Lesson at a Glance
Ideas and Information for Michigan Model Teachers

Grade Six Phase I Lesson 1 

I-1. Students will define the terms "health" and risks."

I-2. Students will describe the relationship between health and risks.

I-3. Students will identify the content of this health course.

I-4. Students will develop guidelines/rules for working together in the health classroom.

• Gather the needed materials
• Decide how you will form pairs for Activity 4.
• Prepare the transparencies from the Transparency Masters, Leading Causes of Death in the United States for Ages 15-24 and Leading Causes of Death in the United States for All Age Groups, if they have not been provided in your materials.
• Duplicate the Family Resource Sheet, one per student or use student workbook.

Addenda
There has been one addendum published for this lesson.  If your manual has a copyright date of 1995 there is an update to this lesson.  The update is included in the 1998 edition.  You may download and print this addendum by clicking here.  For more information about addenda for grade six, click here.

• Equipment: Overhead projector
• Transparency Master: Leading Causes of Death in the United States for Ages 15-24
• Transparency Master: Leading Causes of Death in the United States for All Age Groups
• Family Resource Sheet: Our Health Curriculum
• Writing Paper
• Pens/Pencils
• Index cards or slips of paper

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