Health Education
Unit 1
- Define and give examples of health choices and their consequences
- Practice good personal hygiene
- Take measures to prevent spread of disease
- Identify and make healthy food choices
- Discuss how food choices are influenced by peers, media, family, and community
- Understand reasons to get enough sleep and relaxation
- Name objects that may be dangerous
- Recognize and discuss symptoms of common illnesses and diseases
Unit 2
- Explain causes and symptoms of common illnesses and diseases
- Know the basic structures and functions of the human body
- Identify in simple terms ways body defends against germs
- Identify health services in own community
- Distinguish between helpful and harmful situations
- Recognize and follow practices for responding to emergencies
- Know how to use a telephone in an emergency; provide name, address, telephone number
- Know how to get out of house or school in event of fire
Unit 3
- Show appropriate behavior during fire, earthquake, and other disaster drills
- Display appropriate skills to identify, avoid, report, and cope with potentially dangerous situations
- Identify safe behaviors around strangers
- Identify ways to get help if feeling unsafe, threatened, or abused
- Explain and practice refusal skills to avoid unsafe behavior situations
- Show development of self confidence and self esteem
- Demonstrate respect and consideration for all individuals
- Develop and display effective communication skills in social interactions
Unit 4
- Identify, express, and manage feelings appropriately
- Show positive social and practices with peers, in home, and community
- Show understanding of and respect for individual differences
- Identify and discuss bullying behaviors and alternative behaviors to bullying
- Describe appropriate responses to bullying of self or others
- Describe how to get help in solving conflicts with peers
- Explain and practice skills for meeting people and making friends
- Health consequences of alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse
- Fire and arson prevention and safety
- Highway safety and traffic regulations