Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum …

Massachusetts Comprehensive Health

Curriculum Framework

October, 1999

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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to present to you the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework that was adopted by the Board of Education in September 1999. This second edition of the Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework presents the new statewide guidelines for learning, teaching, and assessment in health for the Commonwealth's public schools. Based on scholarship, sound research, and effective practice, the Framework will enable teachers and administrators to strengthen curriculum and instruction from PreKindergarten through grade 12.

I am proud of the work that has been accomplished. The comments and suggestions received on the first edition of the Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework of 1996, as well as comments on subsequent working drafts, have strengthened this new edition. I want to thank everyone who worked with us to create a high quality document that provides challenging learning standards for Massachusetts students.

We will continue to work with schools and districts in implementing the Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework over the next several years, and we encourage you to offer us your comments as you use it. All of the curriculum frameworks are subject to continuous review and improvement, for the benefit of the students of the Commonwealth.

Thank you again for your ongoing support and commitment to achieving the goals of education reform.

Sincerely,

David P. Driscoll Commissioner of Education

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Table of Contents

SECTION I Overview

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SECTION II Introduction

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SECTION III Core Concept

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SECTION IV Guiding Principles

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SECTION V Considerations in Health Education

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SECTION VI Strands and Learning Standards

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Physical Health Strand

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Growth and Development

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Physical Activity and Fitness

23

Nutrition

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Reproduction/Sexuality

30

Social and Emotional Health Strand

33

Mental Health

35

Family Life

38

Interpersonal Relationship

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Safety and Prevention Strand

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Disease Prevention and Control

46

Safety and Injury Prevention

49

Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Substance Use/Abuse Prevention

52

Violence Prevention

55

Personal and Community Health Information Strand

58

Consumer Health and Resource Management

60

Ecological Health

63

Community and Public Health

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APPENDICES

A Massachusetts Guiding Principles and National Standards

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B Law & Policy Around Health and Health Education

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C Technology Literacy and Health Education

81

REFERENCES AND SOURCES

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SELECTED RESOURCES

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Core Concept

Health Literacy / Healthy Self-Management Skills / Health Promotion

Guiding Principles

Comprehensive Health Education is:

I. Sequential, PreK?12, Coordinated Teaching of Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences

II. Assessment of Risks, Consideration of Consequences, and Making Healthy Decisions III. Communication of Health Information IV. Acknowledgment of Similarities and Differences to Create a Safe and Supportive Environment V. Collaboration Among Components to Strengthen the Coordinated School Health Program

Strands

Physical Health

Social & Emotional Health

Safety & Prevention

Personal & Community Health

Standards

? Growth and Development

? Physical Activity & Fitness

? Nutrition ? Reproduction/

Sexuality

Standards

? Mental Health ? Family Life ? Interpersonal

Relationships

Standards

Standards

? Disease Prevention and Control

? Safety and Injury Prevention

? Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Substance Use/Abuse Prevention

? Violence Prevention

? Consumer Health and Resource Management

? Ecological Health

? Community and Public Health

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