Wesley House Healthy Households

The goal of the Wesley House applying for this grant is to educate our students and their families of the health problems that are attacking the African American in Omaha. Below I have listed a curriculum list that we have already started to implement with our students. Right now we do not have the funding to carry out many of the lessons that I have created. I know that it is imperative to educate these students while they are young so that they will grow up with healthy habits. Wesley House Healthly Households Curriculum 1) Personal Care - Dental Health - Puberty - Big Decisions - Teen Pregnancy - Family Genes & Your Future - Deadly Desires - Beauty - Eating Disorders - Germs/ Hand washing - Dressing for Seasons - Taking care on Hair & Skin 2.) Nutrition - Low Fat foods - Ingredient Snack Hunt - Recovering from bad eating - How to read Nutrition Facts - Organic Foods - Healthy Snacks - Eat right, Stay Fit - Nutrition Goals - Salad Party - How Foods Affect How You Feel - Healthy Food Collage - How do you tell a Fruit from a Vegetable - Play Restaurant (Planning a Healthy Menu) - Food Pyramid Bingo - Healthy Food/Eater want ads - Sugar For Breakfast? 3.) Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs - Smoking - Addiction & Cycle of Addiction - Alcohol = Slurred Speech and Delayed Reactions - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Most Smokers wish they Hadn’t Started - Road to Recovery - Peer Pressure “ The Pressure is On!” 4.) Cancer - Types of Cancer - Causes of Cancer - What is Cancer? - Cancer and my Family Tree - Cures for Cancer - How Cancer affects the body - Most common types of cancer - How to Help Prevent Cancer 5.) First Aid - Cuts - Burns - Bruises - Band-Aids - Head Injury - Broken Bones - Colds/ Flu - Medication - 911 - Poison - Rashes 6.) Body Systems - Pathogen attack - Digestive System - Cardiovascular Fitness - Bones - Hair, eyes & mouth - Brain - Respiratory System - Pumping Blood 7.) Physical Education - Jump Rope Activities - Soccer/ Football Activities - Warm up Activities - Fitness Activities - Cardio Activities - B-Ball - Hula Hoop - Parachute Activities - Bean Bag Activities