State Curriculum - Health

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Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health enhancing strategies to address, the use, non-use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health enhancing strategies to address, the use, non-use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health enhancing strategies to address, the use, non-use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health enhancing strategies to address, the use, non-use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health-enhancing strategies to address the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health-enhancing strategies to address the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health-enhancing strategies to address the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health-enhancing strategies to address the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Standard 2.0 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health-enhancing strategies to address the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
A. Medicine A. Medicine A. Medicine A. Medicine A. Medicine A. Medicine A. Medicine
1. Identify appropriate uses of medicine.
1. Identify appropriate uses of medicine.
1. Identify practices for using medicine safely.
1. Identify safe practices for using prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) drugs.
1. Identify safe practices for using prescription and OTC drugs.
1. Discuss the appropriate and inappropriate use of prescription and OTC drugs.
1. Distinguish between the appropriate and inappropriate use of prescription and OTC drugs and the resulting consequences.
a. List common medicines.
a. Define the term drug.
a. Describe rules for taking medicine safely.
a. Identify prescription and OTC drugs.
  a. Distinguish between prescription and OTC drugs.
a. Explain why it is unsafe to misuse prescription and OTC medication, such as using medicine prescribed for someone else or other than its intended use.
  a. Explain appropriate method for using prescription medicine.
b. Discuss safe use of medicines.
b. Define the term medicine.
  b. Explain the importance of following directions when using medicines or other substances.
  b. List ways to safely use medicine and/or over the counter drugs.
    b. Compare the negative effects of combining medicines including synergism and antagonism.
  c. Describe the functions of medicines.
  c. List and describe appropriate uses for prescribed and OTC drugs.
        c. Identify and describe forms of misuse, including use of another’s prescription, combining drugs for another effect, and over medication.
                d. Determine and analyze possible consequences of prolonged use.
B. Tobacco B. Tobacco B. Tobacco B. Tobacco B. Tobacco B. Tobacco
1. Identify how tobacco use harms health.
1. Identify how tobacco use affects health.
1. Identify and examine physical consequences of the use of tobacco.
1. Develop and apply skills to resist pressure to use tobacco.
1. Identify and examine physical, psychological, social, and legal consequences of the use of tobacco.
1. Identify and apply tobacco use prevention strategies.
  a. List products containing tobacco.
a. Discuss how tobacco use can become a habit.
a. Recognize that tobacco products contain nicotine.
  a. Recognize the internal and external influences on use of tobacco.
a. Describe the effects of tobacco use and non-use on all body systems for self and others including addiction.
a. Demonstrate prevention strategies.
 
  b. Describe the harmful effects of tobacco such as hard to breathe, bad breath, stained teeth, cause disease.
b. Summarize the benefits of not using tobacco.
b. Identify forms of tobacco, such as smoke or smokeless.
  b. Identify and practice strategies for dealing with peer pressure.
b. Describe addiction as both a physical and psychological consequence of tobacco use.
   
      c. Describe the effects of tobacco use and non-use, including second-hand smoke, on the body.
  c. Recognize and analyze media influences on tobacco use such as music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing, magazines.
c. Predict how the use of tobacco in a social setting may affect ones relationships in family/community gatherings, restaurants, and sporting events.
   
      d. Demonstrate a personal commitment not to use tobacco.
  d. Discuss family, cultural, peer, and legal influences on tobacco to avoid use.
d. Demonstrate ways to minimize the impact of tobacco use by others on your health and well-being.
   
          e. Demonstrate ways to encourage others not to use tobacco.
e. Identify the legal issues and discuss the consequences of underage tobacco use and/or possession.
   
            f. Formulate strategies for supporting a tobacco free environment.
   
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the harmful effects of tobacco as it relates to disease.
            a. Compare diseases that are linked to the use of tobacco products.
   
C. Alcohol C. Alcohol C. Alcohol C. Alcohol C. Alcohol C. Alcohol
1. Identify the physical effects of using alcohol.
1. Identify physical consequences of the use of alcohol.
1. Identify and examine physical consequences of alcohol use.
1. Identify and examine physical, psychological, and social, consequences of alcohol use.
1. Investigate the consequences of alcohol use and abuse on the individual and society.
1. Describe the impact of addiction on individuals and society and identify resources for rehabilitation.
  a. Distinguish alcohol as a drug.
a. Describe the short term effects of alcohol use on the body, for example blurred vision, lack of coordination, and slow reaction time.
  a. Differentiate the amount of ethanol in various alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and liquor.
a. Identify the physical and psychological consequences of alcohol addiction.
  a. Investigate statistics on drinking and driving in Maryland and surrounding states.
a. Describe how addiction impacts family and society.
  b. Identify products containing alcohol.
    b. Describe the short and long-term effects of alcohol use and non-use on the body.
b. Discuss how the abuse of alcohol may affect others, such as drinking and driving.
  b. Devise public awareness campaigns concerning drinking and driving.
b. Explore diseases caused by alcohol abuse such as cirrhosis and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
  c. Recognize that alcohol is unhealthy and illegal for children.
            c. Investigate support services and community resources for assistance and treatment, including Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon, and Alateen.
          d. Explain the legal consequences of underage alcohol use and/or possession.
     
2. Develop and apply skills to resist pressure to use alcohol.
2. Identify factors that influence alcohol use.
2. Recognize and explain the legal ramifications of alcohol use and abuse in a variety of situations.
          a. Demonstrate strategies for dealing with peer pressure.
  a. Recognize and analyze media influences on alcohol use such as music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing, and magazines.
a. Investigate specific laws governing alcohol, including Blood Alcohol Level/Blood Alcohol Content (BAL/BAC), moving vehicles (DUI), cultural (religious and home), and purchasing (fake ID, underage, other buyers).
D. Caffeine
1. Identify caffeine as a drug.
      a. List products that contain caffeine.
         
      b. Suggest alternative products which do not contain caffeine.
         
E. Drugs and the Law E. Marijuana E. Marijuana E. Marijuana
1. Identify ways to say no to unsafe medicine/drug use.
1. Identify marijuana as a psychoactive and illegal drug.
1. Explain the effects of marijuana use.
1. Classify a variety of psychoactive drugs and identify the consequences of their use and abuse.
    a. Distinguish between illegal drugs and medicine.
    a. Define psychoactive drugs.
  a. Illustrate how marijuana affects the function and development of body systems, including brain, nervous system, respiratory, digestive, and reproductive.
a. Compare different classifications of drugs, including hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants, and narcotics.
    b. Demonstrate refusal skills to resist pressure to use drugs.
    b. Describe the effects of marijuana on the body.
  b. Discuss how marijuana affects interpersonal relationships involving family and peers.
b. Examine the use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.
          c. Identify the consequences of marijuana use.
  c. Recognize the external and internal influences on marijuana use.
c. Describe the consequences of use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.
              d. Discuss healthy choices regarding marijuana use, such as dealing with pressures to use and encouraging others not to use.
 
2. Develop and apply skills to resist pressure to use marijuana.
          a. Identify and practice strategies for dealing with peer pressure.
     
          b. Recognize and analyze media influences on marijuana use such as music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing, and magazines.
     
F. Steroids
1. Determine appropriate and inappropriate use of steroids and the consequences of each.
                a. Identify types and uses of steroids.
                b. Discriminate between medical use and the abuse of steroids.
                c. Assess the consequences of steroid abuse.