Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.1A Grade 6 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.1 - Wellness

 

Strand: A - Personal Health

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will describe the appropriate use of healthcare and personal hygiene products.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TAKING CARE IS COMMON SENSE - In small groups, students develop a health and grooming checklist for the care of teeth, eyes, and ears. Groups use a variety of resources to identify sources of information and services for each and create a pamphlet or poster.

Variation: Invite a high school student with a vision or hearing problem to visit the class and share how he/she has adapted. A hearing impaired person might be accompanied by an interpreter.

 

·        HOME GROOMING NETWORK - Show students excerpts from several infomercials and discuss what makes infomercials different from other kinds of ads. Students develop their own infomercial with an emphasis on personal health and grooming. Organize the class into pairs. Each pair develops an ad for a product related to one of the following:

-        Clean Body: Taking a daily bath or shower; using soap and deodorant
-        Clean Hands: Keeping nails clean and trimmed; washing hands
-        Clean Hair: Shampooing hair; styling hair
-        Clean Feet: Wearing clean socks and shoes; keeping feet clean
-        Clean Skin: Washing face; wearing appropriate make-up; using acne preparations

Each pair develops the infomercial and tries to sell their product to the class. The infomercial should emphasize the proper use of the product as well as related costs. Students develop a slogan and visual for the products. Other students, acting as viewers, call in questions. Viewers take notes during the presentations and then select four or five products for their own personal plan, develop the plan, and justify the choices.

Variation: Students view a series of infomercials that advertise health products such as exercise equipment or skin-care products and then evaluate the ads based on specific criteria. Students discuss the products and how they might contribute to their personal or family health and vote on the best product.

Variation: Students prepare an infomercial with the theme “Dress for Success.” Emphasis should be on appropriate grooming and attire for a student applying for a job. Invite a human resources specialist to address the class prior to the creation of the infomercials. Expand this activity to include a fashion show from a local department store focusing on school-to-career attire.

 

·       CHOOSING AND USING - For this activity, establish several skill and information stations. At each station, students participate in skill demonstrations or knowledge quizzes and are “rated” by peer educators. Give each student a card that spells HEALTH across and down, similar to a bingo card (see below). As students move from station to station and successfully complete the required tasks, they accumulate stickers on the card. When a student has successfully completed enough stations to spell HEALTH on his/her card two times across, down, or diagonally (accumulating 12 stickers) he/she turns the card in for a small reward. Sample stations might include the following:

 

 

      Variation: Modify the activity to include decision-making skills and effective communication skills rather than health practices. At each station, students are given a scenario, develop several questions about the scenario, and then decide on an appropriate solution. Peer educators or adult volunteers may be used to score the students’ responses based on established criteria. Students receive stickers based on the scoring criteria.