Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education Standards
Building
upon knowledge and sKills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 8, students will:
Standard 2.2
(Integrated
Skills) All students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal, and life skills to support
a healthy, active lifestyle.
Standard 2.2.8.A
Communication
Standard 2.2.8.A.1
Analyze
health ideas, opinions, and issues from a variety
of valid and reliable health sources.
Standard 2.2.8.A.2
Present
health information using a multimedia approach,
adapting the wording and delivery method for various
topics and audiences.
Standard 2.2.8.A.3
Assess
the use of refusal, negotiation, and assertiveness
skills and recommend strategies for improvement.
Standard 2.2.8.A.4
Assess the use of active and reflective listening.
Standard 2.2.8.A.5
Analyze
the economic and political purposes and impacts
of health messages found in the media.
Standard 2.2.8.B
Decision
Making
Standard 2.2.8.B.1
Demonstrate
and assess the use of decision-making skills in
health and safety situations.
Standard 2.2.8.B.2
Compare
and contrast the influence of peers, family, the
media, and past experiences on the use of decision-making
skills and predict how these influences may change
or conflict as one ages.
Standard 2.2.8.B.3
Predict
social situations and conditions that may require
adolescents and young adults to use decision making
skills.
Standard 2.2.8.B.4
Discuss how ethical decision making requires careful
thought and action.
Standard 2.2.8.B.5
Critique
significant health decisions and discuss how the
outcome(s) might have changed if the appropriate
communication and decision-making skills had been
employed.
Standard 2.2.8.C
Planning
and Goal Stetting
Standard 2.2.8.C.1
Analyze
factors that support or hinder the achievement of
personal health goals.
Standard 2.2.8.D
Character
Develoment
Standard 2.2.8.D.1
Analyze
how character development can be enhanced and
supported by individual, group, and team activities.
Standard 2.2.8.D.2
Compare
and contrast the characteristics of various role
models and the core ethical values they represent.
Standard 2.2.8.D.3
Explain
how community and public service supports the development
of core ethical values.
Standard 2.2.8.D.4
Analyze
personal and group adherence to student codes of
conduct.
Standard 2.2.8.E
Leadership,
Advocacy, and Service
Standard 2.2.8.E.1
Demonstrate
the ability to function effectively in both leadership
and supportive roles.
Standard 2.2.8.E.2
Discuss
motivational techniques used to improve personal
and group achievement and develop rewards and
sanctions for group accomplishments.
Standard 2.2.8.E.3
Develop
and articulate a group’s goals, shared values,
and vision.
Standard 2.2.8.E.4
Plan
and implement volunteer activities to benefit
a health organization or cause.
Standard 2.2.8.E.5
Develop and defend a position or opinion on a
health issue or problem and educate students and
parents about the health issue or cause.
Standard 2.2.8.F
Health
Services and Careers
Standard 2.2.8.F.1
Compare
and contrast health and fitness services available
in the school and community, demonstrate how to
access them, and evaluate each comparing benefits
and costs.
Standard 2.2.8.F.2
Compare and contrast preparation and job requirements
for health and fitness careers.
