Comprehensive Health Skills for Middle School
By: Catherine Sanderson, Mark Zelman, Lindsay Armbruster, and Mary McCarleyCopyright: 2019
Subject: Health: Middle School
Grade Level: 6-8
- Comprehensive Health Skills for Middle School is the most up-to-date, skills-based text that helps students make good choices regarding their health and well-being. Students learn strategies to be mentally and emotionally healthy, build healthy relationships, avoid hazardous substances, and promote physical health and safety. There is also a unit that covers human sexuality and pregnancy prevention. Content and skills align with the National Health Education Standards and the National Sexuality Education Standards for grades 6, 7, and 8.
- Products & Prices 6-12 Education
- Table of Contents
- Unit 1 - Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellness1. Understanding Your Health and Wellness
2. Developing Good Personal Hygiene
3. Getting the Sleep You NeedUnit 2 - Promoting Mental and Emotional Well-Being4. Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
5. Getting Help for Mental Health ConditionsUnit 3 - Nutrition and Physical Fitness6. Nutrition
7. Physical FitnessUnit 4 - Understanding and Avoiding Hazardous Substances8. Tobacco
9. Alcohol
10. Medications and DrugsUnit 5 - Protecting Your Physical Health and Safety11. Understanding and Preventing Diseases
12. Preventing and Responding to Accidents and Injuries
13. Protecting Environmental HealthUnit 6 - Social Health and Wellness14. Promoting Healthy Relationships
15. Understanding Violent BehaviorUnit 7 - The Body and How It Develops16. Human Development
17. The Body SystemsUnit 8 - Human Sexuality18. Understanding Sexuality
19. Making Responsible Sexual Decisions - The Look Inside images are for preview purposes only. The format of the actual product may vary from the images shown.
- Correlations
- AlabamaHealth Education, Grades 6-8 (PDF, 160.02 KB)CaliforniaCalifornia AB329 (PDF, 510 KB)California Health Education Content Standards (PDF, 1012 KB)Florida CorrelationStandards for Health Education (119 KB)IllinoisIllinois State Standards for Middle School (PDF, 430 KB)National StandardsNational Health Education Standards (Grades 6–8) (PDF, 115 KB)National Sexuality Education Standards (Grades 6-8) (PDF, 460 KB)New JerseyComprehensive Health and Physical Education (PDF, 556 KB)OregonHealth Education – Grades 6-8 (PDF, 542 KB)Pacing Chart18-Week Course Program Planning Guide (PDF, 180 KB)TennesseeTennessee Health Education Standards 6–8 (PDF, 478 KB)Texas CorrelationUtahHealth I, Grade 7 or 8 (PDF, 108 KB)WashingtonMiddle School (Grades Six through Eight) (PDF, 674 KB)West VirginiaComprehensive Health Skills (259 KB)
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