Health & Mental Health

This ESL video lesson plan, How to Be at Peace with the Unknown, helps A2–B1 learners explore the theme of uncertainty through video-based activities, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, discussion, and reflective writing.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Ingredients of Mental Health and the theme of mental health. Students learn vocabulary related to mental health, talk about mental health, talk about how to improve mental health, watch a short film, makes notes about a short film, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a beautiful short film titled Lost Property by Asa Lucander. Students do a dictation, work out different meanings of the verb ‘lose’, write sentences using the verb ‘lose’, speak about lost items, watch a trailer, write a story, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, talk about a short film and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Sinking Feeling and the themes of anxiety, depression and young suicide. Students talk about when they feel anxious and nervous, watch a short film, predict the ending of a short film, answer comprehension questions, write the lyrics of a song in a short film, discuss a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.