Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to our second lesson for this unit of work, internet safety and harms, body image.

I am Mrs. Smith.

In this lesson, we will look at internet projections of unachievable images.

We will also learn about photo editing and filtering.

This lesson covers some content that might be a sensitive topic for you.

We therefore recommend checking through the lesson with a trusted adult beforehand, or completing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.

Let us begin.

For this lesson, you are going to need an exercise book or paper and a pen to write with.

If you need to go and collect that equipment, do so now and press play when you're ready to resume.

Our agenda for today's lesson looks like this.

We will start by discussing internet projections and the impact of these on our wellbeing.

We will then discuss photo editing and filtering, and we will finish with a reflection and exit quiz.

Our key words for today's lesson include, mental wellbeing, your thoughts and feelings and how you cope with the ups and downs of everyday life.

Photo editing, the act of altering an image.

And filtering, a technique through which size, colours, shading and other characteristics of an image are altered.

What do we actually mean by internet projections? The internet can project or show us idealised and unachievable images of bodies which are often edited and filtered.

For your first activity today, I would like you to pause the video and complete the mindmap on the worksheet provided.

What you need to do is answer the questions.

For example, the first question is what is body image? And you might need to refer the notes that you made in our previous lesson to help you to answer that question.

Press play when you're ready to resume the lesson.

Let us now compare our mindmaps.

For the first question, what is body image? I am sure you are able to include some of the words shown on the screen now.

Body image is the perception we have of our bodies and the thoughts and feelings this can create.

And remember, last lesson we discussed that sometimes we can see our bodies in a different way to others.

Your next question was to look at what makes people think they need to look a certain way.

And again, you will remember from last lesson we discussed the influence that our peers and friends can have, family members and in particular the internet or social media and even TV and films can have on making us believe we must look a certain.

The next question, how does gaining likes and followers make someone feel? You might've included things like happy, or powerful, loved and accepted.

And finally, I was asking you to have a think about what you think social media is doing in order to lead to stress.

And you might have included ideas such as this, pressure to look a certain way, jealousy of others, and even that famous FOMO, that fear of missing out on something.

Well done for completing that worksheet.

Let us now look into that final part of the worksheet in a little bit more detail and discuss the impact of idealised projections on our wellbeing.

Pause the video now and remind yourself what do we mean by a positive body image? Even if you just write down some key words from our definition from last lesson, do that now.

A positive or healthy body image is feeling happy and satisfied about your body, as well as being comfortable with and accepting how you look.

Overexposure to such images can affect our wellbeing and how we feel about our body image.

It can prompt feelings of inferiority or even anxiety.

My question to you is this, why do you think some people feel social media leads to stress or anxiety? Look back on the notes you made on your worksheets.

And remember we mentioned pressure to look a certain way, jealousy and fear of missing out.

So let's discuss these three things in a little bit more detail.

The pressure to look a certain way.

There will always be trends and fashions for us to see and want to follow.

However, what makes fashion so groundbreaking in particular is when people put their own spin on it.

When they really add their own mark.

Jealousy, you will find through life that people will have different lives to you.

Embrace and give thanks for what you do have and focus on those positive influences in your life.

And fear of missing out.

Unfortunately, you cannot be everywhere with everyone, all of the time.

Embrace yourself and embrace the moment that you are in right now.

By holding on to that pressure and jealousy and fear of missing out, not only can we damage our mental wellbeing, but we can also create a negative body image.

Can you remember what our definition was for this? Pause the video and jot down what you can remember from last lesson.

Our definition looks like this.

A negative or unhealthy body image is being unhappy with the way you look.

It's often associated with wanting to change your body size or shape.

And I want to press this on you again, you are good enough and how you view yourself is not always what others see so have those open conversations with people that are around you.

This next part of the lesson, we'll look at photo editing and filtering.

For this next part of the lesson, I would like you to watch this short video which shows you some photo editing taking place.

Note down any alterations that you can see happening in the video.

And think about what message this is sending out to young people today.

So what you can see in that video is that my very good friend, Ms. Berry, she has used a spot healing tool on my face.

She's removed imperfection, she's removed my freckles.

She's made my mouth narrower, and she's also gone on to enhance the brightness and contrast of the final photograph.

It really shows how quick and easy it really is to edit a photograph, and how editing techniques are the opposite to reality.

Photo editing has always been around.

Throughout history people have edited photographs for their own means.

However, what makes it different now is that it is available to the masses.

You and I can edit a photo with a click of a button.

What you saw in the video illustrates how easy the lighting, makeup and digital manipulation can change our perception of beauty.

How many of you have posted an image on social media today, yesterday, recently? Did you make any changes to it? Are images in the media representative of the people that exist in society? And what does this mean about real beauty? Would you like to see more real beauty represented in the media? Those things that you are probably editing are what make you beautiful and unique.

We will now end the lesson with a reflection.

Body image is the perception we have of our body, and the thoughts and feelings that this can create.

Remember we all have body image and it can be both positive and negative for all of us.

The internet can project idealised and unachievable images of bodies, which are often edited and or filtered.

Please remember this next time you are feeling jealous or comparing yourself to an image on the internet, and actually have a look at how much editing or filtering has taken place.

Well done for completing the second lesson for this unit of work.

You now have an exit quiz to go and complete.

If you would like to share any of your work with us on Twitter, please ask a parent or carer to do so and you use the hashtag LearnwithOak.

Thank you again and goodbye.