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	Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 PERSONAL & MENTAL HEALTH self-confidence positive personal attributes respecting others positive bonding communication skills assessing personal wellness honesty and integrity personal responsibility fostering healthy relationships communication skills personal responsibility goal setting bonding and communication confidence and self-respect care and concern for others NUTRITION & FITNESS influences on food choices caloric value of foods preparing healthy foods healthy weight gain and loss rest and exercise nutritional value of foods role of nutrients vitamins and food supplements lifelong fitness activities making healthy food choices healthy choices preparing healthy foods proper sanitation and storage consumer skills personal fitness plan ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, & OTHER DRUGS physical dangers legal, social, emotional consequences assertiveness and self-control avoiding potential dangers positive peer involvement safe and fun alternatives prescription and non-prescription drugs harmful and helpful substances influences on drug use resistance and refusal skills legal and social consequences use, misuse and abuse of drugs influences on drug use positive peer involvement lifelong healthy habits resisting pressure STRESS MANAGEMENT/ SUICIDE PREVENTION adolescent stress coping with inadequacy and depression adversity and disability self-destructive behaviors coping and resiliency physical and emotional effects warning signs and risk factors counteracting negative risk factors coping and prevention skills identifying reliable resources daily and traumatic stress divorce and loss coping and resiliency developing focus on future HUMAN GROWTH & SEXUALITY personal hygiene and adolescence puberty and maturation positive body image review of body systems reproductive health promoting abstinence expressing feelings appropriately reproductive anatomy & physiology conception and pregnancy healthy identity and body image seeking reliable advice promoting abstinence expressing and managing feelings relationships and dating respecting individual differences responsibility and respect resisting and avoiding negative pressures promoting sexual abstinence FAMILY LIFE valuing family members positive family interactions communication and bonding conflict resolution building healthy relationships communication skills positive interactions self-initiative and responsibility nurturing healthy relationships constructive criticism accepting and respecting others responsibility and integrity constructive criticism healthy communication conflict resolution DISEASE PREVENTION/ HIV/AIDS personal hygiene and disease reducing risk of disease HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention prevention skills recognizing symptoms of illness reducing high-risk behaviors routine health screening seeking adult assistance HIV/AIDS prevention health screening promoting self-examination recognizing common signs and symptoms of illness reducing risk of disease social implications of HIV/AIDS STD addendum available SAFETY & INJURY PREVENTION handling emergency situations family emergency plan basic first aid procedures recognizing abusive behaviors bleeding injuries and body fluids avoiding dangerous situations reducing negative pressure vehicle and recreational safety decision making and assertiveness reducing risk of accidents water safety managing shock treatment of burns reducing risk of abuse VIOLENCE PREVENTION conflict resolution reducing risk of abuse coping skills expressing emotions appropriately seeking reliable advice fostering healthy relationships preventing weapon violence non-violent conflict resolution communication and bonding reducing negative influences reducing high risk behaviors healthy communication choices and consequences non-violent conflict resolution reducing weapon possession COMMUNITY & CONSUMER HEALTH personal responsibility positive actions toward others local community/environment projects health policies protecting and preserving resources healthy interactions personal responsibility community participation global health issues community and environmental hazards informed consumer choices interpreting labels warnings and side effects choosing health products/services seeking reliable advice HOME | SCOPE & SEQUENCE | GRADES K-2 | GRADES 3-5 | HIGH SCHOOL | CONTACT US | ORDER FORM