Tenth Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
10.3 The student will implement personal injury prevention and self-management strategies that promote personal, family, and community health throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:
- strategies to reduce and prevent violence;
- peaceful resolution of conflicts;
- administration of emergency care;
- recognition of tendencies toward self-harm;
- recognition of life-threatening situations;
- crisis-management strategies;
- methods of avoiding gang-related activity and the use of weapons to commit violent acts of aggression;
- recognition of when to seek support for self and others.
Understanding the Standard
The student will recognize life-threatening situations, utilize crisis-management strategies, and demonstrate emergency care skills.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- explain crisis management. (remain calm, calm others, quick evaluation and action, etc.)
- evaluate life-threatening situations. (situations that may cause death, such as poisoning, respiratory obstruction, severe bleeding, elevated body temperature, heart attack, stroke, burns, etc.)
- demonstrate first aid treatment for someone who:
- is experiencing a respiratory or cardiac emergency;
- has an open or closed wound;
- is burned;
- is suffering from an environmental emergency;
- has an injury to bones, joints, or muscles;
- faints;
- has been bitten by an animal;
- has a head, neck, or back injury;
- is in shock;
- has symptoms of a stroke; and
- has been poisoned. (swallowed, absorbed, injected, or inhaled)
Sample Lessons
Community Preparedness
Grades 9-12
In this lesson, student will learn about the importance of community preparedness in case of emergencies, crises or disasters. It is important to make the students aware of the possibilities of crises and help them understand how a community copes and recovers from such event. Specifically, in this lesson, students will walk through a sample community disaster and, acting as officials, see first hand the kinds of decisions that must be made to recover.
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/facingfear/FacingFearPDFs9-12/lplan10912.pdf
Sponsor: American Red Cross
Free
Family Disaster Plan
Grades 9-12
In this lesson, student will learn about the importance of family and community preparedness in case of emergencies, crises or disasters. It is important to make the students aware of the possibilities of crises and help them prepare to get through them. Specifically, in this lesson, students will assemble disaster plans and supply kits for their families.
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/facingfear/FacingFearPDFs9-12/lplan9912.pdf
Sponsor: American Red Cross
Free
In the Mix: "9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward"
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson is designed for students in middle school up through high school. In this lesson students will learn how things have changed since that day and stereotypes that have come from that day.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/9-11_guide.html
Free
In the Mix: "Opening Your Heart to Your Grieving Teen"
Grade(s): 6-12
This lesson is designed to help both the grieving teen and the adult there to help them. Although the adult helping throughout the process cannot bring back the loved one that has passed on, but they can help the teenager realize they have support through this difficult time.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/death1/index.html
Free
In the Mix: "Suicide Prevention"
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson plan is designed for students in middle school and all the way up through high school. Students will use cards to sort and understand a large quantity of information regarding suicidal teens, then apply what they learn to analyses of case studies.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression2/index.html
Free
In the Mix: "What is Depression"
Grade(s): 9-12
In this lesson, students will examine teenage depression: what it's all about, how it feels, and ways to deal with it. This will be accomplished by small group discussions, recalling life events that trigger depressive episodes, self-reflection and topic research. Upon completion, students will have a better understanding of depression and how it relates to their own lives.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression1/index.html
Free
Samaritans: "Emotional Health Awareness"
Grade(s): 8-10
This lesson plan is designated to teach eighth through tenth grade students to understand what emotional health is, and how it may vary over time. The skill they hope to learn will be to challenge the stigma associated with poor mental health, and to be able to discuss ways of maintaining good mental health.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/A1EmotionalHealth.pdf
Free
Samaritans: "Understanding Depression"
Grade(s): 8-10
The purpose of this lesson is for students to hopefully learn about some of the ways they may be able to help someone who is feeling depressed. Also they might be able to identify with why someone might be feeling depressed or hopeless, and to recognize the signs that indicate that someone is becoming depressed.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/B1UnderstandingDepression.pdf
Free
Teen Life Counts Suicide Prevention
Grade: 10
Students take part in a four-day "suicide prevention program" in their sophomore year. It is a very active learning experience in which every student is called upon to answer questions in class and to take part in discussions. They learn the signs and symptoms of depression as well as myths about suicide and depression.
http://www.jsea.org/FileUploads/Guidance-Bonitatibus.pdf
Free
Lesson Ideas
- Students work in groups to research emergency treatments then prepare class demonstrations that provide information about recognizing and managing the situation.
Additional Instructional Resources
- American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster
- Athletic Trainer
- Call 1-800-SUICIDE - http://www.hopeline.com
- The Educators Reference Desk- School Safety - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Safety
- Emergency and First Aid - http://www.healthy.net/clinic/firstaid
- First Aid Page - http://www.expage.com/page/lacieking
- Health Teacher (membership fee) - http://www.healthteacher.com
- Local Fire Department (EMTs, Rescue Personnel, etc.)
- National Education Association-Health Information Network - http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/resources
- School Nurse
- Virginia Family Violence and Sexual Assault Hotline - http://www.vadv.org
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- demonstrate CPR and rescue breathing.
- demonstrate basic first aid for choking, bleeding, splinting, etc.
- create simulated crisis situations and crisis management strategies.
- become certified in first aid or CPR.
- provide a written response to situations requiring emergency care.
