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MCSD Health and Safety Curriculum
Health - 9th Grade
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Title of Planned Instruction: Health
Subject Area: Health, Safety, and Physical Education
Grade Level: 9 (10 if necessary for scheduling)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course addresses national and state
health standards in the areas of growth and development, health
skills, first aid, safety, alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, fitness, and
nutrition
Required Time: One Semester
Course Credit: 0.5
Major Text(s) and Resources:
Major Text(s) and Resources: |
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- Health, A Guide to Wellness, Glencoe, 1999
- Discover Health, AGS, 2000
- Red Cross First Aid Manual
- Human Sexuality, Glencoe, 2001
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| Names of District Subject Area
Curriculum Writing Committee: |
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- George L. Miskinis
- Ronald L. Sprecher
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Date of Board Approval: December 16, 2004
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Strand: 10.1 Concepts of Health
Standard: Health, Safety, and Physical Education
Grade: 9-10 |
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Grade Level Objectives |
Performance Indicators |
Assessments |
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A. Evaluate factors
that impact growth and development during adulthood and late
adulthood:
- Acute and chronic illness
- Communicable and non-communicable disease
- Health status (e.g., physical, mental, and social)
- Relationships (e.g., marriage, divorce, loss)
- Career choices
- Aging process
- Health problems influenced by research and medical advances
- Strategies to manage stress
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Differentiate between
acute and chronic illness. Differentiate between communicable and
non-communicable disease.
Describe the interrelationships of mental, social, and physical
health throughout adulthood.
Analyze the impact of interpersonal relationships on individual,
family, and community health.
Recognize how career choices impact growth and development during
adulthood and late adulthood.
Discuss how the aging process affects growth and development. |
- Objective tests
- Oral questioning
- Subjective analysis
- Stress Management Video
- Project
- Time Trials
- Individual research project
- Discussion
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| B. |
Evaluate factors that
impact the body systems and apply protective/preventive strategies.
- Fitness level
- Environment (e.g., pollutants, available health care)
- Health status (physical, mental, social)
- Nutrition
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Develop a personal
fitness plan that can be regularly updated. Evaluate strategies to
manage stress.
Describe how nutrition impacts body systems. |
- Individualized fitness plan
- Performance task
- Objective test
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| C. |
Analyze factors that
impact nutritional choices of individuals.
- Cost
- Food preparation (e.g., time, skills, fast food)
- Consumer skills (e.g., understanding food labels, evaluating
fads)
- Nutritional knowledge
- Changes in nutritional requirement (e.g., age, physical activity
level)
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Evaluate factors that
influence personal selection of nutritional products and services. |
- Jigsaw group presentation
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| D. |
Evaluate
issues relating to the use/non-use of drugs:
- Psychology of addiction
- Chemical use and fetal development
- Family, peers, community, media influence, behaviors
- Social impact (e.g., cost, relationships)
- Laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, and chemical substances
- Impact on the individual
- Impact on the community
- Validity of drug information
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Analyze
the mental aspects of addiction. Identify the effects of chemical
use on fetal development.
Identify alternate strategies for managing stress without drug
abuses or dependence.
Identify community resources that can help with drug issues.
Advocate for non-use of tobacco products. |
- Subjective analysis
- Discussion
- Objective test
- Drug Survey
- Time trials
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| E. |
Identify and analyze
factors that influence the prevention and control of health problems:
- Individual choices
- Research
- Medical advances
- Technology
- Government policies/regulations
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Evaluate the impact of
research, medical advances, and technology on personal, family, and
community health. Analyze how the prevention and control of health
problems are influenced by research and medical advances. |
- Analysis of class survey
- Pregnancy Budget and Parenting Situations or Prenatal Brochure
Project
- Discussion
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Strand:
10.2 Healthful Living
Grade/Course: 9-10 |
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Grade Level Objectives |
Performance Indicators |
Assessments |
| A. |
Evaluate health care
products and services that impact adult health practices. |
Evaluate the validity
of health information, products, and services. Describe the
interrelationships of mental, social, physical health through
adulthood.
Analyze how family, peers, community influence health.
Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations.
Demonstrate ways for communicating effectively with family, peers,
and others.
Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships,
influence and support others in making positive health choices. |
- Product analysis
- Objective testing
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| B. |
Assess factors that
impact adult health consumer choices:
- Access to health information
- Access to health care
- Cost
- Safety
- Advertising
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Examine factors that
influence personal selection of health products and services. Access
school and community health services. |
- Discussion
- Advocacy Project
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| C. |
Compare and contrast
the positive and negative effects of the media on adult personal
health and safety. |
Evaluate the effect of
media and other factors on personal, family, and community health.
Analyze validity of media and advertising.
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| D. |
Examine and apply a
decision-making process to the development of short and long-term
health goals. |
Predict immediate and
long-term impact of health decisions on the individual, family, and
community. |
Subjective analysis |
| E. |
- Analyze the interrelationship between environmental factors and
community health:
- Public health policies and laws/health promotion and disease
prevention
- Individual choices/maintenance of environment
- Recreational opportunities/health status
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Analyze how the
environment influences the health of the community. Analyze how
behavior can impact health maintenance and disease prevention.
Analyze how the family, peers, and community influence the health
of individuals. |
- Performance task (Develop a Fitness Center Project)
- Objective testing
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Strand:
10.3 Safety and Injury Prevention
Grade/Course: 9-10 |
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Grade Level Objectives |
Performance Indicators |
Assessments |
| A. |
Assess the personal and
legal consequences of unsafe practices.
Disease, disability, and death
Loss of personal freedom
Loss of income
Impact on others
Loss of motor vehicle operator’s license
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Identify the personal
and legal consequences of high-risk behaviors. |
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| B. |
Analyze and apply
strategies for the management of injuries:
CPR
Basic first aid
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Develop injury
prevention and management strategies for personal, family, and
community health. Describe how to delay onset and reduce role of
potential health problems. |
- Performance tasks
- Checklist
- Disaster Day Project
- Skill testing
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| C. |
Assess the impact of
violence on the victim and surrounding community.
Conflict resolution
Communication skills
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Demonstrate refusal,
negotiation, conflict resolution, and collaboration skills to avoid
potentially harmful situations. |
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District Recommended Instructional Approach For
the Course
To Drive Teacher’s Instructional Activities |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Open-ended questions
- Small group work
- Independent study
- Research
- Teacher questions
- Student and teacher demonstrations
- Role playing
- Jigsaw presentations
- Student presentations
- Student-created materials
- Audiovisual presentations
- Cooperative group work
- Inductive reasoning activities
- Skill testing
- Time trials
- Advocacy
- Guided notes
- Response cards
- Think-pair-share
- Error correction
- Learning logs
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TEXTBOOK CORRELATION TO ACADEMIC STANDARDS
| Standards |
Chapters Addressing Standards |
| 10.1 A |
1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 22,28, 31, 32 |
| 10.1.B |
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| 10.1.C |
5, 6, 32 |
| 10.1 D |
24, 25, 26, 27 |
| 10.1 E |
11, 12, 13, 14, 32 |
| 10.2 A |
23, 32 |
| 10.2 B |
32, 33 |
| 10.2 C |
7, 12, 32 |
| 10.2 E |
32, 33 |
| 10.3 A |
14, 25 |
| 10.3 B |
34, 35, Red Cross First Aid Manual |
| 10.3.C |
2, 14, 22 |
UNITS DEVELOPED FOR COURSE
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Name of Unit |
Chapter(s) in Text |
Specific Project Used |
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UNITS DEVELOPED FOR COURSE
| Name of Unit |
Chapter(s) in Text |
Specific Project Used |
| Growth and Development Factors
disease
interpersona relationships
career choices
aging
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20, 22, 32, 28-38 |
Stress Management Project |
| Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
psychology of addiction
social impact
prenatal impact
law
individual impact
community impact
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23-27 |
Drug Survey |
| Health Prevention Factors
individual choice
research
medical advances
technology
government policies
health care products
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3-7, 22 |
Pregnancy Budget and Parenting Situations or
Prenatal Brochure Project |
| Consumer/Media Choices
· access to health information
· access to health care
· cost
· safety
· advertising
· media
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32, 33 |
Health Product Analysis |
| Community Environmental Health
public policy and law
individual choices
recreational opportunities
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33 |
Develop Fitness Center Project |
| First Aid
basic first aid
CPR
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Red Cross Manual, 35 |
Disaster Day Project |
Body System Influences
- Fitness
- Environment
- Health status
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3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Stress Management Video Project |
Nutrition
- Cost
- Preparation
- Consumer skills
- Nutritional knowledge
- Nutritional needs
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5, 6 |
ACS Worksheets |
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
- Social impact
- Law
- Individual impact
- Community impact
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23, 24, 25, 26, 27 |
Tobacco Project |
Life Skills
- Decision making
- Goal setting and time management
- Conflict resolution
- Communication skills
- Anger management
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11, 12, 13, 14 |
Refusal Skill Role Play
Subjective Analysis/Decision making |
Safety
- Consequences
- Death and disability
- Loss of personal freedom
- Loss of income
- Loss of motor vehicle license
- Impact on others
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34, 35 |
Safety First Aid Performance Checklist |
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