Tenth Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
10.4 The student will synthesize and evaluate available health information, products, and services for the value and potential impact on his/her health and wellness throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:
- marketing and advertising techniques to promote health and wellness;
- the use of current technological tools to analyze health products and services;
- involvement of local, state, and federal agencies in health-related issues;
- the impact of technology on the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world;
- employment opportunities in health-related careers and professions.
Understanding the Standard
The student will evaluate how health-related issues require local, state, and federal cooperation to provide effective health-care delivery, efficient health-care management, and increased safety and security for individuals and communities.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- explain the role of local health agencies in providing accessible health services.
- discuss how state health agencies coordinate services between local and regional agencies to provide resources for improved local health care delivery.
- explain the role of federal agencies in addressing the health goals and services of the larger national community.
Sample Lessons
Walk Across the Country
Grade(s): 6-12
This lesson plan insists on starting a physical fitness plan after hearing about the FDA approving a fat substitute for cooking.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/health/fitness/walkamerica.html
Free
Additional Instructional Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov
- Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov
- National Institute of Health - http://www.nih.gov/icd
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov
- Virginia Department of Health - http://www.vdh.state.va.us
- Virginia Department of Social Services - http://www.dss.state.va.us
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- identify local, state, and federal health agencies and describe their function.
- explain the role of a health-care agency that has the responsibility of responding to a community health condition which, if not contained, could escalate into a national health epidemic or threat.
- summarize the evolution of various health agencies during the past 100 years, and describe their impact on the health status of communities.
- create a local map, identifying the location of health-care agencies in the community.
- describe a movie which involved a health agency for a significant part of the plot. Rewrite the ending of the movie assuming that the health agency did not exist.
- categorize health-care agencies according to their functions and whether they are a for- profit or non-profit agency.
