Washington Latin Upper School Health

SEMESTER II: 2018-2019 School Year

Essential Questions for this course:

• What does it mean to be healthy?
• What responsibilities do individuals have toward maintaining their health?
• How do healthy lifestyle choices prevent illness?
• What is the importance of utilizing effective communication skills? utilizing effective decision making skills? setting goals?
• How can we promote personal and community health?

Course Overview and Syllabus (below):

DC Health Education Standards (below):

Week of 4/22/19

• Mental Health Advocacy Research Project due on Friday (4/26)
• Health and Phyiscal Education Assessment on Monday (4/29)

Week of 4/16/19

• Read and annotate article on "Teen Mental Wellness" (due 4/18/19)
• Read the article: "Teens aren't socializing in the real world" and answer questions (due 4/22/19)

Week of 4/1/19

• Prepare questions about substance abuse that you can ask the guest who will be in class on Friday, April 5th (due 4/5/19)
• Read the transcript of the speech by Alex Berenson (due 4/8/19)
• Your webquest needs to be completed by 4/9/19 (note the revised deadline)

Week of 3/18/19

• Prepare for a test on the Safety Unit on 3/22/19

Week of 3/11/19

• Complete the classwork assignments (due 3/18/19)
• Prepare 3-5 questions for our guest who will be talking about suicide prevention (due 3/15/19)
• Read Newsela article on Minnesota professor's book and answer questions (due 3/14/19)

Week of 3/4/19

• Read the selected sections from the 2017 DC Youth Risk Behavior Survey and complete the reflection and interview questions (due 3/12/19)
• Read Newsela article on teens using sleep aids and answer questions (due 3/8/19)
• Read Newsela article on sleep texting and answer questions (due 3/7/19)
• Read article: "Generation Zzzzzzzz" (due 3/5/19)
• If you have not yet turned in your seminar reflection sheet (and your seminar preparation sheet, please do so IMMEDIATELY)

Week of 2/25/19

• As a part of the seminar, complete the seminar reflection sheet (due 3/4/19)
• Socratic Seminar on Friday, March 1st on the following topic: "Is access to affordable, nutritious food a basic human right? If so, what role (if any) should the government play in guaranteeing this right? If not, why not?"
• Read two articles: "Who Says Food is a Human Food?" and "Hunger and Food Insecurity." (due 2/28/19)
• Read articles on food waste in D.C. (due 2/26/19)

Week of 2/19/19

• Read the "Capital Area Food Bank General Reference Sheet" (due 2/25)
• Read the article: "How Far Does Your Food Travel to Get to Your Plate" (due 2/22)
• Complete the Newsela article: "Plenty of fish in the trash" (due 2/21)

Week of 2/11/19

• Blue Zones Group Project and Personal Statement, including personal pledge, family plan and school initiative (due 2/19)
• Complete the Newsela article: "Teens and iced vanilla latte might taste good but it could lead to problems" (due 2/19)
• Complete the Newsela articles: "WHO aims to wipe out trans fat worldwide" and "More than half the calories in diet come from 'ultra-processed' foods" (due 2/15)
• Complete the Newsela article: "Some Children More Exposed to Junk Food Ads" (due 2/14)
• Complete the Newsela article on "The Lowly Potato" (due 2/12)

Week of 2/4/19

• Complete the Newsela article on cows and chocolate milk (please see below)
• Use the revised schedule of deadlines for the Blue Zones project
• Bring to class a food label or a food item with the packaging intact (due 2/5)

Week of 1/28/19

• Blue Zones Project (see assignment sheet)
• Review the goals you worked on in class. Rewrite them to make them SMART, if necessary. (due 1/31/19).
• Reflect in your notebook: What are some changes you might need to make to improve in at least three different dimensions of wellness. Who can help you make those changes? (due 1/29/19)

Week of 1/21/19

• Review the course overview and syllabus; sign and have a parent/guardian sign (due 1/24)
• Complete the Teen Compass Teen Wellness Assessment (due 1/25)
• Read and annotate the handout: "On the Path to Wellness" (due 1/28)