This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Prince Edward Island Grade 6 Health Education with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Wellness Choices
Overall Expectations
Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to promote safety for self and others.
Specific Expectations
Personal Health
evaluate the need for balance and variety in daily activities that promote personal health
examine how health habits/behaviours influence body image and feelings of self-worth
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
Safety and Responsibility
identify and communicate values and beliefs that affect healthy choices
analyse how laws, regulations, and rules contribute to health and safety practices
evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
demonstrate responsibility for, and skills related to, the safety of self and others
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports
- Freedom to Smoke
- 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
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Scientific Detectives
- The True Story
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company: Grades 4-6
- Tobacco Labels
- Winning the Cyber Security Game
Interactive Resources
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)
Sexual Health
describe physical, emotional, and social changes that occur during puberty
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
Relationship Choices
Overall Expectations
Students will develop effective interpersonal skills that demonstrate responsibility, respect, and caring in order to establish and maintain healthy interactions.
Specific Expectations
Understanding and Expressing Feelings
recognize that individuals can choose their own emotional reactions to events and thoughts
establish personal guidelines for expressing feelings
develop personal strategies for dealing with stress and change
identify, analyse, and develop strategies to overcome barriers to communication
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy
- Introduction to Ethics: Avatars and Identity
- That’s Not Cool
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)
Interactions
develop strategies to maintain and enhance appropriate cross-age relationships
apply a variety of strategies for resolving conflict
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons