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High School Health Curriculum
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Curriculum Outline
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Lesson #1: Defining “Healthy”
Lesson #2: The Health Principles
Lesson #3: Envision Your Best Life
Lesson #4: Project Vision Board
Lesson #5: Making Your Vision A Reality (A Crash Course On The Health Skills)
Lesson #6: Check Yourself
New Intro to Health Resources (Added in 2025)
Health Skills Learning Stations
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Lesson #1: Examining Cultural Health
Lesson #2: Your Identity - (Understanding Self)
Lesson #3: Empathy - (Understanding Others)
Lesson #4: Building Empathy Skills
Lesson #5: Empathy Expedition
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Lesson #1: An Introduction To Mental And Emotional Health
Lesson #2: Mental Health Perceptions
Lesson #3: The Mental Health Bucket
Lesson #4: Managing Your Mental Health
Lesson #5: When You’re Not Okay
Lesson #6: Accessing Valid Information On Mental Health Disorders (Mental Illness)
Lesson #7: Accessing Valid Mental Health Services
Lesson #8: Examining Mental Health Disorders (Mental Illness)
Lesson #9: Supporting Someone With Mental Health Disorders (Mental Illness)
Summative Activity: Mental Wellness First Aid Kit
Bonus Units:
Mental Health Advocacy
Inside Out Movie Resources
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Lesson #1: Why Relationships Matter
Lesson #2: What Makes A Relationship Good
Lesson #3: Skills We Need To Make Social Connections
Lesson #4: Social Skill: Communication
Lesson #5: Social Skill: Boundaries
Lesson #6: Relationship Red Flags
Lesson #7: Recognizing Harmful Relationships
Lesson #8: Bullying
Lessons #9: Navigating Toxic Relationships
Summative Activity: School Policy Change: Social Climate
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Lesson #1: Defining Physical Health Perceptions
Lesson #2: Examining Physical Health
Lesson #3: Body Care - Sleep
Lesson #4: Body Care - Movement
Lesson #5: Body Care - Hygiene
Lesson #6: Body Care - Nourishment
Lesson #7: Body Care - Your Relationship with Food
Summative Activity, Part #1: Assessing Your Physical Health
Summative Activity, Part #2: Writing a Physical Health Goal
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Lesson #1: What Is Body Image?
Lesson #2: An Enriching Body Image
Lesson #3: What Shapes Body Image
Lesson #4: Examining Your Body Image (Body Image Self-Evaluation)
Lesson #5: Building A Healthy Relationship With Your Body
Culminating Activity: You Are More Than A Body! (Body Image Project)
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Lesson #1: Social Media Basics
Lesson #2: How Social Media Works
Lesson #3: Is Social Media An Influence? (Analyze Influences)
Lesson #4: Social Media As Social Connection (Does Social Media Make You Friends?)
Lesson #5: Social Media And Your Well-Being
Lesson #6: Digital Citizenship
Summative Activity: High School Debate: Is Social Media Bad?
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Lesson #1: Cultural Perceptions On Substance Use
Lesson #2: Why People Use ATOD
Lesson #3: Accessing Valid ATOD Information
Lesson #4: ATOD And Your Well-Being / The Impact of Drugs, Alcohol, and Vaping
Lesson #5: Healthy ATOD Habits
Lesson #6: Harmful Relationship With ATOD (Substance Abuse and Addiction)
Lesson #7: Media Audit: ATOD / ATOD Media Literacy
Summative Project: ATOD Peer Advocacy Project
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Lesson #1: Defining Sexual Health
Lesson #2: What is Sexuality?
Lesson #3: Uncovering Sexual Values
Lesson #4: Understanding What “Sex” Means and the Sexual Response
Lesson #5: Living Your Best Life
Lesson #6: Reviewing Anatomy & Reproduction
Lesson #7: Periods
Lesson #8: Preventing Pregnancy & Infections
Lesson #9: Digital Breakout: Accessing Valid Information and Care
Lesson #10: Abstinence
Lesson #11: Intimacy
Lesson #12: Healthy Relationships
Lesson #13: Learning How to Communicate
Lesson #14: Crushes, Liking, Someone, & Being in Love
Lesson #15: Healthy Dating Relationships
Lesson #16: Breaking Up
Lesson #17: Digital Relationship & Sexting
Lesson #18: Meaningful, Pleasurable, and Healthy Sexual Experiences (Decision Making)
Lesson #19: What is Consent?
Lesson #20: How to Ask for Consent
Lesson #21: Confidently Grant or Great Consent
Lesson #22: Sexual Health While Under the Influence
Lesson #23: Media Literacy: Becoming a Critical Media Consumer
Lesson #24: Making Healthy Decisions About Pornography
Lesson #25: Making Sexual Health Decisions
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Lesson #1: What Is Financial Health?
Lesson #2: Being Financially Literate / Managing Your Money
Lesson #3: How To Budget And Track Your Spending
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Lesson #1: How A Job Impacts Your Health
Lesson #2: What Makes A Job Great?
Lesson #3: Career Exploration
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Summative Project: Design a Health Class
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Health Skills Toolkit
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Lesson #1: Analyzing Health Influences
Lesson #2: Accessing Valid Information
Lesson #3: Communication Skills For Relationships
Lesson #4: Navigating Social Conflict
Lesson #5: Making Healthy Decisions
Lesson #6: Making Decisions In Real Life
Lesson #7: How To Make Healthy Decisions
Lesson #8: Assess Your Health
Lesson #9: Writing Health Goals
Lesson #10: Taking Control Of My Health
Lesson #11: Healthy Habits
Lesson #12: What Is Advocacy?
Lesson #13: How To Advocate
Lesson #14: Advocating For Your Health
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IDEA Skill Cues for Standard #1: Building and Applying Functional Knowledge
SCAN Skill Cues for Standard #2: Analyzing Influences
Analyzing Influences: Think, Feel, and Act
PROVE It Skill Cues for Standard #3: Accessing Valid Resources
ACT Skill Cues for Standard #3: Accessing Health Services
TALK Skill Cues for Standard #4: Communication
Identifying Personal Boundaries
WISE Skill Cues for Standard #5: Decision Making
What’s BEST vs. WISE Sorting for Standard #5: Decision Making
GROW Skill Cues for Standard #6: Goal Setting
Pause, Reflect, and Act Skill Cues for Standard #7: Self-Management
ASK Skill Cues for Standard #8: Advocacy
VOICE Skill Cues for Standard #8: Advocacy
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The Influence Game (Analyzing Influences) - Buy | Free Access for Members
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Health Skills Learning Adventure - Buy | Free Access for Members
SPY School: The PROVE It Protocol (Fact-Checking Learning Stations) - Buy | Free Access for Members
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Health Skills Toolbox
Bookmark: Pause, Reflect, and Act
Healthy Habit Spinner (End-of-Year)
Health Skills Posters
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(Analyzing Influences) Influence Report Card
(Access Valid Information) Validity Report Card
(Self-Management) The BEST Model Check-In
(Goal Setting) GROW Formula for Setting Goals
(Advocacy) Self-Advocacy Mantras
(Decision Making) How to Make a Decision
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