• define community and recognize their place in the community.
• define good health and analyze their home and community for its health culture.
• select a topic to research related to youth health.
• analyze their personal health routines.
• prepare and present a "meal" to their classmate.
• map the neighborhood.
• read news articles about sports and exercise-related articles.
• advocate for fun exercise in school and at home.

• define body image and explore how the media impacts that.
• list the cultural and environmental factors that promote obesity.
• create healthy-eating and exercise posters or graphic comics.
• research and report on food-related health issues.

• identify national and world leaders.
• identify qualities of leadership.
• state how leadership applies to service.
• analyze collected survey data.

• work together to select a health need for one or more class service projects.
• outline and plan their service project goals and procedures.
• identify and create a list of needs.
• identify steps necessary to complete the project.

• carry out the planned service project(s).
• evaluate the community response.
• analyze their Lifestyle Logs.
• reflect on the goals and outcomes of the service project experience.
• demonstrate the impact of their service project by summarizing data.
• celebrate their hard work and efforts to make the community healthier.

Students reflect on their own growth over the course of this unit by comparing journal entries and their Lifestyle Logs from the beginning of the unit to the end.

This unit gives students the knowledge and tools they can use to address health issues in their homes and communities. 

In the Reflection field of each lesson, journal prompts are provided for each session. Journals will be used to reflect on information learned, record research findings, and store personal health logs and surveys. Journal entries should not be graded on content, but are private. Students may choose to share or not share their work with the group and/or leader. Respect for student privacy is extremely important especially given the very personal nature of some topics covered in the program. 

Several sessions throughout the unit have a Reporting assignment, as well. Students select topics touched on in the session to find out more about and then report their findings in a follow-up session. As part of the Reporting assignment, students select 1-2 vocabulary words from their research to share with the class.