Grade 2 Health Mississippi Standards

Identify how dietary habits affect health.

Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Demonstrate refusal skills to enhance health(e.g., just say no, don't talk to strangers).

Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.

Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Understand the importance of warning labels and symbols.

Identify individual differences and the value of those differences.

Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Identify negative effects of using alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.

Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Identify fair methods for settling conflicts.

Explore some of the causes of illnesses and chronic disease.

Explain how goal-setting enhances healthy behaviors.

Demonstrate an ability to influence others to become involved in healthy community projects.

Describe the roles of various community resources (e.g., hospital, Department of Health, voluntary health agency, home health) that aid in preventing illness.

Identify health products and services for daily use.

Discuss ways in which the environment can contribute to illnesses or diseases (e.g., air pollution, water).

Demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and products and services to enhance health.

Demonstrate and explain proper use of seat belts.

Explain the potential results of making positive and negative health choices (e.g., accidents, nutrition, physical activity, drug use, smoking, and bullying).

Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Appreciate the differences in people and how these differences are related to culture.

Describe how the media (e.g., Terrance the Rat) influences health choices.

Discuss ways to prevent injury.

Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Identify stress associated with different situations (e.g., recital, leadership role, disagreement with a peer, and visit to the principal's office).

Identify ways to communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others.

Demonstrate an ability to influence others to become involved in healthy community projects.