High School Health Arkansas Standards

Students will understand the components related to mental and emotional health and analyze related behaviors.

Students will demonstrate understanding of health promotion (physical, social, and emotional) by applying research-related concepts to disease prevention, safety, and advocating for the health and well-being of self and others.

Students will promote physical, social, and emotional health for self and others.

Students will investigate healthy and unhealthy behaviors related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, while understanding the physical, psychological, and legal consequences for self and others.

Students will apply concepts of how food choices impact the overall health of self and others, and investigate how different types of eating disorders damage body systems.

Students will demonstrate healthy relationships and interaction with others, utilize effective communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, and online), and differentiate between healthy and unhealthy behaviors, and how those behaviors impact relationships with peers and adults.

Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their understanding of human growth and development, including awareness of their own and others’, related to body systems.

Human Growth and Development

I can analyze growth patterns and developmental changes and examine the factors that interfere with healthy development.

I can examine factors that are important to human reproduction, including prenatal care, pregnancy, and childbirth, and identify available health resources.

Healthy Skills and Relationships

I can analyze behaviors and attitudes that contribute to healthy relationships.

I can identify healthy sexual behavior. I can describe the signs of dating violence

I can compare and contrast characteristics of healthy and unhealthy behaviors and relationships.

I can communicate with peers about dating violence.

Nutrition

I can evaluate personal eating habits and patterns for the purpose of determining how I can live a healthy lifestyle as it relates to nutrition.

I can identify unhealthy nutrition choices in self and others and determine the warning signs of unhealthy choices and disorders related to nutrition.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

I can describe the effects of the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

I can analyze substance abuse and identify available resources to combat addiction.

Personal Health and Safety

I can make choices in different situations that contribute to the overall health of self and others.

I can demonstrate an understanding of basic first aid including hands-on CPR, bleeding control, and the use of an AED.

I can demonstrate an understanding of different procedures and resources that contribute to the health and safety of self and others.

Disease Prevention and Control

I can compare and contrast different methods of disease transmission and prevention, including foodborne illnesses, STDs, and other communicable diseases.

I can analyze the impact of different communicable and non-communicable diseases on the overall health of self and others.

Mental and Emotional Health

I can recognize the importance of good mental health and how it relates and contributes to all other aspects of health.

I can demonstrate skills and strategies that promote personal and mental health.