High School
Health Education
Curriculum Guide
Revised 2010
To align with the 2008 Virginia Health standards of Learning the 2009 adoption of the Holt:
Lifetime Health textbook and the inclusion of Driver Education in Health II.
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Table of Contents
Overview of Health I and II................................................... 2
Health I
1 - Health and Wellness...................................................... 3
2 - Mental and Emotional Health............................................ 4
3 - Physical Fitness and Nutrition........................................... 6
4 - Disease and Disorders.................................................... 7
5 - Sexuality Education........................................................ 8
6 Consumer Health.......................................................... 9
7 - First Aid and Safety........................................................ 10
Health II
1- Driver Education............................................................. 11
4 - Medication and Substance Abuse..................................... 12
3 - Adolescence, Adulthood & Family Life................................14
4 - Sexuality Education......................................................... 15
Resources........................................................................17
Virginia Health Standards of Learning 2008:
http://healthsmartva.pwnet.org/index.php
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/index.shtml
Course Descriptions
Health I
This course will provide students an opportunity to develop an understanding of health concepts,
behaviors, and skills that reduce health risks and enhance the health and well-being of self and
others; to set personal health goals; and to evaluate health information, products, services, and the
effects of health behaviors on the community. Specific topics will include personal fitness, nutrition,
mental and emotional health, the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable
diseases, safety and first aid and sexuality education that focuses on dating and abstinence
education.
Health II
This course will provide students an opportunity to develop an understanding of health concepts,
behaviors, and skills that reduce health risks and enhance the health and well-being of self and
others; to set personal health goals; and to evaluate health information, products, services, and the
effects of health behaviors on the community. Specific topics will include driver education, injury
prevention, medication and substance abuse, marriage, reproduction, parenthood, and stages of
healthy development.
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Health I and II Overview and Textbook Correlation
Health I
Units Chapters* # Days Pages*
1- Health and Wellness 1 2 Review 7 4 - 47
2 - Mental and Emotional Health 3-5 18 48-100
3 - Physical Fitness and Nutrition 6-8 18 124 - 215
4 Disease and Disorders 13 15 18 314-385
5 Sexual Education Choosing the Best 10
6 Consumer Health- These lessons are most Express Lessons 5 548-565
effective when integrated into other units.
7 First Aid and Safety Express Lessons 6 576-597
Health Review and Final Assessment 5
87 Total
Health II
Units Chapters* # Days Pages*
1- Driver's Education 1 - 18 45 3 - 381
2- Medication and Substance Abuse 9 -12 20 216-302
3 Adolescence, Adulthood, & Family
16 - 17 10 386 - 421
Life
4 - Sexuality Education 18 -19 10 428 - 464
Health Review and Assessment 9-12, 16-19 5
90 Total
*Textbook: Lifetime Health, 2009 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
# Number of Days: This is an approximation and includes time for review and assessment
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Health I
Health I
Unit 1: Health and Your Wellness
OBJECTIVES SOL RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES
The student will:
9.1.d,f Lifetime Health - Chapter 1: Leading a
Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy 9.2.c Healthy Life
lifestyles 10.2.a
Evaluate factors that influence health 10.2.g Video Health: Profiles in Honesty
10.4.d
Demonstrate the importance of accepting
responsibility for their own health
Demonstrate an understanding of the various
components of health and the holistic
relationship they have on total health
Evaluate the role of technology as it relates to
health products and services
Demonstrate the skills needed to evaluate
health related information
Demonstrate the ability to use personal 9.1.d,f Lifetime Health - Chapter 2: Skills for a
assessment, goal setting and decision-making 10.2.a Healthy Life
skills to enhance health 10.2.c
10.2.d Video Health: Profiles in Responsibility
Demonstrate an understanding of the 10.2.e
relationship between lifestyle choices and 10.2.f
personal health 10.2.h
Compare positive and negative influences that 10..5.f
people and the environment have on you
State examples of refusal skills and apply them
to pressure situations in your life
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Health I
Unit 2: Mental and Emotional Health
OBJECTIVES SOL RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES
The student will:
9.1.d,f Lifetime Health - Chapter 3:
Describe the characteristics of mental health 10.2.a Self Esteem and Mental Health
Demonstrate communication skills that lead Video Health: Building Self-Esteem
to healthy relationships
Recognize the impact of emotions on overall
health
Describe healthful ways to deal with emotions
Describe the types, characteristics, prevalence,
and treatment of mental disorders
Describe ways you can improve your self-
esteem
Discuss the benefits of high self-esteem and the
risks of low self-esteem
Compare and contrast positive and negative 9.1.d Lifetime Health - Chapter 4:
effects of stress on the body 9.1.f Managing Stress and Coping with Loss
9.1.g
Demonstrate stress management techniques 9.1.h Video Health: Profiles in Perseverance
Describe the stages one goes through in
accepting a major loss 10.3.d
10.3.f
Discuss ways to cope with a major loss
Recognize and examine suicide risk factors and
Respond A Comprehensive High School
appropriate responses
Based Suicide Awareness Program; VA
Connect the importance of strengthening Edition Student Component (see SAP
relationships and seeking support after a death coordinator)
or loss
Discuss the five stages of grief and dying, how
to express grief, and how to comfort someone
who is grieving
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