Health Curriculum 1

Health Education Curriculum

Grades K-12
Chelsea Ross & Dante Williams
KH 7480 Curriculum Development
Summer 2017
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Table of Contents

Purpose……………………………………………………………………………………………1
State/National Standards………………………………………………………………………….2
Module Topic Overview………………………………………………………………………….3
Scope and Sequence………………………………………………………………………………4
Student Goals and Objectives…………………………………………………………………….5
Assessment ……………………………………………………………………………………….6
References………………………………………………………………………………………...7
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Purpose
According to Shape America, health education is a subject that is equally important —

arguably, more important — than other core subjects. It is a subject that belongs in schools and

that should be recognized as critical to students’ education and development. The department of

education states that health education curricula and instruction help students learn skills they will

use to make healthy choices throughout their lifetime. Effective curriculum result in positive

changes in behavior that lower student risks around: alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, injury

prevention, mental and emotional health, nutrition, physical activity, prevention of diseases and

sexuality and family life. The time, instruction, and support devoted to health education should

be similar to that of other core subjects.

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State and National Standards

State of Georgia Health Standards

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

enhance health.

2. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other

factors on health behaviors.

3. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and

services to enhance health.

4. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to

enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health

6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or

reduce health risks.

8. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community

health.
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National Health Standards

Standard 1 Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease

prevention to enhance health.

Standard 2 Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media,

technology, and other factors on health behaviors.

Standard 3 Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and

services to enhance health.

Standard 4 Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills

to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Standard 5 Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance

health.

Standard 6 Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance

health.

Standard 7 Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors

and avoid or reduce health risks.

Standard 8 Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and

community health.
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Module Topic

Tobacco​ at a national level continues to grow especially in youth adolescents in the

United​ ​States​. An estimated 45.3 million people, or 19.3% of all adults (aged 18 years or older),

in the ​United​ ​States ​smoke cigarettes in 2010. Every day, more than 1,200 people in this country

die due to smoking. There could be 3 million fewer young smokers today if success in reducing

youth tobacco use that was made between 1997 and 2003 had been sustained. This supports why

it would be beneficial for schools to educate on tobacco use, abuse, and prevention.
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Scope and Sequence

GRADE

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Student Goals and Objectives

9th - 12th Grade Band

1. Students will be able to predict the potential short-term and long-term consequences of

alternatives to a decision related to tobacco use.

2. Students will be able to choose a healthy alternative when making a decision related to

tobacco use.

3. Students will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of decisions related to tobacco use.
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Assessment

Chelsea - ​9th grade:

Write a one page paper on tobacco prevention, negative effects, and where to get assistance to
stop using it. Be sure to be grammatically correct and use APA formatting(Times new roman, 12
size font).
Standards:
-3, 4, and 7.

Assessment
Dante - ​12 grade:
Design a newsletter and include:
● Negative effects of tobacco
● prevention plans
● healthy alternatives to tobacco use
● analyze how outside relationships affect decisions related to tobacco use
● Relatable pictures and interesting statistical data facts
● References

Standards:
-5, 7, 8
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References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017, April 26). Retrieved July 06, 2017, from
https://www.cdc.gov/

Partner Programs. (n.d.). Retrieved July 06, 2017, from ​http://www.shapeamerica.org/

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https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/preventing-youth-tobacco-use/factsheet.html
-​http://www.shapeamerica.org

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/9-12_Healt
h_Education.pdf

http://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/school_health/health_coord_education.htm