High School (9-12)

The Michigan Model for Health™ (MMH) The MMH high school curriculum facilitates learning through a variety of interactive teaching and learning techniques. Skill development through demonstration and guided practice is emphasized resulting in the development of positive lifestyle behaviors for students and families.

The MMH high school curriculum is designed as a one-semester course and it can be adapted to a 12-week trimester course. The MMH curriculum is a comprehensive health curriculum so each grade level from preschool to high school builds on the grades before it and lays the foundation for grades to follow. Therefore, the MMH high school curriculum is the culmination of the Pre-K through 12^th grade health education experience and prepares young adults for living a healthy lifestyle.

Michigan Model for Health™ High School (9-12)

The Michigan Model for Health^TM High School Curriculum (Grades 9-12) is a health course that addresses the major youth risk behaviors identified by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in addition to covering other important health topics. The high school curriculum consists of two teacher manuals with fully-scripted lesson plans, teacher resources, and support materials.

Social & Emotional Health

Nutrition & Physical Activity

Safety

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs

Personal Health & Wellness

HIV/AIDS & Other STIs

The Michigan Model for Health^TM Grades 9-12 curriculum is available in digital and print formats and organized by two health topic curriculum modules. The curriculum is developed with user-friendly instructions to help teachers prepare to teach the lessons in each unit. All lessons are formatted similarly to include: lesson objectives and correlation with National Health Education Standards, time and materials chart, preparation tasks, tips, and lesson procedure.

Skills for Health & Life

The Skills for Health & Life Grades 9-12 module teaches the skills young people need to be contributing members of society, successful employees, and nurturing family members which mirrors the skills young people need to maintain and improve their health and long-term well-being. Students who master these skills demonstrate:

Creativity, innovation, and inventiveness.
Effective communication and collaboration with others.
The application of research to address challenges.
The ability to locate digital information efficiently, evaluate it effectively, and use it ethically.
Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making.
Proper technology use, global awareness, and moral capacity in and outside of the classroom.

The Skills for Health & Life curriculum includes the follow six main health topics of instruction with tips for implementation:

Skills – A Strong Foundation
Social & Emotional Health
Nutrition & Physical Activity
Safety
Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs
Personal Health & Wellness

This curriculum is designed to be taught as a semester course on health and contains 69 lessons with each lesson estimated at 50 minutes in length. To assist teachers and educators, the Skills for Health & Life curriculum provides guidelines to customize and tailor health classes as necessary based on the number of classroom hours required to teach health.

Healthy & Responsible Relationships

The Healthy & Responsible Relationships Grades 9-12 module is a sex education and HIV prevention curriculum that focuses on abstinence as the safest and healthiest choice for school-aged youth and teaches risk reduction strategies for youth when they eventually become sexually active. Relationships are central to an individual’s life. The quality of relationships affects each person’s behaviors, health, enjoyment of life, and likelihood of success. Therefore, healthy relationships are a foundational theme for positive sexual behavior taught throughout the Healthy & Responsible Relationships curriculum.

Healthy & Responsible Relationships is an excellent companion with the Skills for Health & Life module providing 22 lessons addressing HIV, other STI prevention and pregnancy prevention. Given the sensitive nature of many of the topics addressed, the Healthy & Responsible Relationships curriculum provides implementation guidance on training, teacher resources, and teaching techniques and tips. The abstinence-based curriculum provides three options for implementation which are:

abstinence-only
abstinence-based with condoms as disease risk reduction, but without other forms of contraception; or
abstinence-based with contraception, including condoms.

Local school districts are encouraged to determine which implementation option for HIV and/or sex education curriculum best meets their students’ needs.

Digital Curriculum

The Michigan Model for Health^TMhigh school digital curriculum format includes HTML lessons that are mobile-friendly with integrated links to streamed videos and online teacher resources.

Print Curriculum

The Michigan Model for Health^TM high school print curriculum format includes a three-ring print binder and a travel flash drive of electronic teacher resources.
High School MMH Print Binders image Grades 9 to 12 - HIV and Skills for Health and Life - Social and Emotional Health, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Safety, and Personal Health and Wellness

Teacher Resources

streaming videos
student worksheets (available in Google and PDF)
pre-/post-assessments (available in Google and PDF)
teacher keys
teacher references
student handouts
teacher slides (available in MS PowerPoint and PDF)
assessment rubrics and/or checklists (available in MS Word and PDF)
website resources

Hands-on Support Materials

Instructional Support Materials are available to support classroom instruction of health lessons and can include: attractive full-color laminated posters, activity card sets, informational pamphlets, and DVD videos. All high school Grades 9-12 support materials are sold separately.

Purchased MMH Curriculum & Support Materials

The high school curriculum can be purchased individually by manual or within digital curriculum bundles. School-wide and district-wide pricing discounts may also be available. To purchase MMH curriculum, Michigan educators, contact your School Health Coordinator and out-of-state educators, contact the Michigan Model for Health Clearinghouse. To view MMH high school curriculum and support materials, click on the button link.

Buy Grades 9-12
Teacher Manuals & Support Materials