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Curriculum”- Now Formatted for 3 Sequential Grade Levels

~3 Sequential 9-Week (45 –Day) Programs

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 The Best Health Curriculum
~Helping teens be above unhealthy influences~

THIS!RESOURCE!WILL!BE!MAILED!TO!
YOU!ON!A!THUMBDRIVE!FOR!EASY!
ALIGNED
TRANSFER!!! TO NATIONAL and
COMMON
CORE HEALTH
STANDARDS!

Here are some facts about this almost 2 GB curriculum:

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! Engaging# Academic#
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 Creative,!fun,!educational,!engaging! !
 over!400!worksheets,!tests,!handouts!
activities!include:!Scavenger!Hunts,! and!other!documentsRincluding!26!
Crisco!and!Sugar!Experiment,!DrugR homework!assignments!
Free!BINGO,!“How!Pot!Hurt!Me”!Card! !
Game,!Fast!Food!Posters,!Top!10!  5!different!unit!student!packets!+!keys!
with!fillRinRthe–blanks!to!coordinate!
Pressure!Lines!Quiz,!Life!Story! with!lesson!PowerPoints!and!5!unit!
Posters,!Shields,!“Guess!That!Product”! tests!with!keys!!
Quiz,!Guest!Speakers,!“Alcohol!Sorry! !!
Game”!+!much!more!  7!optional!computer!lab!activities!
 23!selfRimproving!surveys!! !
 106!“To!Extend!This!Lesson“!
 Over!40!prompted!table!partner! enrichment!ideas!
discussions!(Think/Pair/Share)! !
!  Curriculum!is!medically!and!
scientifically!accurate!R!9!pages!of!
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Reflective# Organized#
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 Numerous!goalRsetting!activities!  3!sequential!innovative!programs:!!
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 Relevant!true!story!articles!on!  6th!Grade:!!307!pages!of!standardsR
prejudisms,!violence,!fights!gone!bad,! based,!stepRby!step!teacher!directions!
alcohol!poisoning,!the!lows!of!drug! with!handouts/worksheets!make!it!
use,!dangerous!teen!decisions,!and! easy!to!teach!all!45!daily!lessons.!
more! !
!  7th!Grade:!!391!pages!are!included!in!
 Many!introspective!and!reflective! this!fun!and!engaging!program!
writing!prompts! !
!  8th!Grade:!!448!pages!of!fastRpaced,!
 5!ParentRTeen!Communicators!to!do! introspective,!and!powerful!lessons!!
with!a!parent! !
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 Over!1800!PowerPoint!slides!!
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 The Best Health Curriculum
~Helping teens be above unhealthy influences~

Curriculum Purpose and Overview:

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"The!Best!Health!Curriculum"!is!designed!to!engage!students!in!taking!charge!of!their!own!health.!!!
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 PowerPoints!  no#textbook#needed!#  Meets#WA#State#and#National#
Health#and#Fitness#Standards#
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 activities!  partner!and!group!discussions!
 games,!scavenger!hunts!
! art!projects!  state!laws,!local!resources!
 medically!!and!scientifically!
! surveys! !  computer!projects,!research! accurate!information!(includes!a!
9Rpage!Bibliography)!
! unit!packets!  worksheets!
 tests!and!keys!
! homework!  roleRplays!
 parentRteen!communication!
! suggested!videos!
!  absent!student!PowerPoint!notes!
 THINK/PAIR/SHARE!
! communication,!
!  homework!
 being!above!peer!pressures!
assertiveness!and!
 decisionRmaking!skills!
! refusal!skills!
e!overarching!purpose!of!"The!Best!Health!Curriculum"!is!to!empower!students!to! !
 reflection/journal!writes!
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! The!overarching!purpose!of!"The!Best!Health!Curriculum"!is!to!empower!students!to!
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choose!an!"I!will"!attitude!in!making!healthy!life!choices.!!Although!many!circumstances!are!
 homework!
beyond!a!teen's!control,!their!response!to!those!events!is!something!they!can!control!and!with!the!
! right!foundation!they!will!understand!that!they!have!the!POWER!to!make!positive!choices!and!find!
success!in!life,!even!in!the!face!of!overcoming!personal!hardships.!!

“Life&is&10%&what&happens&
and&90%&how&I&react&to&it...&
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You!won’t!find!a!Health!curriculum!like!this!anywhere!else.!!It’s!the!curriculum!I!currently!use!to!teach!my!
9th!grade!Health!class,!but!reRformatted!and!enhanced!into!three!9Rweek!programs.!!Every!lesson!has!been!
“kidRtested,”!researched,!revised,!edited,!extended,!altered,!and!perfected!into!an!engaging!lesson!that!will!
help!you!positively!impact!the!lives!of!the!teens!you!teach.!
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 “THE BEST HEALTH CURICULUM” AT A GLANCE:

The teen years are a time of many changes and decisions. Health is designed to help students
find a sense of self, to be above the influence of teen risk behaviors, to show students how to take
responsibility for making healthy choices, and to learn to maintain optimum health and fitness for life.

1. Self-Reflection/Self-Esteem : 4. Conflict Resolution:

(lessons/activites incorporated into units)
•Empathy skills
•learning styles
•Questioning techniques
•personality surveys
•”I” statements
•self-image
•thinking through outcomes
•positive self-talk
•staying calm, reminder statements
•overcoming hardships
•controlling anger
•ideal-vs-dysfunctional families
•negotiating for what you want
•identifying personal values
•resolving conflicts, compromising
•multiple surveys
•practicing the skills
•body image
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•sharing, communication skills
• self-reflection + goal setting
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2. Stress / Depression / Suicide Unit: 5. Tobacco Unit:
•understanding stress •statistics
•the importance of sleep •harmful effects of nicotine,
•techniques to relieve stress (time out, work tar, carbon monoxide, smoking
out, reach out) while pregnant, secondhand
•recognizing signs of depression and suicide smoke, chewing tobacco
and knowing what to do if you see signs •smoking related illnesses
•Understanding the difference between including Cancer, Emphysema
Depression and Clinical Depression and Chronic Bronchitis
•helping a friend •money spent on tobacco
•emotional devastation of suicide •understanding habits and the
•local resources for help brain
•being “above the stress” •media literacy, ad appeals +
•CBA “Dear Stressed and Depressed” ! manipulative advertising
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3. Empathy / Violence Unit

6. Decision-Making and Refusal Skills
•empathy, stereotypes, prejudisms
(incorporated into units)
•the power of our words
•analyzing situations and
•dealing with bullying and teasing
making dangerous decisions
•healthy esteem and positive self-talk
•recognizing and being above
•assertiveness skills (not aggressive)
peer pressures
•anger management
•thinking through
•dealing with putdowns and bullies
consequences
•types of violence + violence risk factors
•Decision-making model: W ho,
•being above past hardships + forgiveness
What, When, Where, How
•negative outcomes of violence
questions
•media’s influence on violence
•parent communication on
•impact of fighting and losing temper !
important teen topics

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 7. Alcohol Unit: 9. Sex Ed. Unit:
•effects on body-short and long term •reproduction
•BAL and effects on body •abstinence
•alcoholism •female and male
•children of alcoholics anatomy and issues
•alcohol laws-M.I.P. and D.U.I. •S.T.I.s
•co-dependence and dysfunctional families •HIV/AIDS
•FAS •love/abstinence/sexual
•refusal skills limits
•impaired decisions, statistics of dangers •birth control
•sexual assault-
•decision-making skills harassment, abuse, rape,
! Drug Unit:
8. domestic violence
•Understanding the dangers of: •peer pressure, refusal
Stimulants, Hallucinogens (Marijuana), Narcotics, skills
Depressants, Inhalants, Steroids •healthy and unhealthy
•risk factors, interventions, treatment relationships
•stages of addiction •media’s influence on
•Marijuana dangers-how pot hurts teens sexual decisions
•refusal skills, being above the influence of drugs •local resources
•crossing the line into the drug world !
•why teens use drugs and healthy alternatives
•local resources for drug and alcohol issues
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10. Nutrition and Fitness Unit:

•recording and analyzing own food consumption (how much should I have?)
•analyzing nutrition (calories, fat, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, iron,
calcium, and cholesterol)
•eating a balanced diet-food guide pyramid
• eating breakfast, taking a multiple vitamin, drinking water
•good -vs- bad fats (saturated and trans)
•good –vs- bad carbohydrates (simple sugar, white flour)
•exercise and how it improves health and burns calories
•using Internet programs to count calories eaten and calories burned
•food label reading
•analyzing fast food
•Family Medical History homework Now There’s More:
•unhealthy habits and making changes for life •First Aid Unit
•eating disorders-anorexia, bulimia, obesity •Body Systems
•media’s influence on body image •Friendships /Dating
•local resources for eating disorders • Hygiene
! •Learning Target Posters

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11. Media Literacy (is incorporated into Tobacco, Nutrition, and Sex Ed. units)

12. Due to semester time constraints, this curriculum does not include: Mental
Disorders, and Environmental Health (but these are valuable units and could be added)

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~The “Best Health Curriculum” is standards-based. Each unit is
based on National Health and Fitness Standards, Common
Core Standards ~AND~ Washington State Health and
Fitness Standards.

NOW
ALIGNED
TO COMMON
CORE STANDARDS!

~Every unit also has

specific “Students will
be able to” goals which
were developed using
the “Understanding
By Design” format:

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 ~Know just what you’re getting!:

H ere is the m aster “Table of Contents” so you can see the le ssons and units included for all 3 grade levels.
Lessons are based on 55-m inute class periods and a 9-week calendar, but the tim ing can easily be adapted.

Formatted for 3 Sequential Grade Levels

Curriculum Units and Lessons: Table of Contents

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1.!BURGER!TITLE!PICTURE!and!INTRO!slide:!!Introduce!your!unit!with!this!Nutrition!PowerPoint.!!This!PowerPoint!will!take!you!
through!stepPbyPstep!through!each!lesson!in!this!unit.!!!
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2.!IN!THE!U.S:!“Why!do!you!think!so!many!Americans!are!overweight!and!obese?”!Have!them!discuss!it!with!a!partner!and!then!tell!them!
that!you!want!to!show!them!a!PowerPoint!first,!and!then!we!can!answer!that!question!as!a!class.!
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3.!!OBESITY!IN!UNITED!STATES:!I!introduce!my!nutrition!unit!with!the!CDC’s!“Obesity!Rates!by!State!PowerPoint.”!!Download!it!at:!(or!
you!can!use!my!edited!version!in!the!PowerPoints!folder)!
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http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html!!!
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It’s!an!incredible!discussionPstarter!so!I!follow!it!up!with!asking!my!students:!!“Why!do!you!think!so!many!Americans!are!overweight?”!
4.!!PAIR/SHARE,!POOR!NUTRITION,!TOO!MANY!UNHEALTHY,!GOO!GOO,!SUGAR,!AMERICA’S!SWEET!TOOTH,!TOO!MANY,!SOBE!
EXAMPLE:!After!students!share!their!ideas,!go!over!these!slides!with!reasons!too!many!Americans!are!overweight.!!!
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5.!PORTION!SIZES!ARE!TOO!BIG:!When!you!get!to!the!portion!sizes!information,!you!can!show!the!Portion!Distortion!Slide!Show*!at:!!(or!
you!can!use!my!edited!version!in!the!PowerPoints!folder)!
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http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/!
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*I!have!edited!a!version!and!put!it!on!a!PowerPoint!that!I!have!included!in!the!“#4.!PowerPoints”!Folder,!then!in!the!“Nutrition”!folder.!!I!
have!students!get!out!a!calculator!and!add!up!the!difference!in!calories!between!back!then!and!nowPit’s!crazy.!!You!could!also!have!a!few!
students!just!add!up!the!“now”!calories!to!show!how!many!calories!a!day!many!teens!eat.!!
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6.!PEOPLE!ARE!UNEDUCATED!(with!whole!list),!HYDROXYCUT,!RESULTS!NOT!TYPICAL,!NEW!SKINNY!PILL!and!APPLE!CIDAR:!!I!have!
some!real!magazine!ads!I!show!(like!Hydroxycut!and!Apple!Cider!Vinegar!CapsulesPthese!are!the!slides!too,!and/or!have!some!ads!of!
your!own)!and!I!discuss!how!the!diet!and!weight!loss!ads!are!deceiving!and!unhealthy.!(Later!in!the!PowerPoint!I!will!show!how!it’s!
literally!impossible!for!most!people!to!lose!“10!lbs.!in!10!days”!if!they!want!to!lose!fat.)!From!the!top!of!the!Nutrition!packet,!I!point!out!
that!in!the!U.S!we!spend!33!billion!dollars!a!year!on!diet!products,!and!yet!still!over!half!of!us!are!overweight.!!Why?!!Many!people!want!
weight!loss!quick,!and!they!get!desperate!to!get!it!and!will!try!crazy!things.!Talk!about!how!these!ads!almost!always!have!a!doctor!with!a!
stethoscope!around!his/her!neck,!they!make!crazy,!unrealistic!claims,!they!have!digital!before!and!after!pictures!that!are!not!real,!and!
you!should!always!read!the!small!print!(like!them!telling!you!they!digitally!altered!the!picture!but!by!using!the!word!“remunerated”!that!
no!one!knows!what!it!means!!)!
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7.!CALORIES!through!FAMILY!GENETICS:!Next!I!discuss!the!three!main!nutrients:!Fat,!Protein,!and!Carbohydrates.!!Students!should!take!
notes!in!their!own!packets.!!I!cover!the!idea!that!the!bottomline!to!weight!loss!or!weight!gain!is!calories!in!or!out!(and!family!geneticsP
obesity!and!overweight!does!run!in!families!and!environment/eating!habits!run!in!families!)!The!calories!formula!is!the!closest!science!
we!have!to!understand!weight!loss,!but!people’s!individual!metabolisms!do!play!a!role!to!alter!how!well!this!formula!will!work!for!
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8.!DOES!ANYONE!KNOW?!Ask!students!if!anyone!knows!how!many!calories!they!should!eat!daily.!!Many!will!say!“2000”!so!I!discuss!how!
the!food!label!says!2000!but!that!is!an!“average.”!!I!tell!them!we!are!going!to!figure!out!EXACTLY!how!many!calories!they!need,!but!first!
they!must!get!their!height!and!weight.!!Stress!the!importance!of!the!correct!weight;!it’s!needed!for!almost!every!formula!in!nutrition.!!
Some!students!may!not!want!to!get!on!the!scale!and!I!never!make!them,!again!I!just!stress!that!they!should!know!their!exact!weight!and!
not!guess!or!estimate!or!“fudge”!low!because!it!will!make!their!formulas!inaccurate.!
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9.!HEIGHTPWEIGHT!CHART:!They!get!their!height!and!weight!on!their!own!around!your!room.!!I!borrow!the!scale!from!our!nurse!and!I!
have!actually!just!used!a!permanent!marker!on!my!wall!in!my!room!with!heights!and!have!students!use!a!ruler!to!help!their!partner!
measure!height,!or!you!could!nail!a!yardstick!to!your!wall,!etc.!!When!everyone!is!done,!I!talk!about!the!weight!range!chart!in!the!packet!
and!that!they!shouldn’t!leave!depressed!if!they!are!over!their!suggested!weight!range…but!rather!I!hope!they!will!be!motivated.!!Also!
discuss!muscle!weight,!and!frame!size.!
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10.!DIFFERENCE!BETWEEN!DIET!AND!EATING!HEALTHY!and!BEWARE:!!If!they!want!to!lose!weight!they!should!rather!think!of!it!as!
“eating!healthy”!and!we!will!be!learning!how!to!lose!or!gain!weight!in!healthy!ways!in!the!weeks!to!come.!!
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11.!BOTTOMLINE!and!ALL!YOU!CAN!EAT!DIET:!They!should!choose!a!plan!they!can!do!for!LIFE.!!An!example!of!an!unhealthy!diet!is!the!
“All!You!Can!Eat!Diet.”!(It’s!on!the!PowerPoint)!Could!you!do!this!for!life???!
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12.!CALORIES!FORMULA!and!TOTAL!CALORIES!PER!DAY!CHECK:!Go!through!formula!for!calories!using!one!student!who!doesn’t!mind!
their!weight!being!known!as!an!example!for!how!the!formula!works!on!the!board.!After!everyone!is!done!I!take!the!time!to!walk!around!
and!check!each!students!(it!takes!awhile,!but!I!usually!find!several!mistakes.)!
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If!this!is!too!much!math!for!your!students,!or!you!are!limited!on!time,!there!is!a!good!chart!that!lists!age!and!calories!at:!(they!choose!
“sedentary,”!“moderately!active,”!or!“Active”!(!A!great!lesson!in!itself!to!help!students!see!the!difference!of!these!three!and!how!it!plays!
out!in!how!much!you!can!eat!or!not!eat!)!!!
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http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/estimatedPcaloriePrequirement!
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Next!I!talk!about!the!3500!calories!on!this!slide.!The!closest!science!on!calories!is!that!3500!=!1!pound.!!If!you!want!to!gain!a!lb.!you’ll!
need!to!add!3500!calories!(over!any!time!periodPa!week!or!a!few!days)!and!if!you!want!to!lose!a!pound,!you’ll!need!to!drop!3500!
calories).!!Family!genetics!does!make!this!a!bit!different!for!each!person.!!There!are!some!people!who!try!to!gain!weight!and!just!
can’t…and!losing!weight!is!more!difficult!for!some!than!others.!!The!safest!way!to!lose!weight!is!just!1P2!pounds!per!weekPslow!and!
steady.!!Then!you!are!more!likely!to!keep!it!off.!!Have!students!do!a!check!to!make!sure!their!calories!are!not!too!high!or!too!low!from!the!
range!on!the!slide.!
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I!like!to!have!printed!some!copies!of!my!“Gaining!Muscle!Weight!Brochure”!available!for!students!who!are!below!the!low!end!of!their!
weight!range,!or!for!whatever!reason!want!to!GAIN!weight.!!(See&Whole&Curriculum”&folder,&then&“Nutrition”&folder.)&
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13.!SET!POINT!THEORY/YOYO!and!CAVEMAN:!!Next!I!cover!“set!point!theory”!and!the!“yoPyo”!dieting”!slides.!I!have!students!take!notes!
in!their!nutrition!packet.!!When!you!lose!weight!too!fast!you!lose!muscle,!but!then!you!can!gain!it!back!as!fat.!!It!makes!you!more!
unhealthy!on!the!inside.!!In!the!picture!of!Oprah!where!she!is!the!thinnest,!she!was!doing!a!diet!called!“OptiPFast”!where!she!didn’t!eat,!

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 she!just!drank!blender!shakes!for!months.!!Did!she!lose!weight?!Yes,!but!could!she!drink!blender!shakes!for!life?!!No,!so!she!hadn’t!
changed!any!of!the!bad!habits!that!made!her!gain!the!weight!in!the!first!place,!she!lost!it!too!fast,!and!it!wasn’t!a!healthy!or!realistic!plan,!
so!she!gained!back!the!weight.!!Explain!to!your!students!that!our!bodies!are!still!like!we’re!cavemen!and!the!set!point!is!still!workingPour!
bodies!think!we!might!starve!for!the!winter!so!if!we!don’t!eat!our!metabolisms!slow!down,!and!fat!cells!don’t!release!their!fat!!
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14.!LOSE!10!LBS.!x!2:!!Ask!students!if!they!want!to!lose!weight,!which!of!these!do!they!want!to!losePmuscle,!bone,!water,!or!fat?!Show!
how!it’s!unhealthy!and!impossible!for!most!people!to!lose!10!pounds!in!10!days!like!some!ads!claim.!
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 STRESS UNIT- Level 1: Stress / Level 2: Depression / Level 3: Suicide
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! NUTRITON UNIT – Level 1: Analyzing Media / Level 2: Body Image / Level 3: Eating D isorders
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! EMPATHY/VIOLENCE UNIT – Level 1: Positive Self-Esteem Survey / Level 2: Positive Self-Talk
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Level 3: Empathy Homework
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! DRUG UNIT: Level 1: Don’t Step Into That World Project / Level 2: Gateway Drugs and Why
! Teens Use Drugs / Level 3: Risk Factors for Addiction
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! Of course there are all kinds of organization tools too:
! documents, ideas, posters, class syllabus, sub plans, room
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THIS MEETS
COMMON CORE
STANDARD W 9.

Thank you for previewing my 3

Grade Level Health curriculum,

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