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Course
Syllabus
Course Name: Health Education
I Course Information
Level:CP
Department:Physical Education/Health/ Drivers Education
II Course Description
Prerequisite:None
Open to:Freshman and Sophomore
Length:Semester
Credit:.5
Summary: This course provides the student with opportunities to acquire
knowledge and information concerning the relationship of health to himself, his
family, and community. Health education at Homewood-Flossmoor High School is
concerned with the ways and means of influencing positive changes in health
related behaviors; enabling the student to act in ways which will provide
optimum quality of life.
III Course Goals
The course goals are to provide students with the necessary resources to
help them lead a long and healthy productive lifestyle. They will take part in
the promotion of healthy behaviors, as well as, abstaining from harmful ones.
Health Education offers a wide variety of topics that effect students
physically, emotionally and socially.
IV Textbooks and Materials
Health-A Guide to Wellness:M.B. Merki and D. Merki
V Course Outline
First Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1 - Wellness and Decision Making
Unit 2 - Mental Health
Unit 3 - Stress Management
Unit 4 - Safe and Healthy Environment
Unit 5 - Alcohol and ~Tobacco
Unit 6 - Drugs and Addiction
Unit 7 - Infectious Diseases
Unit 8 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS
Unit 9 - Non-Infectious Diseases
Unit 10 - Sexuality and Relationships
Unit 11 - Consumer Health
(Parents and students: please consult individual teachers for grading policies,
extra credit info, class procedures, etc.)
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