Grade 12

Health IV Life Cycles & Drug/Alcohol Education

#H8442 Quarter Credits: 1.25

The Grade 12 Health Education course is designed to give students the opportunity to examine the impact that decisions and behaviors can have on lifelong wellness. Students will analyze factors that both support and hinder the achievement of personal health goals throughout the stages of life. Students will examine their personal efforts on preventing and controlling disease and health conditions and will examine the available prevention and treatment options for disease control. The curriculum is also designed to give students the ability to analyze the consequences of commonly abused drugs and the effect that drug abuse has on both the individual and the community. Through skills-based activities, students will not only understand the short-term and long-term effects of various drugs, but they will also gain an understanding of dependency, addiction, and the treatment process. Students will be able to discuss the consequences of sexual activity as well as the responsibility of being sexually active. Grade 12 students will examine the stages of pregnancy and the decisions, options, and considerations that should be taken into account when family planning. In this course, students will also explain the impacts that decisions and lifestyle choices can have on both the individual and others. Students will gain an understanding of their rights and responsibilities relating to health. In order to achieve these goals, the course will be guided by both the New Jersey Student Learning Standards and the National Standards for Health Education.