Overall Expectations
Students will be expected to
A. demonstrate positive self-identity that effectively enables them to manage their health, relationships, and interactions with the world
B. think critically and make informed decisions to enhance health of self, those around oneself, and within a global context
C. demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills that facilitate positive relationships between themselves and the world
Specific Expectations
Students will:
- demonstrate an understanding of the aesthetic and ability factors that can influence one’s body image and how it can affect participation in physical activity
- examine influences that impact one’s decision-making abilities about alcohol use
- demonstrate an understanding of the risks associated with gambling, including no pay gambling sites and identify signs of concern among youth
- differentiate between sexual orientation and gender identity
- identify ways of maintaining sexual health
- apply a series of decision-making steps to potential situations involving risk, including sexual
- decision making and decision making in relation to the use of alcohol
- demonstrate an understanding that mental health is an integral component of health, that there is no shame in expressing a need for mental health support, and to recognize safe people in their lives whom they can trust to help them
- describe different types of interpersonal relationships, the importance of respectful and non-violent relationships and examine the positive and negative reasons for starting and ending relationships
- demonstrate an understanding that communities have resources that youth can access for help for a variety of health issues
- recognize there are potential harms arising from use of alcohol, caffeine, and gambling along a continuum of use
- analyze positive and negative outcomes of social networking and use of mobile devices
Lessons that meet Grade 7 expectations
- Advertising All Around Us
- Comic Book Characters
- Comparing Real Families to TV Families
- Image Gap
- Introduction to Ethics: Avatars and Identity
- Junk Food Jungle
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 4: Interpreting Media Messages
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Media Kids
- Mirror Image
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Media Minute Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning
- Media Minute Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
- Media Minute Lesson 5: Media have social and political implications
- Scientific Detectives
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- Stereotyping and Bias
- That’s Not Cool
- The Anatomy of Cool
- The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
- TV Stereotypes
- Winning the Cyber Security Game
- What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Educational Games