Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 8
Social-Emotional Learning Skills
Overall Expectations:
A1.1 Identification and Management of Emotions
Specific Expectations:
A1.1 apply skills that help them identify and manage emotions as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to improve their ability to express their own feelings and understand and respond to the feelings of others (e.g. , Healthy Living: explain how social media can create feelings of stress, and describe strategies that can help maintain balance and perspective)
MediaSmarts Resources
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Media Experiences are Shaped by the Tools We Use: The Disconnection Challenge
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life
- Put Your Best Face Forward
Overall Expectations:
A1.2 Stress Management and Coping
Specific Expectations:
A1.2 apply skills that help them to recognize sources of stress and to cope with challenges, including help-seeking behaviours, as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of personal resilience
MediaSmarts Resources
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Media Experiences are Shaped by the Tools We Use: The Disconnection Challenge
- Put Your Best Face Forward
Overall Expectations:
A1.4 Healthy Relationships
Specific Expectations:
A1.4 apply skills that help them build relationships, develop empathy, and communicate with others as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support healthy relationships, a sense of belonging, and respect for diversity
MediaSmarts Resources
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values
- Impact! How to Make a Difference When You Witness Bullying Online
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- That's Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
Overall Expectations:
A1.6 Critical and Creative Thinking
Specific Expectations:
A1.6 apply skills that help them think critically and creatively as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support making connections, analysing, evaluating, problem solving, and decision making
MediaSmarts Resources
- A Day in the Life of the Jos
- Break the Fake: Verifying Information Online
- Hate or Debate
- Scapegoating and Othering
- The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information
Healthy Living
Overall Expectations:
Understanding Health Concepts
Specific Expectations:
D1.4 identify and explain factors that can affect an individual’s decisions about sexual activity and identify sources of support regarding sexual health
D1. 5 demonstrate an understanding of gender identity (e.g., male, female, Two-Spirit, transgender), gender expression, and sexual orientation (e.g., heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual), and identify factors that can help individuals of all identities and orientations develop a positive self-concept
MediaSmarts Resources
- I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- That's Not Cool
- There's No Excuse: Confronting Moral Disengagement in Sexting
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who's Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations:
Making Healthy Choices
Specific Expectations:
2.2 demonstrate the ability to assess situations for potential dangers (e.g., getting into a car with a stranger or an impaired, unlicensed, or inexperienced driver; dependencies or coercion in dating relationships; joining gangs; participating in violence; attending a party where alcohol or drugs are being used; using cosmetic procedures or treatments such as piercing , tattooing , crash diets, or tanning without exploring potential health risks; exposure to infectious diseases through direct contact, sneezing, or coughing), and apply strategies for avoiding dangerous situations
D2.3 demonstrate an understanding of abstinence, contraception and the use of effective and suitable protection to prevent pregnancy and STBBIs, and the concept of consent, as well as the skills (e.g., self-awareness, communication, assertiveness, and refusal skills)they need to apply in order to make safe and healthy decisions about sexual activity
D2.4 demonstrate an understanding of how incorporating healthy habits and coping strategies into daily routines (e.g., starting the day with physical activity, limiting screen time before going to bed, using tools such as online apps to support mindful practices, using deep breathing and grounding strategies, engaging in activities that involve positive social interaction and supporting others) can help maintain mental health and resilience in times of stress
MediaSmarts Resources
- A Day in the Life of the Jos
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Media Experiences are Shaped by the Tools We Use: The Disconnection Challenge
- I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- That's Not Cool
- There's No Excuse: Confronting Moral Disengagement in Sexting
- Where's The Line? Online Safety Lesson Plan for School Resource Officers
Overall Expectations:
Making Connections for Healthy Living
Specific Expectations:
D3.1 identify strategies for promoting healthy eating habits and food choices within the school, home, and community
D3.2 analyse the impact of violent behaviours, including bullying (online or in-person), violence in intimate and sexual relationships, and gender-based violence (e.g., violence against women, girls, people who are transgender or gender non-conforming) or racially based violence, on the person being targeted, the perpetrator, and bystanders, and describe the role of support services in preventing violence (e.g., help lines, school counsellors, social workers, youth programs, shelters, gay-straight student alliances)
D3.3 analyse the attractions and benefits associated with being in a healthy relationship (e.g., support, understanding, camaraderie, pleasure), as well as the benefits, risks, and drawbacks, for themselves and others, of relationships involving different degrees of sexual intimacy (e.g., hurt when relationships end or trust is broken; in more sexually intimate relationships, risk of STBBIs and related risk to future fertility, becoming a parent before you are ready, sexual harassment and exploitation; potential for dating violence)
D3.4 explain how word choices and societal views about mental health and mental illness can affect people and perpetuate stigma, and identify actions that can counteract that stigma
MediaSmarts Resources
- Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values
- Cyberbullying and Civic Participation
- Cyberbullying and the Law
- Impact! How to Make a Difference When You Witness Bullying Online
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life
- Setting the Record Straight: Public Service Announcements on Mental Health
- That's Not Cool
- There's No Excuse: Confronting Moral Disengagement in Sexting
- Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
- Where's The Line? Online Safety Lesson Plan for School Resource Officers