Welcome students. Introduce today’s lesson title and objectives: Understand the basics of mental health. Recognize and name different emotions. Practice choosing healthy coping strategies.

Define mental health and emphasize its importance at every age. Normalize talking about mental health.

Explain why emotions are useful signals and how they guide behavior and connections.

Introduce the Emotion Wheel handout. Highlight primary emotions and how they branch into more specific feelings.

Explain the activity: students work in pairs to identify the emotion each scenario might trigger.

Describe coping strategies and the sorting activity using the strategy cards.

Provide examples to jump-start discussion after students place their cards.

Guide students through the Reflection Sheet and wrap up the lesson.