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Cobb County School District
Health
Health - Grades 9-12
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PS1: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
  

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H.HS.1.1 Effects
The learner will be able to analyze stress and its effects on all aspects of health and wellness.
  
ллл H.HS.1.2 Coping Strategies
The learner will be able to develop and practice effective coping skills for managing stress to prevent self-destructive behaviors (e.g. suicide).
  
ллл H.HS.1.3 Applied Communication
The learner will be able to demonstrate effective communication skills and resistance skills (e.g., nature of conflict, feelings, active listening, effective communication skills, and empathy).
  
ллл H.HS.1.4 Positive Self-Image
The learner will be able to identify factors that promote a positive self-image (e.g. accepting responsibility; respect for self, authority, and others; and self-discipline, self-control, and the right to be assertive).
  
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ллл H.HS.1.5 Resistance Skills
The learner will be able to identify ways of resisting persuasive tactics regarding sexual involvement (e.g., saying no, negotiation, and using refusal and decision-making skills).
  
ллл H.HS.1.6 External Pressures
The learner will be able to recognize how sexual decisions are influenced by group pressures (e.g. community, media, and peers).
  
ллл H.HS.1.7 Characteristics of Dating
The learner will be able to identify the social, emotional, intellectual, and economic aspects of dating.
  
л H.HS.1.8 Pregnancy in Marriage
The learner will be able to recognize that having children is best undertaken in marriage.
  
ллл H.HS.1.9 Family Lifestyle Considerations
The learner will be able to analyze changes in the prospective parents' lifestyles and responsibilities before and after the birth of their baby.
  
л H.HS.1.10 Monogamy
The learner will be able to recognize that an uninfected, mutually faithful sexual relationship within marriage does not put a person at risk for AIDS through sexual activity.
  
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Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs

PS2: INFLUENCE OF MEDIA
The learner will be able to analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.
  

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H.HS.2.1 Adolescent Drug Use
The learner will be able to determine how use of alcohol and other drugs contribute to accidents, crime and suicide.
  
л H.HS.2.2 Teen Mortality Rates
The learner will be able to recall the leading causes of teen morbidity and mortality and formulates methods of prevention of each.
  
л H.HS.2.3 Treatment
The learner will be able to recognize that alcohol, tobacco, and other drug dependencies are treatable diseases/conditions and identify appropriate community resources.
  

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H.HS.2.4 Personal Effects of Drug Use
The learner will be able to compare how alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and non-use impacts personal goals, educational opportunities, and occupational choices.
  
ллл H.HS.2.5 Combination Drug Use
The learner will be able to evaluate the drug interactions that occur with using medicines and other drugs in combination and their potential lethal effects.
  
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Disease Prevention

PS3: COMPREHEND CONCEPTS
The learner will be able to comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
  
ллл H.HS.3.1 Symptoms and Consequences
The learner will be able to list early symptoms and long term consequences of syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes, chlamydia, genital warts (HPV), HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
  
ллл H.HS.3.2 Gonorrhea and Syphilis
The learner will be able to describe diagnostic tests and available treatments for gonorrhea and syphilis and identify places a person can go to obtain testing and treatment.
  
ллл H.HS.3.3 Effective Methods
The learner will be able to identify methods of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and whether or not they are effective. Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
  
ллл H.HS.3.4 Contagious
The learner will be able to recognize that sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, are communicable diseases and that abstinence is the sure method of prevention.
  
ллл H.HS.3.5 Abstaining and Refraining
The learner will be able to recognize that abstaining from sexual activity and refraining from intravenous drug use are the most effective methods of preventing HIV/AIDS.
  
л H.HS.3.6 History
The learner will be able to identify the history of prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the United States.
  

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H.HS.3.7 Statistics
The learner will be able to demonstrate an awareness of current statistics related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases, including awareness/AIDS.
  
ллл H.HS.3.8 Transmission Behaviors
The learner will be able to recognize known ways HIV/AIDS is transmitted and identify behaviors that increase the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
  
л H.HS.3.9 Disease
The learner will be able to describe the clinical course of HIV/AIDS.
  
ллл H.HS.3.10 Secondary Virginity
The learner will be able to recognize that returning to abstinence is a positive alternative to previous sexual behavior.
  
ллл H.HS.3.11 Cause, Treatment, & Prevention
The learner will be able to analyze the causes, treatments, and prevention methods for cancer affecting body tissues or organs.
  
ллл H.HS.3.12 Personal Choices
The learner will be able to recognize the importance of individually abstaining from premarital and extramarital sex and intravenous drug use to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
  

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H.HS.3.13 Cause and Fatality
The learner will be able to recognize that HIV/AIDS is caused by a virus and is currently incurable and fatal.
  
ллл H.HS.3.14 Infectious Disease
The learner will be able to analyze the causes, treatments, and prevention methods for illnesses caused by pathogens. (ie: bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms).
  

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H.HS.3.15 Lifestyle Disease
The learner will be able to evaluate how ones's genetics and health choices contribute to disease (heredity, inactivity, diet, stress, environment, infection, and degenerative processes) and propose strategies to reduce risk.
  

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H.HS.3.16 Autoimmune Disease
The learner will be able to comprehend the role that the immune system plays in the development of autoimmune disease.
  
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PS4: HEALTH ADVOCACY
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
  
ллл H.HS.4.1 CPR
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to properly respond to life-threatening cardio-pulmonary emergencies.
  
ллл H.HS.4.2 Personal Safety
The learner will be able to identify threats to personal safety (e.g., incest, rape, date rape.).
  

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H.HS.4.3 Support Systems
The learner will be able to identify local support systems concerning personal safety (e.g. family, teacher, religious advisor, friend, and counselor).
  
ллл H.HS.4.4 First Aid
The learner will be able to understand the importance of proper first aid responses to both threatening and non-threatening injuries.
  
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Growth and Development

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H.HS.4.5 Conception and Development
The learner will be able to understand how conception occurs and describes human fetal development from conception through birth.
  

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H.HS.4.6 Hormones and Glands
The learner will be able to analyze and describe the relationship between the glands and hormones that control the secondary sex characteristics.
  

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H.HS.4.7 Genetic / Environmental Effects
The learner will be able to list ways heredity and environment affect human growth and development.
  
л H.HS.4.8 Maturation
The learner will be able to explore the increased responsibility in the transition from adolescence to adulthood and propose ways to make these changes easier.
  

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H.HS.4.9 Nervous System
The learner will be able to analyze and describe the relationship of the nervous system to all bodily function.
  

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H.HS.4.10 Circulatory System
The learner will be able to understand the role that the circulatory system plays inthe relationship tothe opitmal health and longevity.
  

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H.HS.4.11 Respiratory System
The learner will be able to recognize the structure and function of the resiratory system.
  
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PS5: INFLUENCE OF MEDIA
The learner will be able to analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.
  
ллл H.HS.5.1 Evaluate and Plan
The learner will be able to evaluate diet relative to personal needs, dietary guidelines, and energy balance (caloric intake vs. energy expenditure) and design a plan for improvement.
  

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H.HS.5.2 Modify
The learner will be able to modify personal diet relative to special needs (e.g., vegetarians, athletes, diabetics, food allergies, etc..).
  

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H.HS.5.3 Critical Thinking
The learner will be able to apply critical thinking skills to analyze marketing and advertising methods for influencing food choices.
  
ллл H.HS.5.4 Reliability
The learner will be able to analyze the reliability of various sources of food and nutrition information (e.g., dietary supplements, diet aids, fad diets, food additives, and food labels.
  

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H.HS.5.5 Lifelong Effects
The learner will be able to analyze a variety of weight management plans for sound nutritional practices and their lifelong effects on health.
  
ллл H.HS.5.6 Eating Disorders
The learner will be able to comprehend the relationship that exists between eating disorders and self-esteem and their effects on physical and emotional health.
  
ллл H.HS.5.7 Obesity
The learner will be able to recognize the relationship between obesity and illness and poor health.
  
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Personal Health

PS6: DECISION-MAKING SKILLS
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
  
PS7: HEALTH-ENHANCING BEHAVIORS
The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
  
л H.HS.7.1 Grooming Habits
The learner will be able to correlate hygiene and grooming habits with employment opportunities and building relationships.
  
л H.HS.7.2 Healthy Choices
The learner will be able to demonstrate characteristics of a healthy decision-maker.
  

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H.HS.7.3 Selecting Services
The learner will be able to match various health needs and problems with the associated local health service agencies, clinics, and other advisory services.
  
ллл H.HS.7.4 Personal Goals
The learner will be able to identify the benefits of setting personal goals for maintaining a healthy body.
  
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