Subject: Health I
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Length of Course: First Semester
Prerequisite: None
CURRICULUM BENCHMARKS:
· Knows skills used to communicate effectively with family, friends, and others and the effects of open and honest communication.
· Knows strategies for coping with and overcoming feelings of rejection, social isolation, and other forms of stress.
· Understands the roles of denial as a negative influence on mental and emotional health.
· Knows strategies for solving interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others.
· Know how refusal, negotiation, and coping skills can be used to avoid potentially harmful situations.
· Understands how nutrient and energy needs vary in relation to gender, activity level, and stage of life cycle.
· Understands the role of food additives and their relationship to health.
· Understands the short and long term consequences of safe, risky, and harmful behaviors.
· Understands the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems.
· Knows the short and long term effects associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs on reproduction, pregnancy, and the health of children.
· Knows how the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs often plays a role in dangerous behavior and can have adverse consequences on the community.
· Understands how physical, mental, social and culture factors influence attitudes and behaviors regarding sexuality.
· Understands the responsibilities inherent in dating relationships, marriage, and parenthood. Knows the effects of teenage pregnancy on teenagers, their children, their parents, and society.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Health I is a one-semester course dealing with concepts of health and health issues pertinent to student lives now and in the future. Students will be able to make choices about unwise or wise health behavior. The information given in Health I is a holistic approach meaning to deal with the “whole” person and looking at how health behavior affects other people, emotions, and physical problems.
WHAT STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DO:
1) Read textbook and assignments.
2) Complete daily assignments, tests, and quizzes.
3) Notes from class lecture.
4) Participate in class lecture.
5) View media presentations.