The teacher companion to Health — Evidence, Choices and Community (California), the one-semester grade 9 course aligned to the California Health Education Content Standards and built to meet the state’s requirements for high-school health instruction: the California Healthy Youth Act (Education Code 51930-51939), affirmative consent (EC 51225.36), hands-only CPR (EC 51225.6) and mental health instruction (SB 224).
Module 1 covers the course as a whole: how it meets the standards, the law and UC area G; the CHYA notification, parent-review and opt-out process with the equal-credit alternative; teaching sensitive topics safely, with no required disclosure and a clear route for students who need help; and pacing, skills-lab logistics, the annual accuracy check and access. Modules 2-5 take one student unit each: a briefing on what students produce and the misconceptions that arrive every year, a facilitation lesson for the discussion lab and workshop, and a scoring lesson with synthetic student work at three bands and the feedback that moves each.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 16 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Module 1: Teaching Health in California4
- Module 2: Unit 1 — Mind, Mood and Getting Help3
- Module 3: Unit 2 — Fuel and Movement3
- Module 4: Unit 3 — Substances, Emergencies and Safety3
- Module 5: Unit 4 — Growth, Relationships and Sexual Health3
Instructor
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