slip that summarizes the main idea of the lesson. If students show competence in grasping the main idea of the lesson than the lesosn was successful.

Social Media and Body Image- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBuE-XsCzk

Dove Model Transformation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Social Media

Mr. Ryan Lightcap

May 03, 2015