Happiness Project – Elizabeth Rudolph

Dear students and parents and guardians, with limited time, we will complete parts of this unit only.

In this inquiry, we will explore what happiness means, its importance, and some of the different pathways to achieve happiness. Students will learn about positive psychology, research-based understandings about how the way we look at things changes how we feel about them, and actions we can take to help ourselves become happier. They will design a project to explore whether they can improve their own happiness.

Show What You Know

Design a poster on an 11 x 8 ½“ sheet of paper. Include the following information:

Title: The Happiness Project
Happiness and Me: Summarize what you did in your project in a short paragraph.
Best insights and take aways from the documentary
What does happiness look like for you?
Can you make yourself happier? Answer this question thoughtfully, using what you learned in this project to back up your position.
Make it awesome: Make your project extra fabulous by including colour, pictures, quotes and any other things you can think of to make it excellent.

How You Will Be Marked:

	Redo (less than 10)	Minimally meeting (10-12)	Fully meeting Expectations (13-16)	Exceeding Expectations (17-20)
Booklet /20	Incomplete, or completed without care or thoughtful consideration of questions and concepts.	Complete. Some effort has been made to consider the questions and concepts introduced. Minimal detail and effort is evident.	Fully complete. Good effort has been made to clearly and thoughtfully answer the questions and detail with the concepts introduced.	Fully complete. Exceptionally thoughtful and detailed work reflects strong effort, mature understanding and careful completion of tasks assigned.
Journal or video optional /20
Poster: /20
Project Total: /60 Rationale:

roadtoresilience

The Happiness Project Cumb

The science of Happiness Handout

The Happiness ProjectStudent Booklet

Sleep and Happiness

😴 Sleep is one of the strongest predictors of daily happiness.

Research suggests that:

An extra hour of sleep may have a greater positive effect on day-to-day happiness than a substantial increase in income.

Why?

Improves mood
Increases energy
Enhances focus
Reduces stress
Supports overall well-being

Source

Kahneman, D., Krueger, A. B., Schkade, D., Schwarz, N., & Stone, A. A. (2004). A survey method for characterizing daily life experience: The Day Reconstruction Method. Science, 306(5702), 1776–1780.