Outcome Chart - Alberta - Health and Life Skills Grade 7

Personal Health

It is expected that students will:

  • Analyze the messages and approaches used by the media to promote certain body images and lifestyle choices
  • Relate the factors that influence individual food choices to nutritional needs of adolescents; e.g., finances, media, peer pressure, hunger, body image, activity
  • Analyze social factors that may influence avoidance and/or use of particular substances

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Safety and Responsibility

It is expected that students will:

  • Identify the effects of social influences on sexuality and gender roles and equity; e.g., media, culture
  • Analyze the definition, effects and possible consequences of various forms of harassment
  • Identify and examine potential sources of physical/ emotional/ social support

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Understanding and Expressing Feelings

It is expected that students will:

  • identify sources of stress in relationships, and describe positive methods of dealing with such stressors; e.g., change, loss, discrimination, rejection

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Interactions

It is expected that students will:

  • Explore and evaluate the impact of media violence on relationships

Lessons

To encourage children to discuss their feelings about television violence, see:

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