Health Education
Healthy Oakland Kids and Teens is Oakland Unified School District’s comprehensive Health Education Curriculum for grades K-12. The curriculum provides skills and knowledge to promote student mental health, physical health, social health and academic health. Students learn to see these as interconnected factors that build towards overall holistic health.
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The Healthy Oakland Kids and Teens covers the six core content areas laid out in the Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools and the California Health Education Framework. These six content areas are: Nutrition and Physical Activity, Growth and Development, Injury Prevention and Safety, Alcohol Tobacco and Drug use prevention, Mental Emotional and Social Health, and Personal and Community Health
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The matrix below shows what lessons are taught at each grade level. The left hand column shows the six health education content areas. The top row shows each grade level.
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Kindergarten |
1st Grade |
2nd Grade |
3rd Grade |
4th Grade |
5th Grade |
6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | |
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| Food and Nutrition | Nutritious foods | Food's Effect on the Body | Family, Food and Culture | Food Systems | Food is Medicine | Food, Culture and Media Influence | Fueling Movement | Environmental justice | Just Right Diet and Fitness |
| Growth and Development | The five senses | The Parts of the Body | Emotions and the Body | The Stages of Life | Social and Emotional Changes as you Grow | Respecting Different Abilities | Being Smart Online | Consent and Sexual Harassment | Body Image and Self Esteem |
| Injury Prevention and Safety | Safe touch | Healthy Friendships | Personal Space | Respecting Difference | Teasing, Harassment and Bullying | Technology and Mental Health | Joking Vs Bullying and Hate Speech | Breaking the Cycle of Stressed Relationships | How Past Experiences Effect our Emotions |
| Alcohol Tobacco and other Drugs | Street and vehicle safety | Weapons and Community Safety | Medicine and Drug Safety | Refusal Skills | Drugs and Brain Science | Vaping, Advertising and Media Influence | Types of Pressure and Influence | Cannabis: What to Know and Watch out for | Substance Abuse and Addiction |
| Mental Emotional and Social Health | Diverse families | What Makes a Family | Expressing Who you Are | Expressing Care for Others | Restorative Justice and Alternatives to Violence | Body Image, Gender and Media | Mental Health Support | Setting Healthy Boundaries with our Phones | Types of Mental Health Issues |
| Personal and Community Health | Germ safety | Healthy Hygiene | Fire and Earthquake Safety | Healthy Environment | Family Health and Illness | Hygiene as You Grow | Getting Better Sleep | Learning Disabilities | Accessing Health Services |