Standards Curriculum Map
Bourbon County Schools
Level: High school
Grade and/or Course: 10-12/Child Human development
Updated: 5/15/12
e.g. = Example only
Days
Unit/Topic
Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
Days 115
Introduction
to child
development
OG 001 Examine physical, emotional,
social, and intellectual development.
Research child
development theorist
and present to class.
Students will
identify the different
areas of
development.
OG 002 Examine interrelationships
among physical, emotional, social, and
intellectual aspects of human growth and
development.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
OH 001 Investigate the impact of heredity
and environment on human growth and
development.
Scenarios
OH 002 Determine the impact of social,
economic, and technological forces on
individual growth and development.
Formative
Assessments
OH 003 Examine the effects of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on individual
development.
OH 004 Examine the effects of life events
on individuals’ physical and emotional
development.
Bellringers
Common
Assessments
Unit Assessments
Vocabulary
Essential
Emotional
Development
Intellectual
Development
Students will
Physical
compare and contrast Development
the areas of
Social
development.
Development
Moral
Explain how the
Development
terms growth and
Heredity
development differ.
Environment
Self-esteem
Explain why
childhood is an
Important
important time of
Family
development.
Community
Cultural Heritage
Compare and
Motor Skills
contrast the leading
theories about how
Nice to know
children develop.
Developmental
1
Identify and give
examples of the five
characteristics of
child development
Days
Unit/Topic
Days
16-36
Preschoolers
Standards
OC 001 Examine a variety of curriculum
and instructional models.
OC 002 Implement learning activities in
all curriculum areas that meet the
developmental needs of children.
OC 003 Implement an integrated
curriculum that incorporates a child’s
language, learning styles, home
experiences, and cultural values.
Activities
Design art work to
decorate the
playschool room
with.
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Read to children
Observe children
Plan and make
games to play with
the preschool
children.
OC 004. Demonstrate a variety of
teaching methods to meet individual needs
of children.
The Developing
Child Textbook
OC 005 Arrange learning centers that
activities
provide for children’s exploration,
discovery, and development.
Scenarios
OE 001 Establish developmentally
appropriate guidelines for behavior.
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
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Bellringers
Summarize
how an average
child’s height,
weight,
posture, and
body shape
change from
ages four to six.
Compare
average motor
development of
four-, five-, and
six- year-olds.
Explain why
good nutrition
is essential for
children age’s
four to six.
Evaluate how
poor nutrition
may affect
physical
development.
Summarize
general
patterns of
tasks
Theory
Stimulation
Sequences
Human life cycle
Vocabulary
Essential
Learning centers
Transitions
Ambidextrous
Group
Identification
Self-confidence
Finger plays
Phonemes
Alliteration
Important
Circle time
Initiative
Tension
Peers
Competition
Aggressive
behavior
IQ
Cultural bias
Multiple
2
OE 002 Demonstrate problem-solving
skills with children.
OE 003 Demonstrate interpersonal skills
that promote positive and productive
relationships with children.
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
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Unit Assessments
OH 002 Determine the impact of social,
economic, and technological forces on
individual growth and development.
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OH 003 Examine the effects of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on individual
development.
OH 004 Examine the effects of life events
on individuals’ physical and emotional
development.
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OI 001 Examine the role of nurturance on
human growth and development.
OI 002 Examine the role of
communication on human growth and
development.
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emotional
development in
children ages
four, five, and
six.
Describe how
preschoolers
and children in
kindergarten
use their
imagination.
Identify ways
of responding
to expressions
of fear,
jealousy, and
stress in
children age’s
four to six.
Summarize
general
patterns of
social
development in
children ages
four, five, and
six.
Suggest
strategies to
help children
resolve conflict.
Identify signs
of intellectual
development in
children four
to six.
Suggest ways
intelligences
Nice to know
Free play
Bilingual
3
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Days
Unit/Topic
37-52
Health and
Safety
Common Core Standards
OD 001 Manage physical space to
maintain a safe and healthy learning
environment.
OD 002 Apply safe and healthy practices
that comply with state regulations.
OD 003 Implement strategies to teach
children health, safety, and sanitation
habits.
OD 004 Provide safe and healthy meals
and snacks.
OD 005 Document symptoms of child
abuse and neglect and use appropriate
procedures to report suspected abuse or
neglect to the designated authorities.
to help
children learn
from everyday
experiences.
Identify
strategies to
encourage
children’s
interest in
reading, art,
and math.
Activities
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
Vocabulary
Childproof the
playschool center.
Explain how regular
checkups and
immunizations can
help prevent illness.
Essential
Communicable
diseases
Discuss emergency
procedures and
practice with
playschool.
Proper hand washing
procedure.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
Scenarios
Discuss effective
ways to care for and
comfort a sick child.
Outline the steps to
follow in an
emergency situation.
Describe appropriate
first-aid procedures
for common
childhood injuries.
Bellringers
Contagious
Fracture
CPR
Rescue breathing
Convulsion
Childproofing
Important
Asthma
Nice to know
Hives
Shock
Abdominal
thrusts
sprain
Identify the rescue
4
OK 004 Assess the impact of abuse and
neglect on children and families and
determine methods of prevention.
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
Unit Assessments
techniques to use in
life-threatening
situations.
Describe how to
keep children safe at
home.
Identify strategies
for choosing safe
equipment and toys
for children.
Days
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
Vocabulary
5
53-75
Toddlers
OH 002 Determine the impact of social,
economic, and technological forces on
individual growth and development.
Plan and prepare
nutritious snacks for
children.
OH 003 Examine the effects of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on individual
development.
Identify appropriate
rules for playschool
children.
OH 004 Examine the effects of life events
on individuals’ physical and emotional
development.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
OI 001 Examine the role of nurturance on
human growth and development.
Scenarios
Bellringers
OI 002 Examine the role of
communication on human growth and
development.
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
Unit Assessments
Identify typical
changes in height,
weight, proportion,
and posture from
ages 1-3.
Essential
Toddler
Developmentally
appropriate
Night terror
Compare fine and
Sphincter
gross motor skills for muscles
this age period.
Temper tantrums
Socialization
Plan nutritious meals Parallel Play
and snacks for
Cooperative Play
children.
Autonomy
Incidental
Describe common
learning
emotions and
Directed learning
patterns of emotional Articulation
development from
ages 1-3.
Important
Dexterity
Explain how selfSensory
concept develops.
integration
Sibling rivalry
Describe patterns of Empathy
social development
Phobias
from ages 1-3.
Imitation
Compare and
contrast different
approaches to
guidance.
Nice to know
Hygiene
Flame-resistant
Separation
6
Anxiety
Describe ways to
help children
develop sharing
skills.
Identify common
behavioral problems
Days
76-96
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I Can”
Statements)
Vocabulary
Infant
OH 002 Determine the impact of social,
economic, and technological forces on
individual growth and development.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
Describe how a baby
grows in the first
year.
Essential
Developmental
milestones
OH 003 Examine the effects of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on individual
development.
Scenarios
Explain the effects
of heredity, nutrition,
health, experiences,
and environment
have on an infant’s
growth and
development.
Proportion
Reflexes
Hand-eye
coordination
Shaken baby
syndrome
Weaning
Immunization
Attachment
Temperament
Stranger anxiety
Neuron
Axon
Cortex
Dendrite
OH 004 Examine the effects of life events
on individuals’ physical and emotional
development.
OI 001 Examine the role of nurturance on
human growth and development.
OI 002 Examine the role of
communication on human growth and
development
Students will plan
and present how to
take care of an
infant. Ex. Bathing a
baby, burping a
baby, etc.
Formative
Assessments
Classify the different
movements a baby
makes as reflexes,
grows motor skills,
or fine motor skills.
Common
Identify a baby’s
Bellringers
7
Assessments
Unit Assessments
nutritional needs as
well as foods to
avoid.
Synapse
Object
permanence
Sensorimotor
Compare the benefits period
of breast milk and
formula.
Important
Gross motor
Describe the best
skills
type of clothing
Fine motor skills
suitable for a baby.
Depth perception
Vaccine
Demonstrate how to Cradle Cap
bathe a baby.
Colic
Failure to thrive
Demonstrate how to Imaginative play
diaper a baby.
Concepts
Perception
Describe at least five Child Proof
important ways to
Manipulate
keep a baby safe at
home.
Nice to know
Explain why
checkups and
immunizations are
important for babies.
Growth chart
Antibodies
Diaper rash
Reflux
Attention span
Age appropriate
Compare and
contrast emotional
and social
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development.
Identify signs of
social development
in infants.
Analyze the
relationship of play
and exploration.
Identify activities
that support the
development of brain
pathways.
List four signs of
intellectual growth in
infants.
Identify Piaget’s first
period of learning
and describe specific
abilities that babies
learn during this
period.
Describe ways
parents and other
caregivers can help
babies’ intellectual
growth.
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Days
97-112
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I Can”
Statements)
Vocabulary
The
Exceptional
Child
OB 002 Determine a variety of
assessment methods to observe and
interpret children’s’ growth and
development.
Observe children in
playschool center.
Explain why
observation is
important in the
study of child
development.
Essential
Gifted
Inclusion
Learning
Disability
Subjective
Objective
Running record
Anecdotal record
Frequency count
Developmental
checklist
OB 004 Determine special needs of
children.
Research disabilities
and present to class.
Identify and have
speakers to discuss
available community
resources to help
assist families.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
Scenarios
Bellringers
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
List specific
guidelines to follow
when observing
young children.
Compare different
types of disabilities.
Summarize what
types of help are
available to families
raising children with
special needs.
Identify the traits
typically exhibited
by gifted children
Important
Dyslexia
ADHD
ADD
Mental
retardation
Autism
Nice to know
Interpretation
Confidentiality
Baseline
Unit Assessments
10
Days
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
112-132
Becoming A
Parent
OM 001 Examine biological processes
related to prenatal development, birth, and
health of child and mother.
Students will wear
the empathy belly for
1 day of school to
see how it feels to be
pregnant and write
about the experience.
Explain why
teamwork is part of
parenting.
OM 002 Consider the emotional factors of
prenatal development and birth in relation
to the health of the parents and child.
OM 003 Examine implications of
alternatives to biological parenthood.
OM 004 Determine legal and ethical
impacts of technology.
OJ 002 Examine expectations and
responsibilities of parenting.
OJ 003 Determine consequences of
parenting practices to the individual,
family, and society.
OJ 004 Determine societal conditions that
impact parenting across the life span.
OJ 005 Explain cultural differences in
roles and responsibilities of parenting.
OK 001 Choose nurturing practices that
Vocabulary
Essential
Role Model
Premature
Paternity
Identify skills
Embryo
necessary to
Fetus
become productive Zygote
Students will watch a parents.
Gestational
video of a live
Diabetes
childbirth.
Discuss the
Preeclampsia
problems associated Toxoplasmosis
The Developing
with teens having
Teratogens
Child Textbook
children.
Cesarean Section
activities
Episiotomy
Evaluate options
Colostrum
Scenarios
for teen parents.
Important
Bellringers
Describe possible
Caregiver
signs of early
Dysfunctional
Formative
pregnancy.
Stress
Assessments
Nutrient Density
Identify and
Delivery
Common
describe the three
Anesthetic
Assessments
stages of prenatal
Breech delivery
development.
Unit Assessments
Nice to know
Discuss warning
Resources
signs and possible
Adoptive parents
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support human growth and development.
OH 001 Investigate the impact of heredity
and environment on human growth and
development.
OH 002 Determine the impact of social,
economic, and technological forces on
individual growth and development.
OH 003 Examine the effects of gender,
ethnicity, and culture on individual
development.
OH 004 Examine the effects of life events
on individuals’ physical and emotional
development.
OI 001 Examine the role of nurturance on
human growth and development.
OL 001 Assess community resources and
services available to families.
OL 002 Appraise community resources
that provide opportunities related to
parenting.
tests that may be
done during
pregnancy.
Puberty
Neonate
Circumcision
Bonding
Give examples of
nutritious foods to
choose for meals
and snacks during
pregnancy.
Identify specific
substances,
diseases, and
environmental
hazards that can
harm the fetus.
Explain parental
leave arrangements
for working
parents.
Compare the
advantages and
disadvantages of
breast-feeding and
bottle-feeding.
Select clothing,
equipment, and
supplies needed for
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a newborn.
Summarize what
happens during the
three stages of
childbirth.
Describe
complications that
can affect the
mother or newborn
during labor and
delivery.
Describe the care
given to a mother
and newborn after
delivery.
Days
133-152
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I
Can” Statements)
Vocabulary
Careers
OA 002 Explore opportunities for
employment and entrepreneurial
endeavors.
The Developing
Child Textbook
activities
Analyze the reasons
people need
substitute child
care.
OA 003 Examine education and training
requirements and opportunities for career
paths in early childhood education and
Scenarios
Essential
Child care center
In-home center
Family child care
Nanny
Parent
cooperative
Bellringers
Compare and
contrast the
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services.
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
Unit Assessments
different types of
substitute care.
Identify procedures
that promote health
and safety in early
childhood
classrooms.
Compare different
levels of jobs and
the education and
training required
for each.
Summarize the
types of skills
needed for career
success.
Assess which
career skills are
needed for success
in any workplace.
Head start
Professional
Entrepreneur
Paraprofessional
Aptitude
Networking
Important
License
Accreditation
Internship
Entry-level job
Job fair
Resume
Cover letter
Nice to know
Learning centers
Circle time
Free play
Transitions
Job Shadowing
14
Days
153-175
Unit/Topic
Common Core Standards
Activities
Learning Targets (“I Can”
Statements)
Vocabulary
Adult care
Identify basic needs of older adults
Child and Adult
Care Professionals
Textbook activities
Identify changes in
older adults that may
lead to the need for
care.
Gerontology
Geriatrics
Hospice
Geriatrician
Vulnerable
Elder abuse
Adult protective
services
Osteoporosis
Recommend effective guidance
techniques for dealing with misbehavior
in elder care.
Scenarios
Organize an activity for elder care.
Hospice speaker
Identify support systems and examine the
role to meet the needs of adulthood.
Bellringers
Characterize optimum growth and
development in adolescence and
adulthood.
Compile information about careers in
child/human development and adult care
services.
Formative
Assessments
Common
Assessments
Summarize the role
of older adult care
providers in meeting
the physical needs of
older adults.
Describe the social,
emotional, mental
and cognitive care
needs of older adults.
Unit Assessments
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