Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Elementary Health Education Meeting the National Standards (1st ed.) Benes Sarah,; Alperin, Holly

Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education is a highly practical resource for middle school and high school health educators looking for tried-and-true ways to implement a skills-based approach to health education. The text offers effective skills-based learning activities, lessons, units, and assessments that you can use in your classroom as they are or with modifications to meet the needs of your students. You can use this text to build a completely new curriculum or to supplement your existing curriculum, providing a smooth transition from a content-based approach to a skills-based approach. The authors describe the rationale and foundation for making that transition, putting the lesson plans, activities, and assessments in context for you as you learn how to implement a skills-based approach. The activities are organized to map to the skills addressed in the National Health Education Standards and are aligned with the national standards' development model. You will learn the concepts behind the skills-based approach and be given the tools and strategies to implement such an approach. Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education offers a detailed, easy-to-use learning activity template and employs a teacher-friendly format that has been proven effective in the field. It comes with a web resource that has digital versions of the many reproducible forms in the text--back cover