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Sixth Grade Curriculum and Standards

Mental and Emotional Health

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Health and Wellness

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Discuss ways to take responsibility for your health.

Identify the 3 parts of health.

Identify 10 life skills to practice.

Identify steps to follow to set health goals and achieve them.

Identify steps to follow to access valid health information, products, and services.

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Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 1
8/1/2007

10.2.6.A ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

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Mental and Emotional Health

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Character and Personality

Making Responsible Decisions

Emotions and Stress

Describe the factors that influence your personality.

Demonstrate the 6 traits of good character.

List ways to maintain positive self-esteem.

Discuss the steps to follow to make responsible decisions.

List steps to follow to resist negative peer pressure.

Describe healthful ways to express emotions.

List the causes and signs of stress.

Design a plan to manage stress.

Describe healthy ways of dealing with depression and grief.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 2
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 3
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 4
9/1/2007

10.2.6.A ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

10.2.6.C ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the media’s ...

10.2.6.D ~ Healthful Living ~ Describe and apply t...

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Violence and Injury Prevention

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The Rules of First Aid

Basic First Aid Skills

Explain how to be prepared for any first aid emergency.

Explain how to take the initial steps of first aid for all emergencies.

Recognize how and when to perform abdominal thrusts.

Explain how to give rescue breathing and CPR.

Describe how to control bleeding and shock.

Describe how to give first aid for broken bones and sprains.

Explain how to recognize and treat first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 5
10/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 6
10/1/2007

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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Drugs and Medicines

Living a Drug-Free Lifestyle

List ways medicines promote health.

Explain how drugs enter and affect the body.

Discuss the safe use of over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

Explain why drug abuse is dangerous.

Identify reasons some teens abuse drugs.

Describe steps that lead from drug abuse to drug addiction.

Discuss how alcohol abuse and other drug abuse affect the individual families and society.

Explain how to maintain a drug-free lifestyle.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 1
11/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 2
11/1/2007

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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Tobacco

Discuss the stages of tobacco addiction.

Describe the effects of tobacco on the body.

Explain why smokeless tobacco and second-hand smoke are harmful to health.

Discuss how to resist pressure to use tobacco.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 3
12/1/2007

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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Alcohol

Illegal Drug Use

Describe the effects of alcohol on the body.

Discuss the effects of drinking alcohol on decision-making and relationships.

explain the short- and long-term effects of drinking alcohol.

Name resistance skills you can use if you are pressured to drink alcohol.

Describe the short- and long-term effects of using marijuana, inhalants, anabolic steroids, stimulants, depressants, narcotics, and hallucinogens.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 4
1/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 5
1/1/2008

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Nutrition

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Dietary Guidelines

Discuss why you need the 6 nutrients.

Explain how to follow the Dietary Guidelines.

Discuss how to use the Food Guide Pyramid.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 1
2/1/2008

10.1.6.C ~ Concepts of Health ~ Analyze nutritiona...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

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Nutrition

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Healthful Eating Habits

Choosing Foods Carefully

Identify ways healthful eating habits promote health.

Discuss ways to follow the dietary Guidelines when eating out.

List ways to choose healthful snacks.

Describe the special dietary needs of teens.

Explain why you need to eat breakfast.

Explain how to read a food label.

Explain how to compare the nutritional value and unit price of foods.

Discuss ways to prevent food borne illness.

Discuss causes of food allergies and intolerance.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 2
3/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 3
3/1/2008

10.1.6.C ~ Concepts of Health ~ Analyze nutritiona...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

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Nutrition

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Healthful Weight

Body Image

List reasons to maintain a healthful weight.

Summarize ways to maintain a healthful weight.

Explain how to determine what a healthful weight is.

Discuss the factors that influence your body image.

Describe ways to develop a positive body image.

Tell ways you can recognize eating disorders.

Discuss treatments for eating disorders.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 4
4/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 5
4/1/2008

10.1.6.C ~ Concepts of Health ~ Analyze nutritiona...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

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Communicable and Chronic Diseases

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HIV Infection and AIDS

Describe the causes of and treatment for HIV infection and AIDS.

Discuss how HIV is and is not spread.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 2
5/1/2008

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Growth and Development

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Growing and Changing

Summarize the changes that occur throughout the life cycle.

Describe how to care for the changing adolescent body.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 3 Lesson 3
5/1/2008

10.1.6.A ~ Concepts of Health ~ Describe growth an...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.A ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

Mrs. Carolyn G. Way, Health Instructor, S.S. Palmer Elementary School, PASD, Palmerton, PA