GRADE National Health Student Learning

6-8 education Objectives (SLO)

VIOLENCE standards
(NHES)

GRADE 6 GOAL SETTING (GS)Apply strategies

and skills needed to
attain a personal
health goal in avoiding
ANALYZING violence
INFLUENCES (AI) Describe the
influence of culture on
behaviors related to
violence
INERPERSONAL (IC) Apply effective
COMMUNICATION verbal and nonverbal
communication to
enhance nonviolent
behaviors
GRADE 7 ANALYZING (AI)Analyze how the
INFLUENCES school and community
can affect violent
behaviors.
(IC)Demonstrate
INTERPERSONAL
effective conflict
COMMUNICATION management or
resolution strategies
DECISION MAKING when dealing with a
violent situation.
(DM)Determine when
health-related
situations require the
application of a
thoughtful decision
when dealing with
violence
GRADE 8 ADVOCACY (AD)State a health-
enhancing position on a
topic and support it with
accurate information
SELF regarding violence
MANAGEMENT (SM)Demonstrate
Healthy practices and
behaviors that will
ANALYZING maintain or improve the
safety of others
INFLUENCES (AI)Analyze how
 perception of norms
influence violent
behaviors.

Adapted from: Benes, S. & Alprin, H. (2016). The Essentials of Teaching Health Education. Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics.

Violence Prevention
In middle school it is very important to teach students that violence that you see on
TV and video games are not real as well as teaching them about healthy interactions with
others. In a study by Stephen J. Lepore and Wendy Kliewer they found that the more
violence that a student was exposed to the lower that students GPA would be. This is why
it is important to teach our students how to deal with violence if they see it on TV as well as
in real life.
According to the FIRST-GRADE CHILD RISK BEHAVIORS FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE
EXPOSURE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL a study doesnt by Rhonda C. Boyd 63% of students in
middle school will have witnessed some form of community violence. This number is to
high our students should learn the techniques to avoid putting themselves in violent
situations and having the know how how to get out of them if they see one starting to
happen. Another fact that I found was that only 13.5% of girls will speak up if they are in a
violent situation compared to 20.4% of males. (Ethan Levine, 2015) If we find ourselves
being bullied or in a violent situation we should feel okay telling someone so that person
doesnt get hurt.

Resources:
Lepore, S., & Kliewer, J. (2013). Violence Exposure, Sleep Disturbance, and Poor Academic Performance in
Middle School. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,41(8), 1179-1189.

Boyd, R., Cooley, M., Lambert, S., & Ialongo, N. (2003). Firstgrade child risk behaviors for community violence
exposure in middle school. Journal of Community Psychology, 31(3), 297-314.

Levine, E. (2017). Sexual Violence Among Middle School Students: The Effects of Gender and Dating
Experience. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 088626051559078.