Health Education

Unit 1

• Health choices and consequences of choices
• Benefits of, practices for, and personal responsibility for health (including healthy eating, exercise, stress-management, personal hygiene, adequate sleep, social and emotional health, disease prevention, and avoidance of accidents and dangers)
• Components of a personal health plan
• Influences of peer, media, family, and cultural pressure on physical, emotional, and social health
• Structure, functions, and interdependence of major body systems
• Identification of foods that are sources of nutrient groups
• Understanding and tracking calorie intake

Unit 2

• Myths and facts related to disease transmission and prevention
• Harmful viruses, such as the common cold, polio, measles, HPV, and HIV
• Ways body defends itself against germs
• Understanding of changes in anatomy during puberty
• Skills to identify, avoid, report, and cope with potentially dangerous situations
• Practices for responding to emergencies
• Identify safe behaviors around strangers

Unit 3

• Use, abuse, and effects of medications, tobacco, alcohol, and other substances
• Positive and negative characteristics of social groups gangs, clubs, cliques
• Reasons and ways to avoid violence, gangs, weapons, and drugs
• Development of self-confidence and self-esteem
• Respect and consideration for all individuals
• Healthy ways of getting attention
• Healthy ways of responding to disrespectful behavior

Unit 4

• Self-control and appropriate ways to express emotions
• Positive social interactions with peers, in home, and in the community
• Bullying, alternative behaviors to bullying, and appropriate responses to bullying
• Strategies for resolving conflicts with peers and others
• Skills for meeting people, making friends, and being a good friend
• Getting personal support from family
• How and where to get help in making health decisions
• Fire and arson prevention and safety
• Highway safety and traffic regulations