Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8
Growing Up Healthy
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Through playing a board game, students are presented with various health-related scenarios that can hurt or help child health and then discuss which public health measures are most effective in keeping people healthy.
Students will be able to:
- Identify two or more public health measures that positively impact child health.
- Identify two or more factors that have negative impacts on child health.
- Explain how circumstances at the individual, family, community, and national level affect child health.
Features of This Resource
- Lesson plan explores connections between social systems and public health
- All board game materials included as easy-to-print PDFs
- Great lesson for teaching the SDGs
How Do I Get This Lesson Plan?
This lesson plan must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.
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