Program Description


A Comprehensive Health & Nutrition Program
for Grades 5–10, Special Events, and Conferences

 

Program Objectives

Young adults who participate in THIS IS YOUR LIFE! will learn:

How to improve their eating habits by choosing a balanced diet to prevent obesity and promote lifelong health.
How daily exercise helps reduce stress, build strength, and maintain a healthy weight. And, how to find activities they like to do, so they'll keep on doing them regularly.
To discredit the narrow images of beauty promoted by the media and help them discover that "every body is different, and different is a great thing!"
To address the health consequences of eating disorders, and to avoid fad dieting pitfalls.
To stay tobacco-free and how to resist industry, media, and peer group pressures regarding tobacco and substance abuse.
How they can prevent osteoporosis, the bone thinning disease, while still in their teen years through healthy eating and exercise habits.
To build self-esteem from the inside out, and understand that looking and feeling good is a result of healthy lifestyle choices.


Program Includes

This Is Your Life show sceneOne Theater Performance:

Grade levels: 5–10
Audience size: Up to 400
Running time: 45 minutes
Space needs: Auditorium, cafetorium, gym, or any large performance area

 

One Follow-Up School Resource Kit:

  • Follow-Up Discussion Guide for Teachers
  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
  • Parent Letter and Handouts
  • Student Response Paper and Handouts
  • Teacher Letter and Handouts
  • Teacher's Evaluation
  • Handout Packet for Health, Guidance, and Food Service Staff
  • Event Poster
  • Press Packet

 

PLUS: This Is Your Life! Activity Guidebook 2008

This nationally-acclaimed guidebook is an easy-to-use, comprehensive resource, ideal for all health-related teachers and school staff. It's designed to provide everything educators need to explore the topics raised in This Is Your Life! in greater depth.

Features hundreds of hands-on activities which meet "The National Health Education Standards for Achieving Health Literacy."

Includes reproducible activity sheets and handouts; self-assessments; background information; and recommended resources to easily integrate nutrition and health into core subject areas.

Activity Guidebook Segments:

  • Body Image and Healthy Weight
  • Healthy Eating
  • Get Physical!
  • De-Stress!
  • Putting It All Together

 This Is Your Life! Activity Guidebook

Updated for 2008!
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