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NCTMB, Holistic Health Practitioner and Herbalist
The Ann Arbor Center for Holistic Health and Traditional Wisdom
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Syllabus Rudolf Steiner Health Class Jan – Mar 2007 10th grade
Linda Diane Feldt feldt@holisticwisdom.org 734-662-4902
There are three parts to this class: First Aid, Nutrition, and Sexual Health
Assignments: Assignments: permission slip, first aid kit list, risk assessment, personal food pyramid, contributing item for food discussion, baby visit, and short readings.
Evaluation: You will be evaluated on participation (including attendance), on time completion of assignments, completing the readings, extra credit for bringing additional resources and ideas into the class. If you miss more than 2 classes you will need to complete the make up assignment for that day -- except that everyone must attend the two guest lectures or complete the make up work and everyone must watch the movie.
Jan 23 overview, introductions, preview assignments, prevention, personal evaluation, wellness and preparation, evaluating danger, permission slip handed out, risk assessment assigned
Jan 26 review baby visit assignment, assign first aid kit list, prepare for salve class, herbal first aid risk assignment due
Jan 30, conventional first aid, resources, first aid kit list due, permission slip due
Feb 2 making salves and alternative first aid assignment bring food item make up
Feb 6 labels and servings, bring food item, assign personal pyramid make up
Feb 9 read articles for Feb 13, basic nutrition from food make up
Feb 13 small group discussion and presentations make up
Feb 16 Movie: “The Future of Food” make up
Feb 27 Discussion pyramid assignment due, individual short presentations
Mar 2 pyramid assignment due, individual short presentations make up
Mar 6 Healthy relationships make up
Mar 9 Planned Parenthood presentation: birth control and abstinence, read articles for Mar 13 discussion make up
Mar 13 small group discussion make up
Mar 16 Planned Parenthood presentation: Sexually Transmitted Infections, AIDs make up
Mar 20 Baby visits assignment due individual presentations Article discussion make up
Mar 23 Article discussion and decision making make up
Make up classes:
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/fact_book/07_Different.htm
Using complete sentences, describe five things you learned from this article.http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont4913_lang0_1727.pdf
Using complete sentences, describe five things you learned from this article.Please list two reasons teens might engage in risky behavior
Please list two reasons adults might engage in risky behavior (smoking, no seat belts, safety features missing in their home, etc.)
We talked about a story I had published about a neighbor who lived very dangerously. You can read it at http://www.holisticwisdom.org/hwpages/community.html
Please comment on why he may have lived the way he did, how that contributed to how he died, and if there might have been something that could have been done to prevent his dying the way he did.
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Think about each of the four reasons you have for the assignment for 2-8 and explain how this behavior might be changed – how can we get teens and adults to act more safely? List at least four strategies.
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Choose a food item from home that has a nutritional label. The more odd the food item is the more fun this will be.
Using this guide
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html
Read the label. How many servings do you usually consume at a time? Given how many servings you usually consume, in which areas would you be consuming more than 50% of the suggested daily intake? What nutritional concerns would you have for this product? What is good about it? Back to the food you chose, what are the ingredients and do you know what they are? List the ingredients with a yes or no beside each one.
Read the article thoroughly and tell me is it well written? Easy to understand? Do you usually read labels on food? Find a parent or friend and explain to them what the label means and how it can be used to choose good food. Where you able to explain it?
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Read the article I gave you and briefly answer these questions:
Questions for the article project, 10th grade health
What is the article about?
What are the major points of the article?
What are some of the conclusions the author makes?
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Is the author suggesting any change in behavior? What and Why? What do you think?
What is your experience with this subject?
What do you believe is the most important part of the article? The least important?
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Mar 1 2006
using the food pyramids I handed out, give a two sentence critique of each one. How are they different? What is the best thing about it? What would be a problem for you?
Watch the movie "The Future of Food" available in the library
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Either have a 10 minute conversation with me on the movie, or write 3 paragraphs on what you thought of the movie, the important points, and what surprised you about the movie.
If you missed the lecture on birth control and abstinence:
2-- Read about the birth control options
3-- Watch the movie – “Know the right way to put on a condom?” (the link is on the right side of the web site about 3 inches down)
4-- Answer these questions and turn in the answers to me (Someone in the office can put it in my mailbox)
What methods are not suggested for teens and why?
Which methods also help protect against STIs?
How can you be certain to prevent pregnancy?
List three of the important steps in using a condom effectively
Go to http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=581663 and read pages 1-8 and the last two pages of the article. Be prepared to discuss it tomorrow.
Either have a 10 minute discussion with me about the article, or write 3 paragraphs answering these questions: Do you agree this would be a good law? What are some concerns and questions you have? Is sex dangerous? Why or why not? What might be different about first time sexual encounters?
If you missed the lecture on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
1-- Go to: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/sti/pub-sti-facts-2.xml#chlamydia and read about the different types of STIs. Use “next “ at the bottom of each page to continue – there are four pages total.
2-- Answer these questions and turn in the answers to me (Someone in the office can put it in my mailbox)
Which of the STIs are viral?
Which are bacterial?
Which can be cured?
What are some common cures?
What is the most common STI?
When you are ready to have sex, what would be your primary health concern and why?
Pregnancy
Sexually transmitted infections
Other (please specify)
The information that we recently covered on birth control, abstinence, and STIs used to be illegal for public school teachers to even mention. I’d like to hear your opinion on if this should be taught in public school, why or why not, do you think 10th grade is the right time, and what should be included or excluded in a sex education curriculum at this age.
About three paragraphs would be fine.March 29
(turn in your baby visit paper)
Talk to two of your classmates about their experience visiting the new parents. Answer these questions in a short paper: What did they learn from the experience? Was anything surprising to them? After talking to the parent you interviewed, and the opinions of the parents they interviewed, what do you think is a good age to have a baby and why?
The rest of the class we’ll be talking about birth. Either read 3-4 accounts of childbirth, or talk to two people who will tell you about their birth experience (one can be your mom). One of the stories could be this one on my web site http://www.holisticwisdom.org/hwpages/malpresentation.html
Write a short (one page is fine) paper on what you learned.There is no make up for this class.
