Seventh Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
7.5 The student will work cooperatively with others to support and promote healthy schools, families, and communities. Key concepts/skills include:
- implementation of safe and healthy practices and behaviors;
- adocating for and using appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues;
- the benefits of community service.
Understanding the Standard
The student will implement appropriate health practices and behaviors, identify appropriate methods for expressing opinions on health issues, and understand the benefits of community service.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- describe appropriate health practices and behaviors.
- explain appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues.
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list the benefits of community service:
- promotes positive feelings;
- promotes feelings of confidence;
- promotes satisfying personal relationships; and
- provides an opportunity for career exploration.
Sample Lessons
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Grades 6-8
Positive youth development program focusing on social and emotional competencies; good citizenship skills; strong, positive character; drug-free lifestyle; and service to others.
Sponsor: Lions Quest
Contact: http://www.lions-quest.org
Cost
Additional Instructional Resources
- American Museum of Natural History - http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection
- American Society for Microbiology - http://www.microbe.org/index.html and http://www.washup.org
- Center for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov
- Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov
- Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics
- Get Smart Virginia - http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/getsmart/index.asp
- National Institute of Health - http://www.nih.gov/icd
- National Service Learning Clearinghouse - http://www.servicelearning.org
- PBS Antibiotic Resistance - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/clock/index.htmland http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov
- Virginia Department of Social Services - http://www.dss.state.va.us
- Virtual Museum of Bacteria - http://bacteriamuseum.org
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- write a one-page paper explaining appropriate health practices and behaviors.
- role-play appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues.
- list the benefits of community service.
