Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.1D Grade 12 CPI 5

 

Standard: 2.1 - Wellness

 

Strand: D - Diseases and Health Conditions

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 5 -  The student will investigate the impact of mental illness on personal, family, and community wellness.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·    WHAT'S NEW - Discuss some of the technological and medical advances of this century (e.g., polio vaccine, antibiotics, organ transplants). Students investigate a cutting-edge therapy or device such as artificial blood, the use of cloning and recombinant DNA, artificial heart valves, or new drugs to treat diseases such as cancer or HIV/AIDS. Students prepare a written report on the subject.

Variation: The class develops a time line mural that illustrates specific events that contributed to world health.

Variation: Students research trends in healthcare over the last 50 years, the last 25 years, the last 10 years and the last 5 years. Have health conditions changed? What has happened to hospitals? What about medical training? nursing? How has technology affected jobs? Based on the information compiled, students make predictions about the healthcare industry in the next century.

Variation: Interview two healthcare professionals—one a recent graduate and one who has been practicing for at least 20 years. Ask the individuals the same questions. Compare their responses.

Variation: Videotape interviews with a variety of healthcare professionals. Ask each professional to discuss a significant issue or concern they have about the future of healthcare. Create a video featuring all of the professionals. Students script the introduction to the interviews and additional material for the video.