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
5
SECTION II Introduction
8
SECTION III Core Concept
10
SECTION IV Guiding Principles
11
SECTION V Considerations in Health Education
16
SECTION VI Strands and Learning Standards
17
Physical Health Strand
18
Growth and Development
20
Physical Activity and Fitness
23
Nutrition
27
Reproduction/Sexuality
30
Social and Emotional Health Strand
33
Mental Health
35
Family Life
38
Interpersonal Relationship
41
Safety and Prevention Strand
44
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
65
APPENDICES
A Massachusetts Guiding Principles and National Standards
68
B Law & Policy Around Health and Health Education
72
C Technology Literacy and Health Education
81
REFERENCES AND SOURCES
84
SELECTED RESOURCES
86
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Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework
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Massachusetts Comprehensive Health
Curriculum Framework
Core Concept
Health Literacy / Healthy Self-Management Skills / Health Promotion
Guiding Principles
Comprehensive Health Education is:
I. Sequential, PreK¨C12, 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
Standards
Standards
Standards
? Growth and
Development
? Mental Health
? Disease Prevention and
Control
? Consumer Health and
Resource Management
? Safety and Injury
Prevention
? Ecological Health
? Physical Activity &
Fitness
? Nutrition
? Reproduction/
Sexuality
? Family Life
?
Interpersonal
Relationships
? Tobacco, Alcohol and
Other Substance
Use/Abuse Prevention
? Community and Public
Health
? Violence Prevention
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