| Grade 7: Healthy Living |
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Overall Expectations
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| •relate healthy eating practices and active living to
body image and self-esteem; |
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| •describe age-appropriate matters related to sexuality
(e.g., the need to develop good interpersonal skills, such as the ability
to communicate effectively with the opposite sex); |
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| •explain how harassment relates to personal safety; |
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| •apply living skills to deal with peer pressure related
to substance use and abuse. |
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Specific Expectations
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| Healthy Eating |
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| •examine the effects of healthy eating and regular physical
activity on body size and shape, and on self-esteem; |
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| •describe how our body image influences our food choices; |
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| •identify factors affecting healthy body weight (e.g.,
food intake, growth spurts, physical activity/inactivity); |
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| Growth and Development |
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| •explain the male and female reproductive systems as
they relate to fertilization; |
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| •distinguish between the facts and myths associated with
menstruation, spermatogenesis, and fertilization; |
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| •identify the methods of transmission and the symptoms
of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and ways to prevent them; |
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| •use effective communication skills (e.g., refusal skills,
active listening) to deal with various relationships and situations; |
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| •explain the term abstinence as it applies to healthy
sexuality; |
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| •identify sources of support with regard to issues related
to healthy sexuality (e.g., parents/guardians, doctors); |
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| Personal Safety and Injury Prevention |
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| •describe harassment and identify ways of dealing with
it (e.g., by communicating feelings and reporting incidents of harassment); |
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| •identify people and resources that can support someone
experiencing harassment; |
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| Substance Use and Abuse |
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| •outline a variety of issues related to substance use
and abuse (e.g., the effects of second-hand smoke; the impact of laws governing
drug use, including the use of tobacco and alcohol); |
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| •identify and categorize drugs as stimulants, depressants,
and hallucinogens; |
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| •apply a decision-making process to make informed choices
regarding drug use; |
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| •demonstrate strategies (e.g., saying no, walking away)
that can be used to counter pressures to smoke, drink, and take drugs,
and identify healthy alternatives to drug use. |
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