Disease & Illness Health Unit: A Best-Selling High School Teen Health Curriculum: High School Health Curriculum

Name: Disease & Illness Health Unit: A Best-Selling High School Teen Health Curriculum: High School Health Curriculum
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TeacherPayTeachers #1 Best-Selling High School Disease Unit!!

For more than a decade, our expert-designed, research-based curriculum has been a trusted resource in Health and PE education. Continuously refined and proven in classrooms, it remains the benchmark resource for schools seeking to enhance their programs and support student well-being.

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This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.

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Did you know that seven illnesses and diseases cause over 80% of global deaths? Disease education is more important than ever, empowering people to make informed decisions about their health.

This two-week Diseases Unit helps students understand communicable and non-communicable diseases, prevention, cancer, and more. It encourages students to take control of their health, make informed choices, and avoid unhealthy behaviors.

Top 7 Global Diseases (World Health Organization): Heart Disease, Stroke, COPD, Respiratory Infections, Neonatal Conditions, Cancers, and Alzheimer's.

Step-by step PowerPoint and Google Slides Speaker Notes: Guided Teacher Directions are now available in the PowerPoint and Google Slides Speaker Notes pull up tab. Simply click and drag up to view, designed to be a one-stop-shop teaching experience. Open your Presentation and you’re ready to teach!

Three slideshow presentation versions to choose from, depending on your technology needs: PowerPoint, Online (Google Slides) and PDF.

A ’Teacher/Student’ Document pairs with presentations providing exams/quizzes/keys, worksheets, student examples and many more additional resources, when available. Two link options will be provided for accessing Teacher/Student documents: a link to a printable version and/or an online student fill-in version.

This resource is taken from our #1 Best-Selling High School Health Curriculum on Teacher Pay Teachers!!

Why This Two-Week Diseases Unit is a Must-Have:

Includes 10 high school lessons
Covers disease transmission, symptoms, prevention, and treatment
Features two interactive Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Card Games
Includes a final unit assessment
Provides step-by-step teacher directions
Comes with a PowerPoint that guides lessons, now with all-new slide backgrounds
Includes editable documents (on Google Slides with text boxes for easy customization)
Updated Coronavirus (COVID-19) lesson (Updated 11/22) – Now available on Google Slides, featuring a timeline of events to help students understand the spread and impact of COVID-19
Includes learning targets with printable posters for each lesson and a Success Criteria Check-Off Sheet for students
Now includes fun, generic worksheets designed specifically for teens

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