RADNOR TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Course Overview
7th Grade Health
General Information
Credits: N/A
Weighted: N/A
Prerequisite: N/A
Length: Semester
Format: every other day
Grade: 7th
Course Description
The 7th Grade Health Curriculum is designed to promote life-long fitness and Health. Students will
develop Health goals as well as design a plan to achieve those goals. The course also identifies the traits
that are important for maintaining good character. Using these goals and traits, they will understand how
to make responsible decisions throughout their life. Some of the important issues covered in this course
are Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco abuse as well as the risk associated with sexual pressures. Refusal skills
will be practiced to help students refrain from these dangerous risk behaviors. Growth and Development
and the Endocrine System are among the most important parts of the body. Students will take an in depth
look at the changes that occur during their adolescent years and why.
Common Assessments:
Chapter Test, Class discussions, presentations (individual and group), section quizzes and projects.
Major Units of Study:
Mental and Emotional Health
Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco
Human Growth and Development: Endocrine, STDs and AIDs
Materials & Texts
Health and Wellness: MacMillian-McGraw-Hill
Internet, power point, worksheets, DVD’s/videos
ETR Associates: Reproductive Flip Chart
www.unitedstreaming.com
www.cdc.org
www.kidshealth.org
RADNOR TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Course Curriculum
Unit I: Mental and Emotional Health
Common Core Standards and PA Academic Standards
PA Standards
10.2.9.B-Healthful Living ~ Analyze the relationship between health-related information and
adolescent consumer choices.
10.2.9.C-Healthful Living ~ Analyze media health and safety messages and describe their impact
on personal health and safety.
10.2.9.D-Healthful Living ~ Analyze and apply a decision-making process to adolescent health
and safety issues.
National Standards
PD.8.INF.1 -Analyze how friends, family, media, society and culture can influence self concept and body
image.
HR.8.CC.5- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of communicating using technology and social
media.
PS.8.AI.1- Identify sources of support such as parents or other trusted adults that they can go to if they or
someone they know is being bullied, harassed, abused or assaulted.
PS.8.IC.1- Demonstrate ways to communicate with trusted adults about bullying, harassment, abuse and
assault.
PS.8.SM.1- Describe ways to treat others with dignity and respect.
PS.8.ADV.1- Advocate for safe environments that encourage dignified and respectful treatment of
everyone
PS.8.CC.3- Explain that no one has the right to touch anyone else in a sexual manner that they do not
want to be touch.
Keystone Connections:
C.2.1.2- Evaluate the factors that make competent and responsible citizens
Enduring Understanding:
KNOWLEDGE
Key Terms:
Health, Wellness, Environment, Heredity, Health Care, Random Events, Behavior
Stress, Stressors, Self-Esteem, Self-Concept, honesty, fairness, respect, responsibility, caring,
trust,
Decision-making model
SKILLS
Identify and list their healthy behaviors.
Students will list their strengths and weaknesses.
Students will understand specifics on improvement of self-esteem.
Students will set personal goals in physical, metal and social health.
Identify sources of stress and how to eliminate some stress.
Students will incorporate the decision making model in everyday choices.
Assessments:
FORMATIVE
Worksheets
Projects
Homework
Pop quizzes
Exit cards
Journals
SUMMATIVE
Chapter 1 test
Quizzes
COMMON
Chapter 1 test
Activities and Assignments
Define the three (3) areas of health
Self-esteem/self-concept
Goal-setting-foldable (textbook)
Chapter 1 test and Quizzes
Terminology
Health, health goal, values, peer pressure, responsible decision making, anxiety, insecurity, depression,
suicide, stress, coping, resilient.
Materials & Texts
ESSENTIAL
Health and Wellness
MacMillian-McGraw-Hill
ADDITIONAL
Internet, power point, worksheets, DVD’s/videos
Media, Technology, Web Resources
www.stressfreekids.com
www.unitedstreaming.com
Teacher web pages: RMS Website
Unit II:
Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco
Common Core Standards and PA Academic Standards
PA Standards
10.1.9.E-Concepts of Health ~ Analyze how personal choice, disease and genetics can impact
health maintenance and disease prevention.
10.2.9.B-Healthful Living ~ Analyze the relationship between health-related information and
adolescent consumer choices.
10.2.9.C-Healthful Living ~ Analyze media health and safety messages and describe their impact
on personal health and safety.
10.2.9.D-Healthful Living ~ Analyze and apply a decision-making process to adolescent health
and safety issues.
National Standards
PD.8.DM.1-Demonstarat the use of a decision making model, and evaluate possible outcomes of
decisions adolescences might make.
PR.8.INF.1- Examine how alcohol and other substance, friends, family, media, society and culture
influence decisions about engaging in sexual behaviors
Keystone Connections:
L.F.2.2- Use appropriate strategies to compare, analyze and evaluate literary forms.
C.2.1.2- Evaluate the factors that make competent and responsible citizens.
Enduring Understandings:
Students will identify the harmful effects of tobacco.
Students will identify the harmful effects of alcohol.
-Students will learn how to resist drug use.
-Students will identify the difference between legal, illegal, OTC, and Prescription drugs.
-Students will understand how the use of drugs effects the family, society, violence and personal
health.
Essential Questions
Why do people smoke?
Why do people drink alcohol?
Why do people use drugs?
Why are people with low self-esteem more likely to use drugs?
Assessments:
FORMATIVE
Worksheets
Quizzes
Skits
SUMMATIVE
End of unit test
quizzes
COMMON
End of unit test
Activities and Assignments
Recognizing Motives for Advertisements
Anti-Drug Poster/Brochure/Power Point/Video
Under the Influence Activity: Alcohol Simulation
Terminology
Drugs, medicines , OTC, prescription drugs, Drug misuse, drug abuse, illegal drugs (major drug ,
categories), addiction, tolerance, withdrawl, tobacco, nicotine, carcinogens, secondhand smoke,
emphysema, fetal smoking syndrome, alcohol, BAC, cirrhosis, fetal alcohol syndrome, alcoholism,
resistance skills.
Materials & Texts
ESSENTIAL
Health and Wellness
MacMillian-McGraw-Hill
ADDITIONAL
Internet, power point, worksheets, DVD’s/videos
Media, Technology, Web Resources
www.brad21.org
www.cdc.org
RMS PDRIVE: 7th Grade Folder
Unit III:
Human Growth and Development: Endocrine, Pregnancy, STD’s and AIDS
Common Core Standards and PA Academic Standards
PA Standards
10.1.9A- Analyze factors that impact growth and development between adolescence and adulthood.
10.1.9B- Analyze the inter dependence existing among the body systems.
10.2.9.D-Healthful Living ~ Analyze and apply a decision-making process to adolescent health
and safety issues.
National Standards
AP.8.CC.1- Describe male and female sexual and reproductive systems including body parts and their
functions.
Pd.8.cc.1- Describe the physical, social cognitive and emotional changes of adolescence.
PD.8.AI.1- Identify medically accurate sources of information about puberty, adolescent development and
sexuality.
PD.8.DM.1-Demonstarat the use of a decision making model, and evaluate possible outcomes of
decisions adolescences might make.
PR.8.CC.1- Define sexual intercourse and its relationship to human reproduction.
PR.8.CC.2-Define sexual abstinence as it relates to pregnancy prevention.
PR.8.INF.1- Examine how alcohol and other substance, friends, family, media, society and culture
influence decisions about engaging in sexual behaviors.
PR.8.IC.1-Demonstarte the use of effective communication skills to support ones decision to abstain from
sexual behaviors.
PR.8.CC.6-Identify prenatal practices that can contribute to a healthy pregnancy.
SH.8.CC.1-Define STD including HIV and how they are not transmitted.
SH.8.AI.1- Identify medically accurate information about STDs including HIV.
SH.8.CC.2- Compare and contrast behaviors including abstinence to determine the potential risk of
STDs/HIV transmission.
SH.8.INF.1- Analyze the impact of alcohol and other drugs on safer decision making and sexual
behaviors.
SH.8.GS.1- Develop a plan to illuminate and reduce risk for STDs including HIV.
SH.8.CC.3- Describe the signs, symptoms and impacts of STDs including HIV.
Keystone Connections:
BIO.B.1.2- Explain how genetic information is inherited.
Enduring Understandings:
Students will be able to identify the glands and hormones of the Endocrine System.
Students will be able to explain the different life stages including the changes during puberty.
Students will be able to identify the secondary sex characteristics that change during puberty.
Students will be able to list the stages of birth and the series of actions that occur.
Students will identify the risk of sexual behavior and the diseases associated with it.
Students will be able to recognize the different between HIV and AIDS.
Essential Questions
What are hormones?
What are the life stages?
What is puberty?
What are the primary/secondary sex characteristics?
What are the stages of pregnancy?
What are the risks of sexual behaviors?
How can someone contract the HIV virus?
Assessments:
FORMATIVE
Worksheets
Quizzes
Endocrine System Posters
SUMMATIVE
End of unit test
quizzes
COMMON
End of unit test
Activities and Assignments
Draw and label the glands of the endocrine system and describe their duty.
Venn Diagram: compare and contrast the male and female secondary sex characteristics
Identify and label the parts of the male and female reproductive systems.
Reproductive Flip Chart
Listing the stages of birth in the proper order.
Terminology
Hormone, Glands, puberty, secondary sex characteristics, reproductive system, ovulation, menstruation,
fertilization, pregnancy, placenta, labor, estrogen and testosterone.
Materials & Texts
ESSENTIAL
Health and Wellness
MacMillian-McGraw-Hill
ETR Associates: Reproductive Flip Chart
ADDITIONAL
Internet, power point, worksheets, DVD’s/videos
Media, Technology, Web Resources
www.kidshealth.com
RMS PDRIVE: 7th Grade Folder
www.cdc.org