This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Prince Edward Island Grade 7 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
- compare personal health choices to standards for health
- analyse the messages and approaches used by the media to promote certain body images and lifestyle choices
- analyse social factors that may influence avoidance and/or use of particular substances
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Avatars and Body Image
- Gender and Tobacco
- I heard it ‘round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information
- Image Gap
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Mirror Image
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Selling Tobacco
- The Girl in the Mirror
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
Safety and Responsibility
- demonstrate an understanding of the concept and possible consequences of various forms of harassment
- analyse differing personal perspectives on safety
- identify characteristics of resiliency
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values
- Cyberbullying and Civic Participation
- Cyberbullying and the Law
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: Our Values and Ethics
- That’s Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
- Winning the Cyber Security Game
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)
Sexual Health
- identify the effects of social influences on sexuality
- analyse the influences on personal decision making for responsible sexual behaviour
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- I heard it ‘round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information
- Image Gap
- Media Kids
- Mirror Image
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- That’s Not Cool
- The Impact of Gender Stereotypes
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
- analyse how thinking patterns influence feelings
- demonstrate an understanding for short-term and longterm support for emotional concerns
- identify sources of stress in relationships, and describe positive methods of dealing with such stressors
- examine the role of feedback in effective communication
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: Our Values and Ethics
- That’s Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)
Interactions
- examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- evaluate the impact of media violence on relationships
- identify strategies for dealing assertively with conflict
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values
- Exposing Gender Stereotypes
- That’s Not Cool
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: Our Values and Ethics
- That’s Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying: Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
- Violence in Sports