Guam Department of Education

Consolidated High Schools

Quarterly Consensus Map

VOCABULARY, WRITE TO LEARN, TEXT ACCESS AND MEDIA COMPLEXITY ACCESS, STUDENT DIALOGUE AND GROUPING,
QUARTER 1ST BIG IDEA DIGITAL RESOURCES, DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGICAL, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS/NOTE TAKERS, CLOZE TEST AND TEACHER AND
STUDENT QUESTIONING

What are the warning signs of suicide?

ESSENTIAL Why is important to manage stress?
QUESTIONS What are signs and symptoms of mental disorders?
How to help someone who is suicidal?

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES
Living a Healthy Life:
Your Health and Wellness
Promoting a Healthy
AUGUST
Lifestyle
Your Behavior and
Reducing Health Risks
Building Health Skills:
Making Responsible
SEPTEMBER
Decisions and Setting
Goals
Building Character
PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will demonstrate
Cumulative risks, heredity,
knowledge, skills, and strategies
Standard 2: Analyze lifestyle factors, health literacy,
related to the health triangle to
Influences peers, media, culture,
enhance self-concept and
HS.2.1 abstinence, risks behaviors,
relationships with others.
prevention, health
Interpersonal communication,
Standard 5: Decision Making refusal skills, conflict resolution, Students will demonstrate
H.S.5.2 stress management, advocacy, knowledge, skills, and strategies
H.S.5.3 body language, I-message, related to making responsible
H.S.5.7 listening, decision making skills, decisions, and positive character
goals, role model, respect, development.
resiliency, perception

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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

VOCABULARY, WRITE TO LEARN, TEXT ACCESS AND MEDIA COMPLEXITY ACCESS, STUDENT DIALOGUE AND GROUPING,
QUARTER 2ND BIG IDEA DIGITAL RESOURCES, DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGICAL, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS/NOTE TAKERS, CLOZE TEST AND TEACHER AND
STUDENT QUESTIONING

How does alcohol, tobacco, medicines, and drugs affect the body systems?
What are the physical, mental, social, and legal consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse?
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS How are the fetus, infants, and young children affected by the abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs?
What are some strategies to prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs?

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES
Achieving Good Mental and
Emotional Health
Your Mental and
Emotional Health
OCTOBER
Developing a Positive
Identity
Understanding Emotions
Managing Emotions
PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Mental disorder, Stress,
Standard 1: Core Concepts Depression, Suicide, Phobia,
Students will demonstrate
HS. 1.7 Coping, Resiliency, Anxiety,
knowledge, skills, and strategies
Standard 5: Decision Making Stressor, Communication,
related to mental and emotional
HS.5.4 Personality, Psychologist, Peer
health to enhance self-concept
Standard 7: Self-Management group, Identity, Self-esteem, Self-
and relationships with others.
Plan actualization, Hierarchy of needs,
HS.7.3, 7.6 Emotion, Grief, Coping strategy,
Defense mechanism

Mental disorder, Stress,

Managing Stress and Anxiety
Effects Of Stress
NOVEMBER Managing Stress
Anxiety and Teen
Depression
Being a Resilient Teen
Standard 1: Core Concepts Depression, Suicide, Phobia,
Students will demonstrate
HS. 1.7 Coping, Resiliency, Anxiety,
knowledge, skills, and strategies
Standard 5: Decision Making Stressor, Communication,
related to mental and emotional
HS.5.4 Personality, Psychologist, Peer
health to enhance self-concept
Standard 7: Self-Management group, Identity, Self-esteem, Self-
and relationships with others.
Plan actualization, Hierarchy of needs,
HS.7.3, 7.6 Emotion, Grief, Coping
strategy, Defense mechanism

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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Tobacco-stimulant, addictive drug,
nicotine, tolerance, secondhand
smoke, mainstream smoke,
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS),
leukoplakia, smokeless tobacco,
nicotine withdrawal, nicotine
substitute
Standard 1: Core Concepts Alcohol-intoxication, alcohol abuse,
HS.1.4 binge drinking, alcohol poisoning,
depressant, blood alcohol
HS.1.10 Students will demonstrate
concentration, alcoholism,
DECEMBER/ knowledge, skills, and strategies
Tobacco/Alcohol/Drugs detoxification, recovery, fetal alcohol
JANUARY Standard 7: Self-Management syndrome, alcoholic, addiction related to tobacco, alcohol,
Plan medicines, and drugs.
H.S.7.3 Drugs-medicines, drugs, vaccines,
H.S.7.4 synergistic effect, overdose,
marijuana, inhalants, substance
abuse, overdose, addiction, paranoia,
steroids, stimulants, illegal drugs,
illicit drugs, euphoria, designer drugs,
narcotics, psychoactive drugs,
hallucinogens, depressants, vaccines

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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

VOCABULARY, WRITE TO LEARN, TEXT ACCESS AND MEDIA COMPLEXITY ACCESS, STUDENT DIALOGUE AND GROUPING,
QUARTER 3RD BIG IDEA DIGITAL RESOURCES, DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGICAL, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS/NOTE TAKERS, CLOZE TEST AND TEACHER AND
STUDENT QUESTIONING

Why are fad diets dangerous?

ESSENTIAL Why is important to exercise regularly?
QUESTIONS What are signs and symptoms of dehydration?
Why do people with eating disorders require assistance from a health professional?

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Physical Activity for Life Sedentary lifestyle, Physical fitness,
Metabolism, Aerobic/Anaerobic exercise
Hydration, steroids, overexertion,
Physical Activity and your
Standard 1: Core Concepts heatstroke, strain, sprain, hypothermia, Students will demonstrate
Health frostbite
HS. 1.9 knowledge, skills, and strategies
Fitness and You Nutrients, calories, carbohydrates,
Standard 5: Decision Making related to physical activity, proper
JANUARY Planning a Personal proteins, fiber, vitamins, food allergy,
HS. 5.6 food additives, foodborne illness nutrition/healthful food choices,
Activity Program
Standard 8: Health Advocacy BMI, obesity, bulimia nervosa, fad diets, and weight management.
Training and Safety for weight cycling, eating disorder, anorexia,
HS. 8.4
Physical Activities binge eating, dietary supplement,
Physical Activity Injuries rehydration, vegan, vegetarian

Nutrients, calories, carbohydrates,

Standard 1: Core Concepts proteins, fiber, vitamins, food allergy, Students will demonstrate
HS. 1.9 food additives, foodborne illness knowledge, skills, and strategies
Physical Activity, Nutrition & Standard 5: Decision Making BMI, obesity, bulimia nervosa, fad diets, related to physical activity, proper
FEBRUARY weight cycling, eating disorder, anorexia,
Supplements HS. 5.6 nutrition/healthful food choices,
binge eating, dietary supplement,
Standard 8: Health Advocacy and weight management.
rehydration, vegan, vegetarian
HS. 8.4

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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Sexuality, hormones
Values, peer pressure,
Reproductive Systems abstinence, intimacy, refusal
skills,
Male scrotum, testes, testosterone,
Standard 1: Core Concept Students will demonstrate
Female sperm, epididymis, penis,
H.S. 1.5 knowledge, skills, and strategies
semen, vas deferens, vulva,
related to human reproduction,
Prenatal Development and Birth vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian
MARCH Standard 3: Access Valid pregnancy and childbirth, issues
tubes, ovaries, ovulation,
The beginning of the life Information of sexuality, and sexually
menstruation
H.S.3.4 transmitted infections.
cycle Fertilization, zygote, blastocyst,
Prenatal Care H.S. 3.5 embryo, amniotic sac, placenta
Heredity and Genetics umbilical cord, fetus, fetal
Infancy and Childhood alcohol syndrome, ultrasound,
labor, episiotomy, cesarean
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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

VOCABULARY, WRITE TO LEARN, TEXT ACCESS AND MEDIA COMPLEXITY ACCESS, STUDENT DIALOGUE AND GROUPING,
QUARTER 4TH BIG IDEA DIGITAL RESOURCES, DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGICAL, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS/NOTE TAKERS, CLOZE TEST AND TEACHER AND
STUDENT QUESTIONING

What are some strategies that can be used to reduce/eliminate risky behaviors associated with sexuality?
Why is it important to abstain from sexual activity?
ESSENTIAL
What is the most common STD on Guam, and what are some signs/symptoms?
QUESTIONS
What is the developmental lifecycle during pregnancy?
What are the techniques utilized in dealing with first aid and emergencies?

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Adolescence and the Life Cycle:

Understanding Growth Students will demonstrate

Standard 4: Interpersonal Puberty, menstruation,
knowledge, skills, and strategies
and Change Communication HS.4.4 hormones, sex characteristics,
Moving Toward related to adolescence,
MARCH maturity, intimacy, commitment,
Adulthood adoption, unconditional love, adulthood, marriage, and
Standard 5: Decision Making
Marriage and Parenting empty-nest syndrome parenting. .
HS.5.7
Health Through the Life
Span
Standard 3: Access Valid
Information
Contraception/Abstinence HS.3.4 withdrawal, condom, spermicide, sterilization,
HS.3.2 vasectomy, tubal ligation, masturbation,
homosexual, heterosexual, abortion, sexual Students will demonstrate
The Risks of STDs: HS.3.5
abuse, incest, rape, acquaintance rape, date knowledge, skills, and strategies
rape, STIs, STDs, HPV, genital warts,
Common STDs/STIs related to issues of sexuality,
APRIL Standard 6: Goal Setting chlamydia, pelvic inflammatory disease,
HIV/AIDS gonorrhea, genital herpes, hepatitis B, syphilis, sexually transmitted infections,
HS.6.3
Treatment for
vaginitis, trichomoniasis, public lice, scabies sexual assault and rape.
AIDS, HIV, AIDS-opportunistic illnesses,
HIV/AIDS Standard 7: Self-Management Western blot test, pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia, kaposis sarcoma
Sexual Assault/Rape Plan
HS.7.1
HS.7.2

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Consolidated High Schools
Quarterly Consensus Map

MONTH MAJOR UNITS AND THEMES PRIORITY STANDARDS KEY VOCABULARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
First Aid and Emergencies
Defibrillator, CPR, first aid,
Providing First Aid Heimlich maneuver,
Standard 5: Decision Making Students will demonstrate
CPR and First Aid for resuscitation, unconscious,
HS.5.7 knowledge, skills, and strategies
MAY Shock and Choking hypoglycemia, stroke,
Standard 8 Health Advocacy related to first aid, CPR, and
Responding to Common fractures, ABCs, avulsion,
HS. 8.5 emergencies.
Emergencies frost bite, heat exhaustion,
Treatment for Poisonings heat stroke