Middle School Guidance Curriculum

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Middle School Guidance Curriculum

• 2 Essential Questions
• At what grade level are guidance topics being
  addressed?
• Which courses are currently addressing them?

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Health Life Skills for 6th, 7th, and 8th

• Refusal Skills
• Assertiveness
• I Messages
• Goal Setting
• Cooperation
• Conflict Resolution
• Decision Making

• Access Resources
• Communication
• Self-Evaluation
• Prediction
• Personal Confrontation
• Active Listening
• Problem Solving

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6th Grade

• Course Health Class
• Unit Health and Wellness
• Topics Covered
• Effective Communication
• Choices/Consequences
• Goal-Setting
• Diversity
• Refusal Skills
• Unit Intellectual/Mental/Emotional/Social
• Topics Covered
• Importance of friendship
• Peer influences and risk behaviors
• Emotion and Stress Management
• Coping and Grief
• Self-Esteem
• Bullying

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6th Grade Continued.

• Course Health Class
• Unit Substance Use and Abuse
• Topics Covered
• Addiction
• Drug Prevention
• Tobacco Awareness
• Alcohol and Consequences
• Inhalants
• Methamphetamines
• Risky Behaviors
• Reducing Peer Pressure

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6th Grade Continued

• Course Computer Applications
• Initial Career Assessment/Exploration
• Utilize WisCareers features
• Start saving items in locker

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7th Grade

• Course Health Class
• UnitIntellectual/Mental/Emotional/Social
  Wellness
• Topics Covered
• Self-Esteem
• Bullying and Harassment
• Eating Disorders
• Suicide Prevention
• Stress Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Decision making
• Asset Development
• Relationships
• Depression

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7th Grade Continued

• Course Health Class
• Unit Substance Use and Abuse
• Topics Covered
• Addiction
• Drug Prevention
• Tobacco Awareness
• Alcohol and Consequences
• Inhalants
• Methamphetamines
• Risky Behaviors
• Reducing Peer Pressure

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7th Grade Continued

• Course Social Studies
• Unit Psychology
• Topics Covered
• Personality
• Learning Styles
• Family
• Gender
• Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation
• Unit Sociology
• Topics Covered
• Racism
• Sexism
• Homophobia
• Prejudice
• Socio-Economic Status
• Stereotyping

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7th Grade Continued

• Course Social Studies
• Unit Anthropology
• Topics Covered
• How culture can further global understanding, or
  cause misunderstanding
• Unit History
• Topics Covered
• How media influences behavior
• Helping others in crisis
• Cooperation between individuals and groups

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8th Grade

• Course U.S. History
• Unit Review of Early American History
• Topics Covered
• Cooperation between individuals and groups
• Helping others in crisis
• Unit Rise of a Nation
• Topics Covered
• Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation
• Unit Civil War
• Topics Covered
• Conflict, Cooperation, and Interdependence among
  groups, societies, and nations

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8th grade Continued

• Course Social Studies
• Unit Immigration
• Topics Covered
• Influence of status, ethnic origin, race, gender,
  and age on interactions of individuals
• Bias, prejudice, stereotyping
• Unit Reconstruction and Expansion
• Topics Covered
• Bias
• Prejudice
• Stereotyping
• UnitImperialism
• Topics Covered
• Fact vs. opinion
• Recognizing points of view and bias
• How media influences behavior

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8th Grade Continued

• Course Family and Consumer Education
• Unit Work of the Family/World of Work
• Topics Covered
• Family Concerns
• Respect
• Communication
• Attitudes
• Goals
• Gender Differences
• Citizenship Values

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8th Grade Continued

• Course Family and Consumer Education
• Unit Life Work Plan
• Topics Covered
• Family Resources
• Career Planning
• Worker Characteristics
• Positive Work Ethic
• Careers and potential earnings
• Verbal/Non-verbal communication