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Healthy vs Risky Choices

Eleventh graders learn to recognize healthy choices versus risky behaviors — and that good decisions protect their health, safety, and future. Asking for help is one of the healthiest choices of all. They sort choices, then plan healthier ones.

Grade 11Healthy vs Risky Choices45 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…

  • ✓Tell healthy from risky.
  • ✓See the consequences.
  • ✓Ask for help.
  • ✓Choose well.
Essential Question

How do everyday choices add up to protect — or risk — your health?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Healthy, or Risky?

Project this and sort each into Healthy choice or Risky.

✅ Sort each — healthy choice, or risky?Try it
✅ Healthy choice
⚠️ Risky
Tap one, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Small Choices

5 min

How can a small daily choice shape your long-term health?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Healthy vs Risky

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Healthy or Risky?
  • Sort each one.
  • Note asking for help is healthy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a healthy choice.
  • Name a risky one.
  • Explain a consequence.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Name.
  • Explain.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick a habit to improve.
  • Plan a healthier choice.
  • Name who could help.

🎒 Student Actions

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

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a healthy choice.
  • Name a risky one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • 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.5

Use decision-making to avoid risks.

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HE.2

Analyze influences on choices.

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HE.7

Practice healthy behaviors.

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HE.1

Explain how choices affect health.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Healthy/risky cards.
  • Frame: "a healthy choice is ___."
  • Use clear examples.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Sort healthy vs risky.
  • Use 4 choices.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Analyze a risk influence.
  • Plan refusal strategies.
  • Make a goals plan.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ✅Choice cards
  • 💻Healthy or Risky?
  • 📋Goals sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

healthy choiceprotects your wellbeingrisky behaviorraises chance of harmconsequencea result of a choiceinfluencesomething that affects youdecision-makinghow you choosepreventionavoiding harmsupporttrusted helplong-termover time
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
Name a healthy choice.
Wear a seatbelt, get enough sleep, or ask for help.
QUESTION 2
Name a risky behavior.
Texting while driving, vaping, or bottling up problems.
QUESTION 3
Why is asking for help healthy?
It gets you support before a problem grows.

Cool-down: healthy vs risky choices.

Have students pick a habit to improve and plan a healthier choice. A printable goals sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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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.

🖨️ Healthy vs Risky ChoicesPrint
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: consequence, decision-making, healthy choice, influence, long-term, prevention, risky behavior, support
  1. protects your wellbeing
  2. something that affects you
  3. over time
  4. how you choose
  5. raises chance of harm
  6. trusted help
  7. avoiding harm
  8. a result of a choice

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a healthy choice.
  2. Name a risky behavior.
  3. Why is asking for help healthy?
Answer key — Part A: 1) healthy choice · 2) influence · 3) long-term · 4) decision-making · 5) risky behavior · 6) support · 7) prevention · 8) consequence
Part B: 1) Wear a seatbelt, get enough sleep, or ask for help. 2) Texting while driving, vaping, or bottling up problems. 3) It gets you support before a problem grows.