Grades 7, 8

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. Students will:

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services. Students will:

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks. Students will:

Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology and other factors on health. Students will:

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health. Students will:

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health. Students will:

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, peer and community health. Students will:

Explain the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease and premature death:

Describe the interrelationship of mental, emotional, social and physical health during adolescence:

Explain how health is influenced by the interaction of body systems:

Describe how family and peers influence the health of adolescents:

Analyze how environments and personal health are interrelated:

Describe ways to reduce risks related to adolescent health issues:

Explain how health care can prevent premature death and disability:

Describe how lifestyle, pathogens, family history and other risk factors are related to the prevention or cause of disease and other health problems:

Analyze the availability and validity of health information, products and services:

Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and utilize resources from home, school and community that provide valid health information:

Analyze how the media influences the selection of health information and products:

Demonstrate the ability to locate health products and services:

Compare the costs and validity of health products:

Describe situations requiring professional health services:

Explain the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors:

Analyze a personal health assessment to determine health strengths and risks:

Distinguish between safe and risky or harmful behavior in relationships:

Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal and family health:

Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal and family health:

Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations:

Demonstrate strategies to manage stress:

Describe the influence of cultural beliefs on health behaviors and the use of health services:

Analyze how messages from media and other sources influence health behaviors:

Analyze the influence of technology on personal and family health:

Analyze how information from peers influences health:

Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills to maintain health-enhancing relationships:

Describe how the behavior of family and peers affects interpersonal communication:

Demonstrate positive ways to express needs, wants and feelings:

Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect of self and others:

Demonstrate communication skills to build and maintain relationships:

Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills to enhance health:

Analyze the possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities:

Demonstrate strategies to manage conflict in positive ways:

Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision-making process to health issues and problems individually and collaboratively:

Analyze how health-related decisions are influenced by individuals, family, peers and community values:

Predict how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequences for self and others:

Apply strategies and skills needed to attain personal health goals:

Describe how personal health goals are influenced by changing information, abilities, priorities and responsibilities:

Develop a plan that addresses personal strengths, needs and health risks:

Analyze various communication methods to accurately express health information and ideas:

Express information and opinions about health issues:

Identify barriers to effective communication of information, ideas, feelings and opinions about health issues:

Demonstrate the ability to influence and support others in making health-enhancing choices:

Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively when advocating for healthy individuals, families and schools:

Understand risk factors and their association with health consequences in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well being;

Understand how healthy alternatives can replace unhealthy behaviors (i.e., abstinence, condom use, other pregnancy prevention methods, selection of healthy food choices, "natural highs," etc.); and

Analyze how personal daily choices can affect future health status.

Analyze the characteristics of peer pressure and its impact on mental, emotional, social and physical health during adolescence in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Analyze the impact of family history, cultural values, social systems and environmental influences on mental, emotional, social and physical health during adolescence in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well being;

Understand how changes during adolescence affect mental, emotional, social and physical health;

Identify positive stress reduction techniques and the impact on mental, emotional, social and physical health during adolescence; and

Analyze patterns of addiction and its influence on mental, emotional, social and physical health during adolescence.

Understand the reproductive, circulatory, digestive, nervous and endocrine systems and their relationships to adolescent health in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze how family, peers, media, culture and others influence adolescent decision-making in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze how school, religion, culture, community, society and media, along with other outside influences (such as federal, state or local laws, policies, etc.), impact personal health decisions; and

Analyze the importance of maintaining the environment and promoting its use for stress reduction, wellness and recreational activities.

Activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Analyze consequences of health risks in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Analyze ways to reduce health risks in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., abstinence, condom use, other pregnancy prevention methods, selection of healthy food choices, etc.).

Identify health care providers in the community and available services in areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Identify ways to access health care providers within the community and state; and

Understand how family history, genetics and preventive health care can affect personal health.

Identify how family history, genetics and preventive health care can affect personal health in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Identify how lifestyle choices can affect personal health in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Explain the functions and effectiveness of school and community health information, products and services (i.e., school nurse, school-based health center, public health office, private health care provider, etc.);

Identify and evaluate products that claim to have a positive impact on health or wellness; and

Research information to obtain accurate health information in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze how community resources can be accessed and utilized in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., school-based health centers, primary care clinics, school nurse, etc.);

Analyze valid resources in the community in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Identify and provide solutions to barriers for health care (i.e., costs, transportation, culture, accessibility, etc.);

Explain how community resources can be accessed and utilized in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Compare and contrast valid resources in the community in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze why media messages may be misleading;

Interpret the goals of media (i.e., sell, entertain, etc.); and

Analyze media messages that may contain both healthy and unhealthy messages in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze valid health products and resources in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Demonstrate the ability to obtain products and services in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., how to access STI/HIV testing, pregnancy testing, help for depression, etc.).

Analyze the availability and costs of health products utilized in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., the availability and cost of: the patch for smoking cessation vs. the cost of smoking; diet and exercise vs. diabetes treatment; pregnancy prevention vs. having a baby; etc.);

Analyze cost of health resources in the community and compare benefits of those that are more affordable (i.e., walking vs. joining a club for exercise, etc.); and

Research different health care products and their effectiveness in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze risk behaviors in situations that may lead to negative physical, social or emotional health consequences (i.e., abuse, bullying, sexual assault, mental health, depression, suicide, domestic violence, STI/HIV and other risky behavior, etc.);

Role play and discuss situations related to a health crisis and formulate solutions to intervene or prevent the crisis (i.e., a friend tells you he is thinking about suicide; a friend tells you she may be pregnant, etc.); and

Recognize and identify professional health services in the community.

Analyze the significance of personal responsibility for healthy behaviors in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well being; and

Use decision-making skills to determine personal health goals in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Compare and contrast the relationships between health behaviors and health outcomes in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., the relationship between physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease; the relationship between sexual activity and teen pregnancy, etc.); and

Chart individual health assessment data that can help determine health goals in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., physical fitness data, nutrition logs, youth-reported data for risk and resiliency factors, etc.).

Role play risky or harmful behaviors in relationships and ways to avoid them (i.e., abstinence or birth control methods to avoid teen pregnancy, mediation skills to avoid conflict, practice refusal skills to avoid smoking or drugs, etc.); and

Recognize negative or harmful behaviors in relationships and identify strategies to resolve the situation.

Analyze family strengths and weaknesses in relationship to healthy behaviors (i.e., eating patterns and physical activity as related to healthy behaviors; tobacco, alcohol or other drug use; how families deal with conflict; etc.); and

Develop personal, family and cultural health goals and strategies for achieving the goals in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze factors that contribute to intentional and unintentional injuries (i.e., use of alcohol/other drugs, steroid use, food safety, etc.);

Describe strategies to prevent intentional and unintentional injuries; and

Role play skills related to personal safety in the areas of physical, emotional or sexual abuse.

Analyze threatening situations and reduction strategies to reduce them in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well being;

Demonstrate refusal skills in the context of dangerous situations (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, inappropriate touch, etc.); and

Analyze the possible outcomes of being in dangerous situations and suggest safer options (i.e., riding a bike without a helmet, riding in a car with someone who is intoxicated, etc.).

Analyze stressors and strategies to reduce their harmful effects;

Analyze the immediate and long term effects of stress on the body; and

Demonstrate ways to manage stress.

Explain how qualities within cultures (both positive and negative) in the school and community contribute to health, safety and personal choices in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Examine how the media and culture portray gender roles (i.e., aggressive behavior for boys vs. submissive behavior for girls, media portrayal of sexual behavior for each gender, etc.);

Describe how community and cultural factors influence health (i.e., religion, values, habits, money, gender, ethnicity, etc.); and

Compare cultural values and beliefs with personal values and beliefs, and identify how they relate to health behaviors and choices in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Examine health-related advertisements and their influences on health behaviors (i.e., messages around sexual behavior, STI/HIV, exercise, nutrition, violence, alcohol, etc.);

Explain positive and negative health messages from media and other sources in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., abstinence vs. teenage sex, smoking vs. nonsmoking, using a seat belt or not, healthy vs. unhealthy eating habits, etc.);

Describe sources that can help to determine whether media messages are true or false; and

Apply refusal skills in choices related to media messages.

Examine the purposes for technology and its impact on personal and family health in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., internet, medical, conveniences, communication, etc.); and

Interpret how advances in technology positively and negatively impact personal and family health (i.e., use of computers and television vs. physical activity time, effects on communication skills, access to medical care, etc.).

Determine if health messages from peers are valid and discuss appropriate responses;

Identify how peers influence personal health choices in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Describe health messages peers give in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., sexual activity messages, drug, alcohol, tobacco use messages, suicide ideation, etc.).

Recognize differences in people (i.e., cultural, gender, religion, etc.) and their influences on verbal and non-verbal communication; and

Role play and analyze effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Describe how cultural diversity influences verbal and non-verbal communication;

Describe factors in the community (i.e., faith, values, habits, budgets, etc.) that influence behaviors of families and peers and affect interpersonal communication; and

Analyze how values are formed.

Recognize feelings associated with different situations (i.e., conflict - frustration/satisfaction; birthday - happy/excited, etc.);

Analyze and demonstrate how to express feelings in a positive way; and

Analyze and demonstrate how to respond appropriately to other people's needs, wants and feelings.

Identify and demonstrate, in both verbal and non-verbal ways, how to show care, consideration and respect for self and others in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze and demonstrate communication skills as a tool to enhance relationships;

Analyze why someone may ask to participate in a healthy behavior in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Demonstrate ways to refuse to participate in an unhealthy behavior in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being, while maintaining positive relationships.

Analyze risky situations in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being, and identify appropriate responses;

Give examples of and demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being;

Analyze aggressive, passive and assertive ways to respond to conflict; and

Explain and demonstrate means to use a variety of conflict resolution skills in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Discuss and analyze possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Describe possible solutions for resolving conflict among youth in schools and communities in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Demonstrate conflict resolution skills in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Describe and demonstrate actions both individually and collaboratively to make healthy decisions in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Analyze the difference between making an individual decision or one in consultation with others.

Describe and analyze the relationship between personal, family, peer and community values in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being; and

Describe and analyze the influences of culture, family, peers and communities on decisions in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze why specific decisions result in various consequences in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., the decision to use a condom if sexually active will help prevent an unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection, the decision not to drink at the party will help prevent making other risk-taking decisions while intoxicated, etc.);

Analyze how impulsive actions related to consequences in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being (i.e., having sex without protection can lead to unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, taking drugs can lead to addictive behavior, etc.) and

Analyze how personal decisions in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being contribute to the well-being of self, family, peers and communities.

Analyze the relationship between health behaviors and personal outcomes in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well being; and

Set and apply strategies to attain a realistic personal health goal in at least one of the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze how health goals in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being change as individuals grow older (i.e., as a child, teenager, adult, etc.); and

Analyze how health goals in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being may change as information, abilities, priorities and responsibilities change.

Identify personal strengths, needs and health risks; and

Develop a personal wellness plan that addresses a personal health need and goal.

Analyze different ways to communicate health issues in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Define and analyze information and opinions about health issues in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Analyze barriers to effective communication about health issues in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being and describe ways to overcome those barriers.

Role play and analyze how to help others make healthy choices in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.

Role play and analyze how to work cooperatively when advocating for healthy individuals, families and schools in the areas related to sexuality; nutrition; alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; physical activity; personal safety; mental, social and emotional well-being.