Understanding Body Image: Helping Students Make Informed Decisions: A Resource Suitable for Students in the Middle-Years
Understanding HIV: A Modern-Day Pirate
Understanding Illness Series
Unsuitable Actions
Using Food Labels to Choose Foods for Healthy Eating
Using the Food Guide
Valuing Yourself: 22 Ways to Develop Self-Esteem
Violence Prevention: A Group Discussion Approach
Viruses
Viruses. 1st ed.
Viruses and Bacteria: Warm Wet Spots (Colds, Flu, AIDS)
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins: What Do They Do? 2nd ed.
Understanding Body Image: Helping Students Make Informed Decisions: A Resource Suitable for Students in the Middle-Years (Print-Non-Fiction). Braithwaite, Kimberly, Chad, Karen and Humbert, Louise. College of Kinesiology (CGE), 1997. 65 p. No order number is required. ($10.00 loose-leaf).
(SK) This resource was developed to help Middle Level teachers to assist adolescents in having a healthy acceptance of their bodies as they are. It contains background information, activities and sample lessons. The focus is on the development of informed responses to societal influences, empowering students to form healthy eating and fitness patterns. Included are a table of contents and an appendix of materials to support the lessons. Please note that Saskatchewan Education has received permission to include some of this material in the Middle Level Health Education Curriculum Guide.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Teacher Reference
Understanding HIV: A Modern-Day Pirate (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1993. 27 min. Order no. 2450-03 ($169.95).
In this program, an AIDS expert (microbiology and immunology) makes a presentation to a class of adolescents. Using the analogy of a pirate that commandeers our immune system, he provides an excellent explanation of how HIV infects the body. In an easy-to-understand fashion, the presenter emphasizes the importance of acquiring accurate information regarding the transmission and the prevention of the HI virus. A teacher's guide accompanies the video.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - HIV/AIDS Education
Understanding Illness Series (Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: Allergies, Cancer, and Epilepsy.
Unsuitable Actions (Video). National Film Board of Canada (NFB), 1997. 27 min. Order no. C9197 118 ($39.95).
(CAN) In this video, a young teenage girl becomes the target of sexual harassment at her school. With the support of her friends and the school principal, the victim takes steps to remedy the situation. This program offers information on identifying forms of sexual harassment, makes clear the pain that harassment inflicts on the victim, and models appropriate courses of action. It is close-captioned for people with hearing disabilities.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Assertiveness Skills; Conflict Resolution; Factors That Affect Decision Making in Relationships
Using Food Labels to Choose Foods for Healthy Eating (Print-Non-Fiction). Health and Welfare Canada (SPMC), 1993. 7 p. ISBN 0-662-20462-X ($Free booklet.).
(CAN) This booklet offers some suggestions for using information on food labels in order to choose foods for healthy eating.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Healthy Eating
Using the Food Guide (Print-Non-Fiction). Health and Welfare Canada (SPMC), 1992. 11 p. ISBN 0-662-19649-X ($Free booklet).
(CAN) This attractive guide was designed to help people use Canada's Food Guide effectively so that they are able to make wise food choices. It provides information on: what the food guide is based on, what the food guide tells users, combination foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, ways to use the food guide, and why activity is important for a healthy lifestyle. Also included are a healthy eating checklist and a pull-out section that contains "Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating," information on the number of servings from each food group that are needed, and a healthy eating scorecard.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Grade 7 - Healthy Eating; Grade 9 - Promoting a Healthy School Food Policy
Valuing Yourself: 22 Ways to Develop Self-Esteem (Poster). Malecka, Janina and Ricci, Michael, illus. J. Weston Walch Pub. (Canada) (JWWP), 1988. ISBN 0-8251-1305-9 ($16.95).
These 35 cm by 28 cm (11 in. by 14 in.) appealing posters offer upbeat suggestions for improving self-esteem. Each of the 22 posters is basic black and white brightened with one or two colours. Included are a table of contents and an overview of this package.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Personal Standards; Self-concept; Grade 7 - Assertiveness Skills; Peer Pressure
Violence Prevention: A Group Discussion Approach (Print-Non-Fiction). Allan, John, Majcher, Jo-Ann and Nairne, Judith. Guidance Centre (GUC), 1996. 153 p. ISBN 0-7713-0452-8 ($16.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This book presents a simple, step-by-step approach to facilitating discussion about violence with K-12 students. The session plans are divided into three levels: primary, junior/intermediate, and secondary. The session plans are also grouped according to theme areas such as emotions, anger, problem solving, and the media and violence. Violence Prevention features a transformational model so that participants are not left feeling overwhelmed or hopeless. In addition to discussion, it suggests the use of art, films, and role-playing activities. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Conflict Resolution; Peer Pressure; Grade 8 - Family and Community Violence; Respect in Relationships; Grade 9 - Safety at School, Home, and in the Community; Teacher Reference
Viruses (Video). (Our Human Body Series). Agency for Instructional Technology (MGR), 1993. 15 min. Teacher's Guide for series - Order no. G9004 ($6.00 pbk.). Dup. order no. V9013.
Viruses are so small that they could not be seen directly by scientists until 1930, with the development of the electron microscope. Viewers study the structure of viruses and learn how they reproduce. The role of antibodies in fighting viruses and the difference between AIDS and other viruses are addressed.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - HIV/AIDS Education
Viruses. 1st ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Facklam, Howard and Facklam, Margery. (Invaders Series). Twenty First Century Bks. (VAN), 1994. 64 p. ISBN 0-8050-2856-0 ($27.40 hdc.).
This book describes viruses related to smallpox, rabies, yellow fever, polio, colds, flu, and AIDS. It describes how these viruses attack cells and how the viruses change. The authors introduce the scientists who found the viruses and also describe the controls and vaccines being developed. It features numerous illustrations, mostly in colour. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and a short bibliography.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - HIV/AIDS Education
Viruses and Bacteria: Warm Wet Spots (Colds, Flu, AIDS) (Video). Canadian Learning Company Inc. (CLC), 1994. 25 min. Order no. 1-8777 ($59.95). Circulating copy - Order no. 1-8777C ($275.00).
Using computer animation, humour, popular music, special effects, and classroom demonstrations, this video demonstrates how germs cause common illnesses and suggests ways to nurture the immune system. It includes pre- and post-tests in multiple choice style.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Promoting Ways to Reduce Common Illnesses
Vitamins and Minerals (Print-Non-Fiction). Nardo, Don. (The Encyclopedia of Health: The Healthy Body Series). Chelsea House Publishers (VAN), 1994. 111 p. ISBN 0-7910-0032-X ($29.93 hdc.).
This book examines the basics of vitamins and minerals including their discovery, their functions in the body, and the problems of vitamin and mineral deficiencies or over-consumption. Black-and-white visuals support the text. Included are a table of contents, a list of American support organizations, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Healthy Eating
Vitamins: What Do They Do? 2nd ed. (Video). Alfred Higgins Productions (OME), 1994. 15 min. Order no. 2-0166 ($314.00).
This video clearly explains why vitamins are necessary and how they contribute to health. It relates which foods are good sources of particular vitamins and discusses the dangers of high dosages of vitamins.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Healthy Eating