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S**Q
Worth the money
Great book, with answers. I used this as my skeleton as I developed a one semester high school health class. It has fun and informative activities that the kids really enjoyed doing and talking about.
E**.
Excellent Book on Topic
As a emplyment recruiter, I found some applicants did not have essential life skills. This is an excellant read for those in need of life skills.
A**S
Severely outdated, but okay for a jumping-off point
I purchased this book to get me started with homeschooling my 9th grader as an option for health class. It covers all the topics I needed it to, but we've only been able to use about half of the activities because many expect the student to find the answers from an unspecified source.For example, page 4/activity 3 expects information from the American Lung Association to assist with completing a quiz on surveys that conclude with the percentages of Americans who smoke cigarettes each day and the like. These figures were from 2004. Other activities reference products that neither my teen nor I have ever heard of, such as Coldene tablets, Pepsodent, Anacin, Jolt cola, etc. I appreciate that the answers are in the back of the book, but we skip over many of the activities because they are just too unrelatable or inaccessible.Overall, I'm glad we have the book because it gives me an idea of what to include in the class and inspires me to create my own projects, but an updated version would be much appreciated.
M**U
Life Skills = New teacher (or class) Lifesaver!
Wow! I placed my order yesterday and selected the online @2.99 upgrade option. Within minutes of placing my order, I found and copied fun, creative activities to use this week! I am a FACS teacher and just started at a new school with new classes, including Health which I am teaching for the first time. I only wish I had discovered this 3 years ago when I was brand new to High School teaching and taught a relationships class with no instructional materials at all; no books, lesson plans, pacing guide, files, etc. This book will significantly decrease my time spent researching creative ideas online and/or developing them from scratch. Thanks!
H**M
Lifeskills Teaching Resource!
Because of the nature of teaching and the student levels: the Lifeskills works well with various grade levels from upper intermediate, high school and adult students! I use the worksheets all the time with different classes each year.
A**N
Fantastic Health course for my 7th grade daughter.
She loves it! And what I love about it, is it's relevant to today's concerns and issues. I think this is a much better curriculum than anything you'd find in public school.
H**A
Not completely what I expected
The book is good for activities on each subject but lacks the knowledge behind the activities. You will need to acquire that information on your own. The activities are fun and engaging though.
M**3
IMPRESSED
My population is undeserved youth ages 16-24 from the intercity. We are a GED program and most of my students come in on a 6th grade learning level. This book had great activities that I could use for this population. Very impressed!!
