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Community & Environmental Health

Tenth graders learn that health is shaped not just by personal choices but by the world around us — exploring how clean water, clean air, healthcare access, and safe spaces affect the health of a whole community.

Grade 10Community Health50 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Explain community health.
  • ✓Connect the environment to health.
  • ✓Match factors to their effects.
  • ✓Value healthy communities.
Essential Question

Your health depends on more than your own choices — it depends on the water you drink, the air you breathe, and your access to care. How does your environment shape health?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Community Health Factor

Project this and match each community factor to how it affects health — tap a factor, then tap its effect.

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How It Affects Health
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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Beyond Your Choices

5 min

Your health depends on your environment too — how?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask what affects community health.
  • Preview the factors.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Reflect.
  • Consider.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Community Factors

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Community Health Factor.
  • Note each effect.
  • Note fairness.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Note it.
  • Reflect.
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Practice — Practice

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a factor in your community.
  • Explain its health effect.
  • Note who it affects.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Note it.
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Apply — Apply

12 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Identify a community health need.
  • Suggest an improvement.
  • Explain the benefit.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Identify it.
  • Suggest it.
  • Explain.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a community factor.
  • Explain its effect.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education Standards.

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HE.1

Comprehend concepts of community and environmental health.

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HE.2

Analyze how environment influences health.

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HE.8

Advocate for community health.

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HE.5

Use decision-making for community wellbeing.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Factor + effect cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ affects health by ___.”
  • Use community photos.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with clean water.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Explain health equity.
  • Research a local issue.
  • Propose a solution.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🌍Community photos
  • 💻Match the Community Health Factor
  • 🗺️A local map
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

community healththe health of a whole group of peopleenvironmentthe world around youaccessbeing able to get somethinghealthcaremedical servicessanitationclean water and waste systemsequityfairness in health resourcespreventionstopping illness before it startspublic healthprotecting community health
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How does clean drinking water affect community health?
It prevents disease and keeps communities healthy.
QUESTION 2
Name one community factor that affects health.
Clean air, healthcare access, safe parks, or healthy food access.
QUESTION 3
Why is health about more than personal choices?
Your environment — water, air, safety, and access to care — shapes your health too.

Cool-Down: your community.

Have students identify one thing in their community that supports health and one that could be improved. A printable community-health sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: access, community health, environment, equity, healthcare, prevention, public health, sanitation
  1. the world around you
  2. medical services
  3. fairness in health resources
  4. clean water and waste systems
  5. the health of a whole group of people
  6. stopping illness before it starts
  7. being able to get something
  8. protecting community health

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How does clean drinking water affect community health?
  2. Name one community factor that affects health.
  3. Why is health about more than personal choices?
Answer key — Part A: 1) environment · 2) healthcare · 3) equity · 4) sanitation · 5) community health · 6) prevention · 7) access · 8) public health
Part B: 1) It prevents disease and keeps communities healthy. 2) Clean air, healthcare access, safe parks, or healthy food access. 3) Your environment — water, air, safety, and access to care — shapes your health too.