What grade levels do these standards cover?

Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

Where can I read the official document?

Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

K–12 Standards

Grades 9-12
Other Kansas Health Education sets
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8

The students will know, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate:

Community Health
1. 1
  Local community needs/issues/events 12.1
2. 2
  Local/state laws, ordinances, and policies for a healthy community12.2
3. 3
  Value of community interactions12.3
4. 4
  Strategies to maintain a healthy community12.4
5. 5
  Personal service for the betterment of the community12.5
6. 6
  Global health issues12.6
Consumer Health
1. 1
  Availability and accessibility of health-care services12.1
2. 2
  Adolescent health-care products and services12.2
3. 3
  Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices (budgeting, culture, SES, etc.)12.3
4. 4
  Characteristics of informed consumers12.4
5. 5
  Seek reliable advice regarding consumer health choices12.5
6. 6
  Role of media in disseminating health information12.6
7. 7
  Basic health insurance terminology12.7
Environmental Health
1. 1
  Personal responsibility for community environmental issues 12.1
2. 2
  Reduce, reuse, recycle and alternatives12.2
3. 3
  Relationship between environment, disease, and health12.3
4. 4
  Local, state, and global environmental issues12.4
5. 5
  Laws, ordinances, and policies12.5
Human Sexuality and Relationships
1. 1
  Adapting to changes associated with puberty12.1
2. 2
  Adapting to change within the family12.2
3. 3
  Changing responsibilities from adolescence to adulthood12.3
4. 4
  Responsible behaviors within relationships (communication, abstinence, etc.)12.4
5. 5
  Potential outcomes of sexual activity (STIs, pregnancy, etc.)12.5
6. 6
  Impact of media and technology on sexual behaviors12.6
7. 7
  Laws associated with sexual behaviors (consent, harassment, assault, rape, human trafficking, etc.)12.7
8. 8
  Differences between individual, family, culture, community, and global values12.8
Injury Prevention and Safety
1. 1
  Basic first aid skills12.1
2. 2
  Demonstrate and perform CPR/AED procedures according to current and nationally recognized guidelines12.2
3. 3
  Resources to prevent and avoid violence12.3
4. 4
  Prevention and response to physical violence (guns and/or weapons and bullying)12.4
5. 5
  Prevention and response to mental violence (bullying and abuse)12.5
6. 6
  Prevention and response to social violence (relationships, conflict resolution, and cyber)12.6
7. 7
  Prevention and response to sexual violence (harassment, assault, rape, and abuse) 12.7
8. 8
  Media safety (social media, cyber, TV, music, advertising, etc.) 12.8
9. 9
  Causes of conflict and non-violent conflict resolutions12.9
10. 10
  Consequences of violence (school policies, laws, etc.)12.10
Mental and Emotional Health
1. 1
  Importance of expressing emotions in a productive and healthy manner 12.1
2. 2
  Mental illnesses12.2
3. 3
  Stigmas associated with mental illness12.3
4. 4
  Avoiding negative self-talk, self-harm, and suicide12.4
5. 5
  Coping skills (grief, stress, depression, bullying, anxiety, etc.)12.5
6. 6
  Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships 12.6
7. 7
  Healthy versus unhealthy body image12.7
Nutrition
1. 1
  Nutritional needs through stages of development 12.1
2. 2
  Meal planning and budgeting12.2
3. 3
  Food safety12.3
4. 4
  Nutritional value of foods12.4
5. 5
  Cultural and ethnic food choices12.5
6. 6
  Food labels12.6
7. 7
  Eating disorders/dysfunctions12.7
8. 8
  Healthy eating patterns12.8
9. 9
  Essential nutrients12.9
10. 10
  Performance enhancing beverages/supplements12.10
11. 11
  Impact of food choices12.11
Personal Health
1. 1
  Major body systems, anatomy, functions, relationships between systems and connection to disease12.1
2. 2
  Proper adolescent hygiene habits12.2
3. 3
  Leading causes of death and risk behaviors12.3
4. 4
  Traits and skills of lifelong learners 12.4
5. 5
  Components of wellness12.5
Prevention & Control of Disease
1. 1
  Disease prevention skills12.1
2. 2
  Common causes of diseases, illness and disorders12.2
3. 3
  Influence of heredity and diseases12.3
4. 4
  Medical resources, health screenings and treatment methods for disease12.4
5. 5
  Relationship between lifestyle choices and disease prevention 12.5
6. 6
  Current healthcare issues12.6
Substance Use and Abuse & Addiction
1. 1
  Effects and consequences of nicotine use (all forms)12.1
2. 2
  Effects and consequences of alcohol use12.2
3. 3
  Effects and consequences of illegal drug use12.3
4. 4
  Categories of drugs (ex. stimulants, opiates, depressants, hallucinogens, etc.)12.4
5. 5
  Cumulative risk behaviors (patterns, gateway drugs, etc.)12.5
6. 6
  Unsafe situations involving drugs, including alcohol12.6
7. 7
  Helpful and harmful use of prescription and non-prescription drugs12.7
8. 8
  Strategies to resist peer pressure to engage in substance abuse12.8
9. 9
  Media, social influences, and societal pressure of drug usage12.9
10. 10
  Rules and laws for medicines and drugs12.10
11. 11
  Safe alternatives to medicine12.11
12. 12
  Government policies and global issues in drug trends12.12

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?: Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

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