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Middle School Guidance Curriculum

Middle School Guidance Curriculum. 2 Essential Questions: At what grade level are guidance topics being addressed? Which courses are currently addressing them?. Refusal Skills Assertiveness I Messages Goal Setting Cooperation Conflict Resolution Decision Making. Access Resources

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Middle School Guidance Curriculum

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  1. Middle School Guidance Curriculum 2 Essential Questions: • At what grade level are guidance topics being addressed? • Which courses are currently addressing them?

  2. Refusal Skills Assertiveness I Messages Goal Setting Cooperation Conflict Resolution Decision Making Access Resources Communication Self-Evaluation Prediction Personal Confrontation Active Listening Problem Solving Health Life Skills for 6th, 7th, and 8th

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 6th Grade Continued • Course: Computer Applications • Initial Career Assessment/Exploration • Utilize WisCareers features • Start saving items in locker

  6. 7th Grade • Course: Health Class • Unit:Intellectual/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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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 • Unit:Imperialism • Topics Covered: • Fact vs. opinion • Recognizing points of view and bias • How media influences behavior

  12. 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

  13. 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

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