Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.2A Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.2 - Integrated Skills

 

Strand: A -   Communication 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will identify sources of health information.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        HEALTH HELPERS MURAL - Students brainstorm people and places they can go to for help and information about health and use this information to create a mural depicting “health helpers” in action. Students use the mural as background to create a role-play for each health helper (e.g., a student asking the school nurse for help with a cut, a counselor offering help after a student’s pet dies). Display the mural in the hallway and add new faces or agencies as the school year progresses.

 

      Variation: Students visit a hospital, health clinic, or health education center and create a panel drawing (a sheet of drawing paper folded into four squares) of their visit.

Variation: Using children’s television shows, discuss real vs. imaginary helpers (e.g., Spiderman, Batman, other cartoon heroes). Discuss why it is important to know to whom and where you can go for help. Students draw a picture of their favorite health helper.

 

·        WATCHING TV ADS - Show several television ads for healthcare products, such as toothpaste, soap, or exercise equipment. After each commercial, ask the students what the ad was trying to sell. Ask: “ How do you know the information in the ad is correct?” Have a volunteer restate the ad, and have the class vote on the accuracy of the restatement. Divide the class into small groups. Each group brainstorms a list of people who might be a good source of information about the ads (e.g., dentist, parent, nurse). Create a class list and discuss. Each student selects one product they currently use and like and develops a print ad for the item. Students must use accurate information about their product. Students share their ads with the class and critique the ads for accuracy and appeal.

 

      Variation: Use ads from newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. Assign one ad to each small group. Students discuss the ad, determine what the ad is trying to sell, and vote on whether the ad is accurate and effective. Each group shares their ad with the class.