Technology and Research
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Sort and search/filter a prepared content
area database for information and use correct
terms/concepts to explain strategies used as a
class activity
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Plan and use two criteria to search/filter
prepared databases to locate and organize
information for content assignments
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Use databases to analyze and evaluate
information in content areas and cites sources
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Locate, select, organize, and present
content area information from the Internet for a
specific purpose and audience, citing sources
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Prepare a rubric to use as a guide to select and
evaluate digital resources and information
for content and usefulness in content area
assignments, as a class
Technology and Problem Solving
and Decision Making
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Recognize and discuss how and why
databases are used (e.g., schools, government,
business, and science) to collect and organize
information
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Recognize and discuss how spreadsheets are
used to calculate and graph data in a variety
of settings (e.g., schools, government, business,
industry)
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Discuss, plan, and develop simple
databases in content areas to enter/edit, collect,
organize, and display content data, as a class
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Create spreadsheets and select graphs to best
represent data and cites sources of data
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Use spreadsheet data and graphs to make
predictions, solve problems, and make decisions
in content areas as a class/group
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Create a graphic organizer to demonstrate
decision-making process
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Create a graphic organizer to explore cause
and effect relationships
PE/WELLNESS
Physical Wellness
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Understand health risks for age group
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Understand own health status
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Understand differences between objective and
subjective perceptions of personal health risk
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Understand the concept of cumulative risk in
regards to disease and injury
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Understand the incidence of high-risk
behaviors for age group
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Understand how to extinguish fires correctly
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Understand how to define examples of health
and medical quackery
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Understand how to analyze messages in the
media targeting teens
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Understand the contribution of alcohol to
death and injury from vehicle crashes,
pedestrian injury, homicide, suicide, robbery
and assault, drowning, burns, and falls, and to
job absenteeism, job loss, and job injury
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Understand the variety of health risks
associated with the injection of substances
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Understand refusal skills that refute persuasion
to abuse substances
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Understand how to analyze anti-cigarette and
anti-chewing tobacco advertisements
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Understand how to encourage others not to
use illegal substances
Social/Emotional Wellness
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Understand examples of self-deception
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Understand the use of positive imaging to
maintain self-esteem
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Understand the differences of effort, ability,
and chance as factors in success and failure
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Understand the importance of managing
habits appropriately
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Understand the importance of managing,
anticipating, and monitoring personal stressors
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Understand the importance of managing stress
by minimizing exposure to stressors
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Understand how to exercise social and
interpersonal persuasion
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Understand how to identify feelings in
communications with others
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Understand how to clarify expressions of others
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Understand how to express expectations
to others
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Understand how to define tolerance and
explain its importance to a healthy society
respectful of differences and diversity
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Understand the importance of respect for
individual differences in physical activity settings
•
Understand the importance of physical activity
in a diverse society
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Understand strategies for including persons of
diverse backgrounds and abilities in physical
activity settings
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Understand the importance of displaying
sensitivity to the feelings of others during
physical activities
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Understand the importance of engaging in fair
play and sportsmanship behaviors during
physical activity
Nutrition
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Plan, select, and prepare healthful meals that
emphasize the principles of the dietary
guidelines for Americans
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Understand the benefits or risks of food
fortification with specific vitamins and minerals
•
Understand the conditions under which
nutrient supplementation may be appropriate
for some individuals
•
Understand the risks of megadoses of
specific nutrients
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Understand the importance of snacks rich in
nutrients and low in sugar and carbohydrates
•
Understand eating disorders, symptoms, and
resources for treatment
Fitness
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Complete a health related personal fitness test
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Understand the terms aerobic and anaerobic
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Understand the importance of cardiovascular
endurance in an activity other than running
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Understand the importance of flexibility,
muscular strength, and endurance
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Identify resources in the community that
can be accessed to maintain a physically
active lifestyle
•
Understand benefits of various physical
activities
•
Understand the importance of personal
physical activity goals
•
Understand the importance and value of
regular physical activity
•
Demonstrate country western dance and social
dance forms
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Create dances that use the various elements of
time, space, force, and flow
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Demonstrate vaulting skills using available
equipment
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Create a short movement sequence routine
•
Demonstrate strategies in a variety of games
and sports
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Demonstrate competence in skills needed for
team games and sports
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Demonstrate competence in skills needed for
individual physical activity
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Understand the importance of advanced
movement and game strategies
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Understand the critical elements of more
advanced movement skills
•
Understand the characteristics of skilled
performance in a few movement forms
ART
Artistic Perception
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Identify, define, and analyze different artistic
materials, processes, and techniques
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Review and expand his or her understanding
of the art elements and principles of design
(e.g., compare and contrast the elements of
shape and form as they relate to three-
dimensional forms)
•
Identify and explain the effects of structure
and function in works of art
•
Describe the world he/she lives in using
artistic terms
•
Identify and discuss various art media and
art forms
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Discuss expressive qualities of the art
elements, for example color (warm and cool)
and line (static and active)
•
Identify various media techniques from
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