ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (7) 7 :

7.2.2) Explain how communities can affect personal health practices and behaviors.

Examples: public policies regarding water pollution, air quality, tobacco use

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7.2.4) Explain how school and public health policies can influence health promotion and disease prevention.

Examples: vending machine selections, vaccination requirements, wellness check-ups

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7.4.1) Discuss effective conflict management or resolution strategies.

Example: five steps to resolve conflict: calm down, state and understand the problem, apologize, promote solution finding, follow-up

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7.6.2) Describe changing abilities, priorities, and responsibilities that impact personal health goals.

Examples: age, injuries, changing jobs, leaving active school life to work, sedentary to walking, walking to jogging, jogging to running; eating poorly to making healthy food choices leading to weight loss or weight gain

[HE] (8) 7 :

8.2.2) Examine ways the school and community encourage students to use appropriate life skills to improve health.

Examples: participating in conflict resolution practices, Red Ribbon Week, Walk to School Day

[HE] (8) 9 :

8.2.4) Explain how societal perceptions influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

Examples: acceptance of teenage smoking and teenage pregnancy by peers, certain communities, and cultures

[HE] (8) 13 :

8.4.1) Analyze how strategies using verbal and nonverbal communication effectively can enhance health.

Examples: verbal -- using positive interpersonal communication to avoid conflict
non-verbal -- shaking hands, displaying positive facial expressions, making eye contact

[HE] (8) 18 :

8.6.1) Apply strategies and skills needed to attain a personal health goal.

[HE] HED (9-12) 30 :

HE.8.1) Utilize accurate peer and societal norms to formulate a health enhancing message.

Example: using data on local health issues to develop a positive message concerning a topic

[HE] HED (9-12) 31 :

HE.8.2) Formulate and implement a list of innovative ways to influence and support others in making positive health choices.

Examples: wearing colors for awareness, speaking to a group or individuals, making good nutritional choices

[HE] HED (9-12) 33 :

HE.8.4) Adapt health messages and communication techniques to a specific target audience.

Example: producing a social media post to encourage a positive health behavior

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all Americans are overweight or obese. (An obese person has more body fat than what is healthy.) In 2010, 15 percent of America’s youth were obese. For people of color who live in economically depressed areas, it was nearly triple that number.

In this lesson, students will get the chance to think about what they might do to make their school a healthier place for all students. They will learn how to develop and present an evidence-based argument about a change they would like to see in order to help convince others to join the effort.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (7) 13 :

7.4.1) Discuss effective conflict management or resolution strategies.

Example: five steps to resolve conflict: calm down, state and understand the problem, apologize, promote solution finding, follow-up

[HE] (7) 15 :

7.4.3) Demonstrate skills that avoid conflict.

Examples: asking someone respectfully not to smoke, practice active listening, reacting sensibly, communicating clearly, practicing patience

[HE] (8) 13 :

8.4.1) Analyze how strategies using verbal and nonverbal communication effectively can enhance health.

Examples: verbal -- using positive interpersonal communication to avoid conflict
non-verbal -- shaking hands, displaying positive facial expressions, making eye contact

[HE] HED (9-12) 20 :

HE.4.3) Develop strategies to prevent, manage, or resolve interpersonal conflicts without harming self or others.

a. Identify warning signs of unhealthy relationships.

b. Differentiate between negative and positive behaviors used in conflict situations.

[HE] HED (9-12) 29 :

HE.7.1) Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health.

a. Describe healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others.

Examples: effective communication skills and safety techniques, reading and understanding medicine labels, immunizations, wellness checkups and compliance

b. Identify negative behaviors that increase health risks to self and others.

Examples: distracted driving, drinking and driving, illegal drug use, vaping, smoking, unprotected sex, behaviors resulting in intentional or unintentional injuries, poor eating habits, physical inactivity

c. Compare and contrast the responsibilities of both parents in teen parenting.

Examples: shared responsibilities; social, financial and educational challenges

Every day millions of lives in the U.S. are devastated by violence. On average, 24 people a minute are victims of physical violence, rape or stalking by an intimate partner. That adds up to more than 12 million women and men a year. The reality is that this doesn’t only affect adults. There are millions of young people in this country, many of whom may be students of yours, whose lives are affected—sometimes shaped—by violence.

This resource toolkit includes scenarios for teacher and student discussion, questions for students, and classroom activities. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] (5) 28 :

5-4.4) Apply techniques for managing stress and conflict.

APE accommodation suggestions: Verbal prompting and redirecting, peer assistance to model proper personal and social behaviors

[HE] (8) 13 :

8.4.1) Analyze how strategies using verbal and nonverbal communication effectively can enhance health.

Examples: verbal -- using positive interpersonal communication to avoid conflict
non-verbal -- shaking hands, displaying positive facial expressions, making eye contact

This short lesson is aimed at getting youth to think about their responses to stressful or challenging situations, and to respond positively rather than by adding to the difficulty.