TEEN ENGAGEMENT GUIDE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

-COACH KAY YOW
CURRENT EVENT:

This week, Christian from the Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Unit spoke to us about how he think COVID-19 is going to affect Halloween this year. What do you think? Do you agree with him or disagree?

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

 

October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire burned through the downtown business district of Chicago, Illinois. The fire burned the majority of the city’s buildings leaving over a third of the population homeless. The Great Rebuilding that took place after this devastating fire grew the city of Chicago into the urban empire that we know of today.  

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/ 

IT'S A CELEBRATION:

 

Today is National Depression Screening Day.  To bring awareness to this day, we challenge you to make a social media post centered around depression.  You can include signs and symptoms of depression and a link to help manage depression. Here is one link you may use:  https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/teenagers-guide-to-depression.htm 

BRAIN TEASER:

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT:

This week’s Program Highlight is MONEY MATTERS. In a time where job security and health are both unpredictable, it’s important to be financially literate. The objective this week is to teach you quick tips and “need-to-knows” so you can educate your family and prepare yourself for the future.

 

For today’s activity I want you to think about the things you buy and ask yourself, “why did I spend money on it?” 

  1. Could it be… 
    1.  Stress: feeling anxious about something or think you deserve it for working hard this week
    2.  Emotional High and Lows
    3.  Social Pressure: friends/family you were with pressured you into buying it
    4. Special Events and Holidays: someone’s birthday or graduation
    5. Consumer marketing: it was something you saw on TV or in a magazine and had to have it
  2. Next, try to decide if you really need it.
    1. When will you wear it?
    2. How often will you really use it?
    3. If you buy this now, will you have money for the things you really need? 
DAILY CHALLENGE:

Thursday’s Challenge

College & Career Challenge:

 

College has more to offer than just going to classes and studying. Each college has different resources for your academic, social, health, technology needs, and more. They also have a variety of groups and organizations based on interest, ethnic backgrounds, lifestyles, majors, and even future careers. For this week’s challenge you need to go to your desired school’s website and look for three resources you think you will use during your college journey and three organizations that you think you would be interested in joining. Take note of how you found them on the website. Here is an example of ECU’s student resources page.

https://info.ecu.edu/current-students/



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