The Horrors of Eating Disorders

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Below you will find lots of different information for you, as a teacher, to peruse.  There is a connection to Indiana State Academic Standards section, Picture Resource section, and helpful tidbits!


Connection to Indiana State Academic Standards

7th & 8th Grade Health

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
7.6 and 8.6
Goal-setting skills are essential to help students identify, adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. This standard includes the critical steps needed to achieve both short-term and long-term health goals. These skills make it possible for individuals to have aspirations and plans for the future. Students develop health goals based upon personal needs. Students design and implement critical steps to achieve short-term and long-term health goals

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
7.7 and 8.7
Research confirms that practicing health-enhancing behaviors can contribute to a positive quality of life. In addition, many diseases and injuries can be prevented by reducing harmful and risk taking behaviors. This standard promotes accepting personal responsibility for health and encourages the practice of healthy behaviors. Students demonstrate health-enhancing behaviors to prevent injuries, diseases, and disorders

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.
7.8 and 8.8
Advocacy skills help students promote healthy norms and healthy behaviors. This standard helps students develop important skills to target their health enhancing messages and to encourage others to adopt healthy behaviors. Students assess valid information and opinions about health issues. Students demonstrate skills to encourage others to adopt health-enhancing behaviors.


7th and 8th Grade English/Language Arts

Writing:  Applications (Different Types of Writing and Their Characteristics)
7.5 and 8.5
At Grade 8, students continue to write narrative, expository (informational), persuasive and descriptive essays (research reports of 700 to 1,000 words or more). Students are introduced to writing technical documents. Student writing demonstrates a command of Standard English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Standard 4 - Writing Processes and Features. Writing demonstrates an awareness of the audience (intended reader) and purpose for writing.

Listening and Speaking: Skills, Strategies, and Applications
7.7 and 8.7
Deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. Students evaluate the content of oral communication. Students deliver well-organized formal presentations using traditional speech strategies, including narration, exposition, persuasion, and description. Students use the same Standard English conventions for oral speech that they use in their writing.


**Note**
There are many other academic standards that could be connected to this WebQuest.  The ones listed above were chosen due to their specific relevance and subject content.  Feel free to search for more applicable Indiana State Academic Standards to meet your curriculum needs.



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Tidbits to Get You Started

All of the documents that are required by this WebQuest are available throughout this WebQuest, in their appropriate spots.  I would recommend, when assigning specific eating disorders that you assign Anorexia, Bulemia, and Compulsive Overeating/Binge Eating.  These three seem to be the biggest connectors to eating disorders.  Because that only makes three different teams and there are only five team members on each team, if you have a need for more than 15 roles, simply repeat one or more of the eating disorders until all of your teams have a topic.

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