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INSTITMTION
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Health Education for Georgia Middle Grades. A.
Competency -Based Approach.
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Georgia State Dept. .of Education,Atlana..
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Class` Activities, *Competency Based Education; Dental
.Health; Disease Control; Drug Abuse; *Educational
Objectives; Family Health; *Health Education; Health
Occupations; Individual Development;
Grades; Junior High Schools; Mental Health; Hide
IDENTIFIERS
Schools; Nutrition; Physical Fitness; Record Beetling;
Safety Education; Student Needs; Teaching Methods
*Georgia
ABSTRACT
This guide for middle school'health education
teachers in Georgia first sets forth the state policies on the
school's responsibility for student health, the general,objectiveS of
health education, and the purposes of school hialth services
programs. Instructional units are ptovied for grades 5 through B.
Topics covered in the units include: (1) mental hea1th; (2)
nutrition; (a) drug use and abuse; (4) safety and first aid; (5)
dental health; (6) family living; (7) disease prevention; (8)
environmental and consumer health; ,and (.9) health careers. For each
unit, instructional methods are suggested, a general/course.
,description is given, and a course outline providdd. Each educational
objective has suggested performance indicators and matching
instructional activities.,A,ligt of instructional resource, includes
media gourdes, textbooks, selected reading references,'calige and
Universities with degree programs in health and safety education, and
organizations offering health education -materials.
Appendices include
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samples of health record keeping materials, steps to curriculum
dey'elopment, and suggested elements for a secondary education course
guide. (JD)
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? 1982 Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Forevvord
The Georgia Board of Education, working through the Georgia
Department of Education, has taken major steps in recent years to
improve the health of all Georgians,
The board in November of 1976 adopted a new policy for high
school graduation which includes course requirements and compete--
cies in health education. In 1980 the board adopted a new sestandards for Georgia public schools, New health education recit. -ments for grades kindergarten through eight are stipulated in these
standards,
This guide has been developed to provide assistance to local school
districts as they plan and implement instructional programs to meet the
requirements of the Georgia Board of Education and the health-related
needs of students in the local school district.
We appreciate the time and effort given by the committee members
and staff and commend them for this excellent publication. We are
confident the guidelines presented here will help improve health educa.
tion instruction throughout the state.
Charles McDaniel
State Superintendent of Schools
ervic
Division of Curriculum Services
Services
Office of Instructional
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Charles McDaniel
State Superintendent of Schools
1982
Ackr
We extenchbur
their time, thoughts
ants
n,
e members who gave
developing this guide.
Richard Bell
wer
Douglas County
Douglasville
ce County Schools
Nis
'Gail Davis
.ny -A. Williams
4ison County Schools,
Polk County Sch
Cedartown
son
Stuart Fors
University of Gec
Athens.
We also extenc
,
ation to the Resource Review Committee who provided rft,..''r
ind information to - the writids committee
and reviewed the draft, made suggestions and presented ideas for
improvement of the guide.
Andrea Burroug
Bonnie Lay
Program consul, ant
Georgia Lung Association
Ellen Claiborne
'Health Edu'cation Specialist
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
of Georgia/Atlarea
Gordon Miller, M.D.
President
Georgia Congress of
Parents and Teachers
Cardiology and Internal Medicine
Colurnbus
Stephen L. Davis
Sandra Owens
Assistant Executive
Director-Educati- n
Medical Associatio' of Georgia
Schools Program Coordinator
Georgia Heart Association
4eannette Dohnal
Director, Staff Development
Division of PhySical'Health
,Georgia Department of
Human Resources
Nursing Program Specialist
Child Health Program
Department of Human
Resources
Larry Golsen
Chairman
Georgia Dental Association
Committee on. Dental Health
Curriculuin
Gwendolyn Pride.
Lillian-Warnick
Medical Consultant.
Maternal and Child
Health Program
Georgia Department of
Human Resources
Marcia Griffith
Xenia Wiggins
Health Educator,
North Central Georgia Health
.System Agency, Inc.
Prevention Unit
Division of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation
Georgia Department of
Human Resources
Gilda GuSsin
School Health Coord
Hite Project
Joan Glancy Hospital
or
Ronnie S. Jenkins
Health Program Consultant
Chronic Disease Unit
ent of Human Resou
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