Outcome Chart - Ontario - Healthy Living Grade 11

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario, Grade 11 Health for Life curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Healthy Living

Overall Expectations

C1 Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to healthy development;

Specific Expectations

C1.2 identify behaviours and actions that can lead to adolescent injuries or death, and explain the factors that can influence adolescents to engage in or refrain from potentially harmful or dangerous behaviour

C1.4 demonstrate an understanding of a variety of mental illnesses and addictions (e.g., eating disorders; major depression; anxiety disorders; psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD]; bipolar disorder; tobacco, alcohol, drug, gambling, gaming, or Internet addictions), their causes and manifestations, and their effects on personal health and well-being (e.g., effects of stigmatization, underachievement at school, strain on social relationships, loss of employment, increased risk of physical injury or illness)

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons

Overall Expectations

C2 Demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and living skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their personal health and well-being;

Specific Expectations

C2.1 describe behaviours and strategies (e.g., thinking before acting, making independent decisions, using workplace safety checklists, wearing protective gear, investigating legal requirements, following guidelines, planning before making decisions, using communications skills to sustain respectful and responsible relationships, using refusal and assertiveness skills to question and refuse to participate in unsafe situations, supporting peers in making safer decisions) that can be applied to make safer choices in a variety of situations and settings (e.g., at school, at home, in the workplace, in the community) and reduce the risk of personal injury or death

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons

Overall Expectations

C3 Demonstrate the ability to make connections that relate to health and well-being – how their choices and behaviours affect both themselves and others, and how factors in the world around them affect their own and others’ health and well-being.

Specific Expectations

C3.4 describe how to use personal and interpersonal skills to deal with personally stressful situations or to help others deal with stressful situations (e.g., mental and physical illness, death of a family member, abusive relationships, understanding and accepting sexual orientation, separation/divorce, suicide, unemployment/underemployment, substance abuse)

C3.5 describe factors that contribute to the stigmatization of mental illness (e.g., myths about the causes of mental illness; insensitive use of language; fear of violent, unpredictable, or embarrassing behaviour), and identify strategies that could be used to reduce stigma in their local community

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons