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Community Health

Eleventh graders learn that health isn’t just personal — community health is the wellbeing of whole groups, supported by things like clean water, parks, and safe streets. They see how individuals can strengthen it. They check the ideas, then plan a community-health action.

Grade 11Community Health45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Define community health.
  • ✓Name supports.
  • ✓See your role.
  • ✓Take action.
Essential Question

How does where you live affect how healthy you can be?

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Interactive Task
Check It · Interactive

Community Health

Project each one and have students answer about community health.

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Answer each question about community health.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Bigger Picture

5 min

Can one person be fully healthy if their community isn’t?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Community Health

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Community Health.
  • Note it’s about groups.
  • Note shared supports.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a community-health support.
  • Name a local need.
  • Name one action.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Name.
  • Act.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a community-health action.
  • Name who it helps.
  • Name a first step.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Name.
  • Step.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • What is community health?
  • Name a support.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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HE.1

Explain community and public health.

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HE.8

Advocate for community health.

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HE.2

Analyze environmental health influences.

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HE.3

Access community health resources.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Support picture cards.
  • Frame: "clean water helps ___."
  • Use local examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use clear examples.
  • Name one support.
  • Use sentence frames.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Map local health resources.
  • Design an advocacy plan.
  • Research a health issue.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏘️Support cards
  • 💻Community Health
  • 📋Action-plan sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

community healthwellbeing of a grouppublic healthprotecting whole populationsenvironmentsurroundings that affect healthaccessbeing able to get resourcesadvocacyspeaking up for changeresourcehelp that’s availablepreventionstopping problems earlywellbeingoverall 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
What is community health?
The wellbeing of groups and the conditions that support it.
QUESTION 2
Name something that supports it.
Clean water, parks, or safe streets.
QUESTION 3
How can you support community health?
Volunteer or promote healthy habits.

Cool-down: community health.

Have students plan a small community-health action. A printable action-plan 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.

🖨️ Community HealthPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: access, advocacy, community health, environment, prevention, public health, resource, wellbeing
  1. overall health
  2. stopping problems early
  3. being able to get resources
  4. help that’s available
  5. surroundings that affect health
  6. wellbeing of a group
  7. protecting whole populations
  8. speaking up for change

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is community health?
  2. Name something that supports it.
  3. How can you support community health?
Answer key — Part A: 1) wellbeing · 2) prevention · 3) access · 4) resource · 5) environment · 6) community health · 7) public health · 8) advocacy
Part B: 1) The wellbeing of groups and the conditions that support it. 2) Clean water, parks, or safe streets. 3) Volunteer or promote healthy habits.