Health Education A Curriculum Guide for the Middle Level (Grades 6-9) July 1998

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction
  • Background
  • Aim
  • Goals
  • Rationale for Health Education
  • Philosophy: A Comprehensive School Health Approach
  • Overview of Health Action Model
  • Overview of Decision-making Process
  • Foundational Objectives
  • Perspectives for each Grade
  • Outline and Content of Curriculum
  • Unit Design
  • Teacher Planning Guide

• Core Curriculum Components and Initiatives
  • Core Curriculum
  • Common Essential Learnings
  • Adaptive Dimension
  • Gender Equity
  • Indian and Métis Content and Perspectives
  • Resource-based Learning

• Approaches to Instruction
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Instructional Strategies and Methods
  • Direct Instruction
  • Indirect Instruction
  • Interactive Instruction
  • Independent Study
  • Experiential Learning

• Assessment and Evaluation
  • Purposes of Evaluation
  • Program Evaluation
  • Curriculum Evaluation
  • Teacher Self-evaluation
  • Student Evaluation

• Templates for Assessment and Evaluation

• Grade 6
  • Grade 6 Objectives
  • Decision-making Process Unit
  • Body Image and Nutrition Unit
  • HIV/AIDS Education Unit
  • Appendix: Grade 6

• Grade 7
  • Grade Objectives
  • Decision-making Process Unit
  • Assertiveness Skills Unit
  • HIV/AIDS Education Unit
  • Appendix: Grade 7

• Grade 8
  • Grade Objectives
  • Decision-making Process Unit
  • Family Structures, Roles, and Responsibilities Unit
  • HIV/AIDS Education Unit
  • Appendix: Grade 8

• Grade 9
  • Grade Objectives
  • Decision-making Process Unit
  • Tobacco Industry Unit
  • HIV/AIDS Education Unit
  • Appendix: Grade 9

• References