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Michigan Model of Health

http://www.emc.cmich.edu/mm/

-The Michigan Model for Health website shares information about the history of the model that over 90% of schools use and it also allows you to buy Teacher Manuals for grades K-12 Health curriculums.

Michigan Model of Health: Table of Contents
DOC – File 3.2 MB
  • -This file includes the table of contents for the Michigan Model of Health. The health program has six phases including the following areas: Friends at Home and School; Safety First; Pollution Inside and Out; Understanding Our Eyes; Understanding Our Ears; Helping and Growing.

Coordinated School Health Program

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/CSHP/

- This health program consists of eight key componenets. The key components include: Health Education, Physical Education, Health Services, Nutrition Services, Counseling, Healthy School Environment, Health Promotion for Staff, and Familly/CommunityInvolvement.

National Health Education Standard

http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/pdf_files/standards.pdf

- This site allows users to acess the different national standards for health education in the classroom.

American Public Health Association

http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/schoolhealth/

-This link is a helpful resourse when educating yourself on health in the classroom.

Healthy Eating Habits

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00042446

-This website is a sources that schools can use to promote healthy eating habits.

Healthy Keyword Searches

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/sher/ 

-This website is the School Health Education Resources and it allows you to type in a keyword and research a health topic of your choice.

Modules for Teaching and Learning About Health Education

-A study of guiding questions, essential readings, critical concepts, and mental models. Below you will find the 12 modules of health education.

Module 1: Health, Wellness, Illness
DOC – File 1.1 MB
  • Module 1 explains the multi-dimensional view of health in regards to wellness and illness. It explains in depth the five dimensions of health.

Module 2: Health, Illness, Culture, Health Literacy:
DOC – File 3.1 MB
  • Module 2 gives information about health literacy, the key components, and truths vs. mis-conceptions about health.

Module 3: Health Promotion, Disease Prevention:
DOC – File 2.4 MB
  • Module 3 explains the philosophy behind health promotion and disease prevention through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. These preventions go over examples of preventions and the important promotion and prevention factors including the four P’s: place, people, professional topics, and philosophy.

Module 4: Health Behaviors, Mortality, Morbidity, Longevity
DOC – File 1.8 MB
  • Module 4 explains the high-risk health behaviors of adolescents and gives web sites where teachers can look up adolescent and school health statistics by state.

Module 5: Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) Model, School Health
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  • Module 5 talks specifically of the Coordinated School Health Program and how the program can help improve children and youth’s health status.

Module 6: Health Promotion for Staff, Role Models, Wellness Workshops, Personal & Social Skills
DOC – File 3.3 MB
  • Module 6 gives information about the reasons teachers, administrators, and staff should participate in health promotion programs. There are ways teachers can model healthy behavior to their students.

Module 7: Stages of Behavior Change Theory, Social Ecological Framework, Social Norming Theory
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  • Module 7 explains the components of the Stages of Behavior Change theory and helps explain how to determine the stage you are in and how to slowly change unhealthy behaviors.

Module 8: Health Instruction Responsibilities & Competencies, Health Education:
DOC – File 2.3 MB
  • Module 8 gives information on the health instruction responsibilities and competencies for elementary teachers. This module also provides state-level summaries of health education.

Module 9: Health Literacy
DOC – File 28.0 KB
  • Module 9 is about health literacy and how important literacy is to health education.

Module 10: National Health Education Standards, Personal & Social Skills
DOC – File 1.5 MB
  • Module 10 gives the health standards for grades K-12 which explains what students should know about health by the end of each grade.

Module 11: Health Curricula, Learning Styles
DOC – File 6.5 MB
  • Module 11 gives information about the three types of health curriculum models as well as the key elements of a successful prevention program. This model also includes learning style tests and explanations.

Module 12: Caring, Competent, & Transformative, Constructivism Theory
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  • Module 12 explains how teachers can be “caring, competent, and transformative” while teaching health education. This module explains the constructivist theory and has a health literacy activity.

Learn to be Healthy

www.learntobehealthy.org

-This website allows you to sign up for free and once you sign up, you can view lesson plans, questions and an answer key.  It also allows for students to get on and play a game regarding the topic you choose. 

Lesson Plans

http://www.lessonplanspage.com

-This website allows you to click on the subject and grade level of your choice.  Then, you can look over any lessons that look fun or appealing to you and simply click on it for objectives, materials and procedures to each lesson.