K-12 Health Lesson Plans and Curriculum
Alignment Tables
South Carolina Alignment Documents

Content Area IV: Preventing Injuries
Standard 1: Comprehend health promotion and disease prevention concepts.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· identify hazards to personal safety related to the environment and the type of injury; Staying Safe Near the Water Using a puppet to pose situations about water safety, students practice decision-making skills by suggesting options and consequences to the puppet.
· identify the consequences of violent or unsafe behavior; Biking Safety Students review bicycle safety and traffic rules after reviewing decision-making steps, they create cartoon strips showing characters making decisions that promote bicycle safety.
Avoiding Weapons Students identify different types of weapons, discuss ways to stay safe, and practice role plays that show how to stay safe in the presence of a weapon.
Staying Safe Near the Water Using a puppet to pose situations about water safety, students practice decision-making skills by suggesting options and consequences to the puppet.
How You Can Prevent Fires Student listen to a story demonstrating what to do in case of fire. They become "fire safety spies" and use the student handout to do a fire safety check at home.
Drugs in the News Through identifying and analyzing newspaper articles related to poor decision-making about alcohol or other drug use, students describe how healthful decisions about drug use prevent problems.
· identify and develop safety strategies to avoid violence and injury to self or others; and Wear Your Safety Belt Students listen to a story then identify reasons to wear safety belts. They practice buckling up and learn a safety belt chant.
Conflict Resolution Students discuss their normal responses to anger, then they discuss ways to solve problems without fights (conflict resolution). Students practice the steps of conflict resolution through role plays.
Dealing with a Bully Students use puppets to enact a scene of being bullied and listen to a story about bullying. Students then use puppets to demonstrate steps to take in responding to bullying and use role plays to practice these step.
Riding in the Back Seat Students discuss ways to stay safe while riding in cars. They create collages and practice a rhyme about sitting in the back seat.
· identify steps to follow for emergencies related to the six types of injuries in home, school, and community environments, including varying weather conditions. Keep Away from Poisons Students discuss how common household products and even medicines can make people sick when not correctly used. They then work in small groups to list potentionally poisonous products found in an assigned room of the house (ie. kitchen, bath, garage...)
Fire Safety: Getting Help Students discuss and practice ways to respond to emergency situations, including making practice calls to 9-1-1.
Planning for Fire Safety Students draw floor plans of their homes and plan fire escape routes and actions.
Stop, Drop and Roll Students not only practice "Stop, Drop and Roll", they use posters they create and a song to teach other students this life-saving skill.
Biking Safety Students review bicycle safety and traffic rules after reviewing decision-making steps, they create cartoon strips showing characters making decisions that promote bicycle safety.
Staying Safe Near the Water Using a puppet to pose situations about water safety, students practice decision-making skills by suggesting options and consequences to the puppet.
Staying Safe Around Electricity After learning ways to stay safe around electricty, students complete a worksheet and design posters that teach electrical safety to other students.
Preventing Water Accidents Students discuss water safety then create posters and PSA's to advocate water safety.
Standard 2: Access valid health information, products, and services.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· demonstrate the ability to locate community resources and services that contribute to a safe and healthy environment and Getting Help Students work in pairs to create skits showing how to respond in emergency situations.
· describe and participate in school emergency procedures. Planning for Fire Safety Students draw floor plans of their homes and plan fire escape routes and actions.
Standard 3: Demonstrate the ability to practice behaviors that enhance health and reduce risks.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· demonstrate strategies for reducing or avoiding unsafe situations; Other Ways to Stay Safe Students role play situations involving strangers, learning ways to stay safe, including communication skills.
Fire Safety: Getting Help Students discuss and practice ways to respond to emergency situations, including making practice calls to 9-1-1.
Choking After learning ways to avoid and deal with choking situations, students draw pictures illustrating the importance of chewing food carefully, the universal signal for choking, and what to do if they see someone choking.
Preventing Animal Bites Students learn ways to approach pets who are with their owner by practicing several scenarios using stuffed animals on leashes.
Keep Away from Poisons Students discuss how common household products and even medicines can make people sick when not correctly used. They then work in small groups to list potentionally poisonous products found in an assigned room of the house (ie. kitchen, bath, garage...)
Staying Safe Students create role plays to respond to situations that involve trouble with strangers, demonstrating ways to keep themselves safe.
Planning for Fire Safety Students draw floor plans of their homes and plan fire escape routes and actions.
· demonstrate appropriate responses to emergency situations, including first-aid procedures; and Stop, Drop and Roll Students not only practice "Stop, Drop and Roll", they use posters they create and a song to teach other students this life-saving skill.
Treating Minor Wounds and Burns Students learn about minor wounds and how to care for them, then demonstrate what they've learned by creating a role play about correctly managing a minor wound.
Treating Minor Injuries and Burns Students discuss ways to prevent wounds and burns, review characteristics of minor wounds and burns, then work in pairs to demonstrate through role-play the appropriate care of a wound or burn.
· identify potentially hazardous household products. Be Safe Students do a variety of activities that help them identify things that are always dangerous and things that can be both safe and dangerous, depending on how they are used.
You Can't Tell by Looking Students try to determine the difference in medicine and candy just by looking at samples of both on a poster. They examine various medicine containers and rate their safety for young children, then work in groups to create posters with a message about medicine safety.
Standard 4: Analyze the influence of personal beliefs, technology, and other factors on health.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· identify violent and risk behaviors and situations in mass media samples;
· describe mass media influences on behaviors associated with risk-taking and violence;
· recognize peer influences on strategies for dealing with conflict and safety; and Role Models Students learn about role models through pictures and stories, then discuss the different kinds of role models - good and bad.
· describe how family and friends influence personal safety practices. Families Give and Receive Through guided discussion, students explore two main functions of families and write about a family member they admire. They then work in groups to assess a story for ways families give and recieve..
Standard 5: Use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· demonstrate refusal skills to enhance health and reduce exposure to risks; Other Ways to Stay Safe Students role play situations involving strangers, learning ways to stay safe, including communication skills.
· demonstrate the use of negotiation skills to promote personal safety; and Dealing with a Bully Students use puppets to enact a scene of being bullied and listen to a story about bullying. Students then use puppets to demonstrate steps to take in responding to bullying and use role plays to practice these step.
Dealing with a Bully Students read and discuss the book "What a Wimp" then discuss harmful effects and helpful responses for dealing with bullying.Students practice using I-message and creating role plays to demonstrate ways to respond to bullying.
· demonstrate nonviolent strategies to resolve conflicts. Conflict Resolution Students discuss their normal responses to anger, then they discuss ways to solve problems without fights (conflict resolution). Students practice the steps of conflict resolution through role plays.
Standard 6: Use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· predict consequences of unsafe behaviors; Buddy Systems Students brainstorm situations where swimming with a buddy would be helpful and they learn a song about the buddy system. They are given several situations and asked to use the decision-making process to make safe decisions.
Biking Safety Students review bicycle safety and traffic rules after reviewing decision-making steps, they create cartoon strips showing characters making decisions that promote bicycle safety.
· demonstrate the ability to apply an age-appropriate decision-making process to reduce risk of harm to self and others; and Staying Safe Near the Water Using a puppet to pose situations about water safety, students practice decision-making skills by suggesting options and consequences to the puppet.
Buddy Systems Students brainstorm situations where swimming with a buddy would be helpful and they learn a song about the buddy system. They are given several situations and asked to use the decision-making process to make safe decisions.
How You Can Prevent Fires Student listen to a story demonstrating what to do in case of fire. They become "fire safety spies" and use the student handout to do a fire safety check at home.
Biking Safety Students review bicycle safety and traffic rules after reviewing decision-making steps, they create cartoon strips showing characters making decisions that promote bicycle safety.
Universal Precautions Students learn about viruses that may be present in human blood, then return a demonstration of precautions for preventing blood-borne disease.Students also complete worksheets that elicit necessary precautions for various blood exposure situtations..
· explain when to ask for assistance in making decisions related to safety of self and others. Help in an Emergency Students use toy phones to practice calling 911 to report an emergency situation.
Hazzardous to My Health Students attempt simple activities under a handicapping condition that simulates the effect of drugs on concentration, balance and memory.... Students think about the practical consequences of trying to solve problems using drugs, then review the steps for a healthful decision-making, problem solving process.
Standard 7: Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
South Carolina Performance Criteria K-5 HealthTeacher Lesson Guide Synopsis of Lesson
· demonstrate strategies to influence and support others in practicing behaviors for safe living and Use Your Head: Use Your Helmet Students learn about the importance of wearing a helmet properly through a demonstration, an object lesson (using an egg), and use of a student handout.Students then design posters that advocate the proper use of helmet to protect against head injury.
Staying Safe Around Electricity After learning ways to stay safe around electricty, students complete a worksheet and design posters that teach electrical safety to other students.
Preventing Water Accidents Students discuss water safety then create posters and PSA's to advocate water safety.
· promote positive conflict resolution with peers and family. Conflict Resolution Students discuss their normal responses to anger, then they discuss ways to solve problems without fights (conflict resolution). Students practice the steps of conflict resolution through role plays.