Day

Title of Lesson

An Introduction
to the Unit: What
is Body Image?

The truth about

Body Image:
Myth vs. Fact

Standards of
Beauty Day 1

Standards of
Beauty Day 2

Lesson
Readings
Assignments
Description
Week 1: Defining Body Image
Introducing
Collage
students to body
image and the
units primary
text
Students will fill Chapter 1 of
Collage
out a pre reading Fat Kid Rules
and post reading the World
survey while
learning about
Debunked: 10
facts and myths
Body Image
related to body
Myths
image.
Students will
Chapter 2 of
Collage
define standards Fat Kid Rules
of beauty for
the World
women and
explore what
Barbie and
they can do to
Body Image
defy these
article
norms.
Students will
Chapter 3 of
define standards Fat Kid Rules
of beauty for
the World
men and explore
what they can do Huffington
to defy these
Post Article
norms.
Students will
engage in their
first literature
circle to discuss
chapters 1-3 of
the primary text.

Other
Resources
Video
Tag Crowd
Be Funky
Be Funky

Be Funky
100 years of
Beauty:
Women Video

100 Years of
Beauty: Men
Video

Introduction to
Literature
Circles: How
Can We
Collaborate to
Share Ideas
About a Text?
Week 2: How can create a more positive body image about myself?
Eating Disorders Students will do Chapters 4 and
a jigsaw reading 5 of Fat Kid
about different
Rules the
eating disorders World
Myths About
Food Weight

and Body
Image
Teenagers and
Body Image
Safe Teens:
Body Image

Building a
Healthy Body
Image

The students will

begin to
formulate a list
of ways to create
a healthy body
image.

Building a
Healthy Body
Image (Day 2)

Chapter 6 and
7 of Fat Kid
Rules the
World
How to Help
Teens Keep it
Positive
Chapter 8 of
Fat Kid Rules
the World

Letter to self

Letter to self

10 Will
Powers of
Body Image
20 Ways to
Love Your
Body
9

Revision Process
for Letters to self

The students will

engage in
writing stations
where they will
peer edit and
revise each
others letters.
The six stations
will be word
choice, ideas and
content,
organization,
sentence fluency,
voice, and
conventions.
teacher will sit

Letter to self

10

11

12

13

in on several
conferences.
Literature
The students will
Positive
Circles: Fictional discuss chapters
Playlist/ Song
Characters and
4-8 of Fat Kid
Creation
Body Image
Rules the World
and then they
will discuss how
the main
characters are
working to
create a positive
body image or
what they could
be doing. Once
the students are
done the will
start their
positive
playlists.
Week 3: How does the media influence how we see ourselves fitting into society?
The Role the
Chapters 9 and Positive
Media and Social
10 of Fat Kid
Playlist/ Song
Media Plays in
Rules the
Creation
Shaping Body
World
Image
Media, Body
Image, and
Eating
Disorders
What is the role
advertising has
on the formation
of our body
image?

The Role We

Students will
explore how
marketing can
impact how we
feel about
ourselves.

Students will

Chapters 11
and 12 of Fat
Kid Rules the
World
Advertisings
Toxic Effect on
Eating and
Body Image
The Media
and Body
Image
Chapters 13

Persuasive

Doves

(Middle
Schoolers) Can
Play in
Advocating for
Positive
Advertising

14

15

16

17

18

explore brands
and 14 of Fat
Letter to
Campaign
and companies
Kid Rules the
Company
they frequently
World
utilize to see
how their
Teen
advertising
Instagram Star
depicts body
Speaks Our
image for men
About the
and women
Ugly Truth
Writing
The students will
Persuasive
Conferences
be given this
Letter to
time to work on
Company
their writing.
Every student
will have a
writing
conference with
the teacher.
Literature
The students will
Persuasive
Circles:
discuss chapters
Letter to
Discussion of
9-14 and how
Company
Chapters 9-14
what they have
studied
throughout this
unit applies to
the book. The
students will
then be given
time to edit their
letters.
Week 4: How can we help others develop a positive body image?
Lets Take
Students will be
PSA Video
Action! (Day 1)
introduced to
their culminating
project
Lets Take
This will be a
PSA Video
Action! (Day 2)
work day for
students. The
teacher will hold
conferences with
students.
Lets Take
This will be a
PSA Video
Action! (Day 3)
work day for
students. The
teacher will hold
conferences with

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20

Empowering
Others to Feel
Good: PSA
Video
Presentations
Empowering
Others to Feel
Good: PSA
Video
Presentations

students. By the
end of this class
period students
weebly sites
should be
finalized.
Class viewing of
all films

Class viewing of
all films

PSA Video

PSA Video