ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (4) 22 :

4.8.1) Describe health advocacy strategies.

Examples: writing and recording public service announcements for school or community broadcasts, writing letter or email to editors of local media

[HE] (7) 16 :

7.5.1) Distinguish when a self-decision should be made or if help should be sought from a responsible adult.

Examples: friends begin drinking, unsafe situation arises at school, suicidal friend, suspected abuse, seat belt use, suicidal thoughts

a. Determine when it is necessary to ask for assistance when making a health choice.

Examples: friend begins to self-harm, negative peer pressure

[HE] HED (9-12) 21 :

HE.4.4) Demonstrate how to ask for and offer assistance to enhance the health of self and others.

Examples: accessing crisis hotlines for suicide, sexual and physical abuse, and human trafficking; community resource materials

Listen to math and special needs teachers discuss the strategies geared toward teaching students organizational skills. Learn how to promote self-advocacy among special needs students (such as asking for help when needed).  This video can be played when teaching a lesson on how to ask for assistance for yourself and others.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (4) 9 :

4.2.2) Explain how media influence thoughts, feelings, and health behaviors.

[HE] (4) 22 :

4.8.1) Describe health advocacy strategies.

Examples: writing and recording public service announcements for school or community broadcasts, writing letter or email to editors of local media

[HE] (5) 20 :

5.7.1) Implement a variety of healthy practices and behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.

Example: executing a plan to manage academic, extracurricular, and family

In this self-paced lesson, students learn how environmental factors affect the health of living things, including humans. They will view videos, use an interactive activity, and respond to writing prompts to investigate common environmental health hazards, routes of exposure, factors that influence the potential health effects, and ways to reduce exposure.