Content Standard: D. INFLUENCES ON HEALTH
Students will understand how media techniques, cultural perspectives, technology, peers, and family influence behaviors that affect health.
Common Assessment(s): Healthy Habbits At School and Home, LAD Task

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Describe the influences of media on health.	What is an influence? What are healthy habits?	Discuss how TV and magazines and newspaper influence our choices Find newspaper or magazine ads that try to get people to buy foods or medicine. Act out 2 ads for buying or not buying a certain food or medicine.	.	Influence Healthy Needs/wants
2. Explain how information from school and family influences health.	Making choices Reasonable amounts of rest	Discuss why the school nurse sends home notes about vision, hearing and headlice. Discuss why going to bed at a reasonable time make you able to work better at school.	Write a notice for the newsletter about why it is important to have vision and hearing checks.	Vision Hearing Rest