Health Curriculum: Kindergarten Through Tenth Grade

Objectives The purpose of this field study was to develop a health curriculum for grades kindergarten through tenth grade of Teutopolis Community Unit School District #50. The reasons for developing this health curriculum were: To assure a continuous program of health instruction throughout the Teutopolis School System. To assure a program of instruction that follows a logical continuum rather than a repetitious one. To assure that students are familiar with the physical, mental, and social aspects of health. Procedures Teachers in the elementary grades met on several occasions, in small groups, with the health education teacher to discuss what health material is presently being taught. Likewise, the junior high and the high school instructors who teach health-related material met to determine subject matter the various instructors teach. These meetings were necessary in order to prevent duplication of audio-visual material and subject matter. The information from the meetings was compiled and a health curriculum for kindergarten through tenth grade was developed