Pentucket Regional High School

Teacher D. Cartier Subject Junior Health

Time Frame	Essential Questions	Content/Concepts	Skills/Thinking Processes	Assessment
September	1.What role does risk taking play in my life now-and what about when I go to college? 2.Why is it true that “I am what I eat”? 3.What do we know about people who eat breakfast? 4.What should I know about “Fast Food”?	Substance Use/Abuse & Teen Risk Taking in HS & College Nutrition: Eating Habits for a Long, Active Life	-Discuss risk-taking -Define Binge –drinking -Recognize the symptoms of alcohol poisoning and explain what should be done -Discuss current drug use trends and dangers (Heroin and Oxycontin) -Discuss the legal implications of possessing alcohol/drugs as a minor -List the six essential nutrients and their functions -Explain the short and long term effects of poor nutrition -Describe how breakfast affects all aspects of one’s life -Visit a nutritional analysis website and evaluate one’s intake (mypyramid.gov) -Discuss current fads and trends (Atkins, low carb…etc) -Determine the value of “sports drinks”, “energy bars”, “protein powders” etc. -Set manageable nutrition goals	Group brainstorm activity Read current articles on narcotics. Discusson/ Q&A session/ Written reflection Guest Speaker Follow up evaluation Nutrition Pre-test Individual 3-part nutrition analysis and…subsequent goals “Bring a perfect breakfast to class” Reaction paper to the movie “Supersize Me” and excerpts from “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser Exam
October	5.What do I need to know right now about STDs? 6.What is a community? 7.How can I learn to not stereotype? 8.When I discriminate ,how does it impact the health of my communities? 9.How do alternative medicines and methods of treatment work-or do they? 10. How can I tell if a source of health information is legitimate?	Sexuality: Abstinence, Contraceptives, S.T.Ds, HIV/AIDS update Community Health: Stereotyping Racism Ageism Discrimination Homophobia Community Resources Alternative Medicines & Healing: Magnet Therapy, Herbal Supplements, Accupressure/Ac-cupuncture, etc.	-Describe current findings, new statistics, present status of HIV/AIDs in the world -Discuss research into HIV vaccinations and whether there have been any breakthrough discoveries. -Briefly discuss the stigma attached to HIV/AIDs (to be followed up on in the next unit-with the viewing of “Philadelphia”) -Define Stereotyping, Racism etc. -Explain how it can harm/limit everyone -Discuss these concepts after viewing the movie ”Philadelphia” -Discuss whether or not the media presents images of “real people” - Prepare questions for Guest speaker (practitioner of alternative medicine) -Express a basic understanding of several different forms of alternative medicine -Demonstrate a more in depth knowledge of one form in particular (one of special personal interest to the student) -Determine the validity of research findings and alternative medicine on the Internet and in print	Pretest Nova video study guides Post- test “Carousel of School Cliques” “Ageism” interview Journaling Reaction paper to video “Dwarfs: not a Fairytale” Position paper on an alternative form of medicine/healing (published in the classroom “journal”) Exam on contents of journal Final Exam
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