Editor’s note: Bullying is a serious issue, and Choices teacher-advisor Amy Lauren Smith—a 6th to 8th grade health teacher at the Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China, and the brilliant mind behind our Teacher’s Guide each month—understands this from a personal perspective. Her advice will help you understand what students may be going through and which bullying-prevention steps can be effective.
Source: What I Learned From My Childhood Bully | Choices Ideabook
Last year, after learning about the powerful impact meditation was having on middle school students in San Francisco, we decided to give it a try in
*This post originally appeared on choices.scholastic.com National Health Education Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products and services to enhance health.
What makes an effective Health curriculum? Check out this article from the CDC… it very clearly breaks down the characteristics of an up-to-date Health class,
If you’re looking to add digital literacy to your classes (which you should be!), there are some groups out there creating curriculum, aligning it to
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