CPR Students will obtain their CPR certification. How Can Parents Help/Tips for Academic Success? -Each unit contains 1 performance assessment (project). Each performance assessment will contain a rubric. Check in with your child about these assessments and rubrics. Make sure the rubric and the project correlate in order to ensure an accurate assessment of performance. Assignments due: |
What We Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do
Sexual HealthLearning Outcomes
Content: -Describe characteristics of healthy relationships. -Explain the qualities of a healthy dating relationship. -Differentiate healthy and unhealthy relationships. -Describe healthy ways to express affection, love, and friendship. -Explain the importance of talking with parents and other trusted adults about issues related to relationships, growth and development and sexual health. -Explain the negative consequences of sending sexually explicit pictures or messages by e-mail or cell phone or posting sexually explicit pictures on social media sites (e.g., chat groups, e-mail, texting, websites, phone and tablet applications). -Determine the benefits of being sexually abstinent. -Explain why individuals have the right to refuse sexual contact. -Describe why sexual abstinence is the safest, most effective risk avoidance method of protection from HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. -Describe the factors that contribute to engaging in sexual risk behaviors. -Describe the factors that protect against engaging in sexual risk behaviors. -Explain the importance of setting personal limits to avoid sexual risk behaviors. -Describe the relationship between using alcohol and other drugs and sexual risk behaviors. -Describe techniques that are used to coerce or pressure someone to engage in sexual behaviors. -Analyze ways common infectious diseases are transmitted. -Explain how the most common STDs are transmitted. -Explain how HIV is transmitted. -Describe usual signs and symptoms of common STDs. -Describe usual signs and symptoms of HIV. -Explain that some STDs and HIV are asymptomatic. -Explain the short- and long-term consequences of common STDs. -Explain the short- and long-term consequences of HIV. -Summarize which STDs can be cured and which can be treated. -Summarize ways to decrease the spread of STDs and HIV by not having sex, using condoms consistently and correctly when having sex, not touching blood, and not touching used hypodermic needles. -Describe how the effectiveness of condoms can reduce the risk of HIV, and other STDs including HPV (Human Papillomavirus). -Describe ways sexually active people can reduce the risk of HIV, and other STDs including HPV (Human Papillomavirus). -Summarize basic male and female reproductive body parts and their functions. -Describe conception and its relationship to the menstrual cycle. -Identify the emotional, social, physical and financial effects of being a teen parent. -Summarize ways to prevent pregnancy, including not having sex and effective use of contraceptives. -Describe how the effectiveness of condoms can reduce the risk of pregnancy. -Describe ways sexually active people can reduce the risk of pregnancy. -Explain the benefits of respecting individual differences in aspects of sexuality (such as sexual activity, sexual abstinence, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity), growth and development or physical appearance. -Explain why it is wrong to tease or bully others based on aspects of their sexuality (such as sexual activity, sexual abstinence, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity). -Describe how intolerance can affect others when aspects of their sexuality (such as sexual activity, sexual abstinence, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity) are different from one’s own. -Describe ways to show courtesy and respect for others when aspects of their sexuality (such as sexual activity, sexual abstinence, etc.) Skills (decision making): -Identify circumstances that help or hinder making a decision related to a potentially risky sexual situation. -Determine when potentially risky sexual health-related situations require a decision. -Distinguish when decisions about potentially risky sexual health-related situations should be made individually or with others. -Explain how family, culture, media, peers, and personal beliefs affect a sexual health-related decision. -Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy alternatives of a sexual health-related decision. -Predict the potential outcomes of healthy and unhealthy alternatives to a sexual health-related decision. -Choose a healthy alternative when making a sexual health-related decision. -Analyze the effectiveness of a sexual health-related decision. |
Personal Health and WellnessLearning Outcomes
Content: -Summarize the benefits of good hygiene practices for promoting health and maintaining positive social relationships. -Summarize the benefits of getting proper rest and sleep for healthy growth and development. -Identify common causes of noise-induced hearing loss. -Describe appropriate ways to protect vision and hearing. -Summarize actions to take to protect oneself against potential damage from exposure to the sun. -Explain the difference between infectious, noninfectious, acute and chronic diseases. -Summarize the symptoms of someone who is sick or getting sick. -Summarize the symptoms of someone who is seriously ill and needs immediate medical attention. -Summarize ways that common infectious diseases are transmitted. -Summarize health practices to prevent the spread of infectious diseases that are transmitted by food, air, indirect contact, and person-to-person contact. -Describe food safety strategies that can control germs that causes foodborne illnesses. -Explain ways to prevent the spread of germs that cause infectious diseases such as HIV by not having sex, not touching blood, and not touching used hypodermic or tattoo needles. -Explain the behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to the major chronic diseases. -Describe how an inactive lifestyle contributes to chronic disease. -Describe the importance of seeking help and treatment for common infectious diseases and chronic diseases. -Describe the potential health and social consequences of popular fads or trends such as body piercing and tattooing. Skills (goal setting): -Assess personal health and wellness-related practices. -Set a realistic goal to improve a positive personal health and wellness-related practice. -Assess the barriers to achieving a personal health and wellness-related goal. -Apply strategies to overcome barriers to achieving a personal health and wellness-related goal. -Use strategies and skills to achieve a personal health and wellness-related goal. |
Alcohol and Other DrugsLearning Outcomes
Content: -Distinguish between proper use and abuse of over-the-counter medicines. -Differentiate between proper use and abuse of prescription medicines. -Describe the health risks of using weight loss drugs. -Describe the health risks of using performance-enhancing drugs. -Summarize the negative consequences of using alcohol and other drugs. -Determine reasons why people choose to use or not to use alcohol and other drugs. -Describe situations that could lead to the use of alcohol and other drugs. -Explain why using alcohol or other drugs is an unhealthy way to manage stress. -Explain school policies and community laws about alcohol and other drugs. -Describe the relationship between using alcohol and other drugs and other health risks, such as unintentional injuries, violence, suicide, sexual risk behaviors, and tobacco use. -Determine the benefits of being alcohol- and other drug-free. -Describe positive alternatives to using alcohol and other drugs. -Explain the relationship between intravenous drug use and transmission of blood-borne diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis. -Explain the risks associated with using alcohol or other drugs and driving a motor vehicle. Skills (practice health-enhancing behaviors): -Explain the importance of being responsible for being alcohol- and other drug-free. -Analyze personal practices and behaviors that reduce or prevent alcohol and other drug use. -Demonstrate alcohol- and other drug-use prevention practices and behaviors to improve the health of oneself and others. -Make a commitment to practice healthy alcohol- and other drug-use prevention behaviors. -Make a commitment to avoid riding in a motor vehicle with a driver who is under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. |