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Knowing Your Health Resources

Twelfth graders learn where to turn for different health needs — a doctor for physical health, a counselor or trusted adult for emotional support, and 911 for emergencies — so they know how to get help for themselves and others as adults.

Grade 12Wellness55 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know your health resources.
  • ✓Match needs to help.
  • ✓Ask for support.
  • ✓Help yourself & others.
Essential Question

Knowing WHERE to turn for help is a key adult skill. Who do you reach out to for different health needs — physical, emotional, and emergency?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Knowing Your Health Resources Check

Project each item and have students answer about where to turn for health needs.

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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

55 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Where to Turn

6 min

Knowing WHERE to turn for help is a key adult skill — who do you reach out to?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask who they’d call for different needs.
  • Ask about support.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Reflect.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Health Resources

13 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Knowing Your Health Resources Check.
  • Note physical vs. emotional help.
  • Note emergencies.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Name.
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Practice — Practice

15 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match a need to a resource.
  • Name a trusted adult.
  • Know the emergency number.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match it.
  • Name them.
  • Know it.
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Apply — Apply

13 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a personal resource list.
  • Include a counselor.
  • Explain it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • List it.
  • Include it.
  • Explain.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say who to see for a checkup.
  • Say who to turn to for stress.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.3

Access valid health resources.

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HE.4

Use communication to get help.

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HE.8

Advocate for health.

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HE.1

Comprehend where to seek care.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Resource + need cards.
  • Sentence frame: “For ___, I can turn to ___.”
  • Use real examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with doctor and 911.
  • Use one example.
  • Name one resource.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Build a full resource list.
  • Explain confidentiality.
  • Find local resources.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🤝Resource cards
  • 💻Knowing Your Health Resources Check
  • 📋A resource list template
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

health resourcewhere you turn for helpprimary care doctorfor physical healthcounselorfor emotional supporttrusted adultsomeone who supports youemergencya life-threatening situation911the emergency numbersupporthelp from othersadvocateto speak up for your needs
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Who do you see for a routine checkup?
Your primary care doctor.
QUESTION 2
Who can you turn to for emotional support you can’t manage alone?
A counselor or a trusted adult.
QUESTION 3
What do you do in a life-threatening emergency?
Call 911 right away.

Cool-Down: know where to turn.

Have students make a short personal list of who they’d contact for a physical, emotional, or emergency health need. A printable resources sheet is in the PE & Health library. Remind students that a school counselor or trusted adult is always there if they’re struggling.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 911, advocate, counselor, emergency, health resource, primary care doctor, support, trusted adult
  1. to speak up for your needs
  2. where you turn for help
  3. for emotional support
  4. the emergency number
  5. for physical health
  6. a life-threatening situation
  7. someone who supports you
  8. help from others

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Who do you see for a routine checkup?
  2. Who can you turn to for emotional support you can’t manage alone?
  3. What do you do in a life-threatening emergency?
Answer key — Part A: 1) advocate · 2) health resource · 3) counselor · 4) 911 · 5) primary care doctor · 6) emergency · 7) trusted adult · 8) support
Part B: 1) Your primary care doctor. 2) A counselor or a trusted adult. 3) Call 911 right away.