Livingston High School
Health Education Department
GRADE 12
At Livingston High School, there is a separate curriculum for each grade level of Health Education and the course descriptions can be found on staff websites. According to state mandate, all students must pass each level of Health Education in order to graduate. If a student fails Health 12, they will have to complete the Senior packet.
Attendance policy mandated by the district is in place:
3 tardies = a detention and an absence.
7 absences=loss of credit
The Livingston High School Health Department’s grading policy is based upon total points. Over the course of any given marking period, there will be a variety of formative as well as summative assessments completed by students. The student’s grade includes the following categories; Homework, Projects, Class work, and Tests/ Quizzes.
Grading will include the following, but is not limited to:
Test: CPR/First Aid
Relationships
Pregnancy
Homework: Comic Strip: During the relationship unit, description of a “triangle”
representation of relationship in a comic strip format.
“Who Am I”: Assigned day one with various due dates, template on teacher page
Classwork: Top 5 relationships: Worksheet in relationship unit
“House”: Worksheet in “Moving On” unit
Parenting activity: Worksheet in Parenting unit
Dialogue: Completed during “Moving On” unit
Project: Overnight baby
Baby Reflection
Children and Disabilities paper
Article Summary
*Project due dates and explanation on back
**ALL assignments due via E-mail by 8 PM on the due date put your name and period in subject line**
Student is responsible for verifying the receipt of the e-mail.
I. Mechanical Baby Reflection 12 points
All students will write a self-reflection in paragraph form about the mechanical baby parenting project. Fully discuss three lessons about responsibility and parenting that you learned from this activity and three difficulties that a parent might have parenting a baby in the first year. Discuss two reasons why a support system is important in the first year and what two characteristics a person or relationship should have before they have children. How will you apply what you have learned to your future? DUE one week AFTER BABY IS TURNED IN.
II. Pregnancy Current Event 10 points
Each student will select a research-based article on a pregnancy topic (possible suggested topics on teacher webpage). The article needs to be from a legitimate health source and at least four paragraphs or one page in length. The article needs to be printed in full and submitted to the teacher on February 17th for pre-approval. With the article, you must submit a works cited.
Students will write a two paragraph paper due on MARCH 4th. One paragraph will include a summary of the article and the second paragraph will be a reflection of the article and the information learned.
III. Children and Disabilities (there are three parts to this research paper)
Investigate a particular physical or mental disability and how it affects children. Summarize the IDEA Act. Interview a parent who has a child with a disability or research and fully discuss three challenges parents and children (6 in all) face when dealing with this disability. All work must be in your own words. (You need to cite your sources) Paper due: MARCH 4th
GRADING RUBRIC
I. Mechanical Baby Reflection
3 lessons about responsibility and parenting activity 3 points
3 difficulties that a parent might have 3 points
2 reasons why a support system 2 points
2 characteristics a person or relationship 2 points
Application in life 2 points
II. Pregnancy Current Event
Interim article check 2 points
Thorough summary in own words 4 points
Reflection is thoughtful 4 points
III. Children and Disabilities
Summary IDEA 1 points
Six challenges 9 points
Baby Overnight: 10 points
Baby Reflection: 12 points
Pregnancy Current Event: 10 points
Children and Disabilities Paper: 10 points
TOTAL PROJECT 42 points