ALEX Classroom Resources

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8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

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HE.8.3) Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving personal and community health.

Examples: student-led events, community fundraisers, national events, signing a pledge to abstain from alcohol

This resource explains to students how to be an advocate. Teachers can print this resource out and display in the classroom or use it as visual to start a class discussion.

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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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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

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8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

In this video adapted from Need to Know, artist Steve Brodner uses simple drawings to compare the size of the 2010 BP oil spill to more familiar things, like a football field, a shopping mall, the state of Texas, and Earth’s moon.

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5.2.1) Describe how the school and community can support personal health practices and behaviors.

a. Describe how positive and negative influences from family, peers, and culture affect adolescents' body acceptance during the changes of puberty.

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7.3.2) Demonstrate the ability to locate valid school and community health resources.

Examples: health clinic, school wellness committee, school nurse, local health department

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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) 23 :

8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

[HE] HED (9-12) 32 :

HE.8.3) Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving personal and community health.

Examples: student-led events, community fundraisers, national events, signing a pledge to abstain from alcohol

There are college options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These programs connect students to the community and the larger world. Continued education increases learning and skill-building, social contact and better job opportunities for students. This video can be played during a lesson on locating school and community health resources.

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

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

[HE] (8) 23 :

8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

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HE.1.1) Predict how health literacy and behaviors can affect health status.

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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

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HE.8.3) Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving personal and community health.

Examples: student-led events, community fundraisers, national events, signing a pledge to abstain from alcohol

Learn why lead exposure is still a concern throughout the country with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from October 12, 2016.

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7.5.2) Analyze healthy alternatives over unhealthy alternatives when making decisions.

Examples: eating regular meals vs. skipping meals, choosing healthy snacks vs. junk food, getting proper exercise vs. too much screen time

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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

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8.7.1) Perform overall self-assessments and identify behaviors that will impact personal health.

Examples: assessing sleeping, eating, and exercising patterns

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8.7.2) Document healthy practices and behaviors that will improve the health of self and others.

Example: maintaining a personal health journal

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8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

In this "Fuel It!" video, Maggie and Mrs. Kissell work together to demonstrate how to create a healthy and tasty after school snack of pitas filled with vegetables and a creamy sauce. The host, Mackenzie and Cynthia Cave- Gaetani, a registered dietician from Lourdes Hospital, discuss why it is so nutritious. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (8) 23 :

8.8.2) Work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools.

Examples: designing healthy recipes, supporting the school wellness policy, school newscasts, school newsletters

[HE] HED (9-12) 32 :

HE.8.3) Work cooperatively as an advocate for improving personal and community health.

Examples: student-led events, community fundraisers, national events, signing a pledge to abstain from alcohol

Discover Inclusive Wellness is an addendum to CDC's Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. This guide will help teachers and students learn how to effectively include children with disabilities in their advocacy and school wellness efforts. As students are learning in middle school to work collaboratively to advocate for healthy individuals, families, and schools, this guide would assist teachers with educating their students on how to effectively include students with disabilities in their school wellness plans and how they can advocate for full inclusion. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.