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(2003)Title: Body Image
for Boys
Grade Level: 6-12, adult
Format: VHS, Teacher's Guide
Details: 2002, 18 min., Cambridge Educational
Synopsis: As the idealized male physique continues to be hyped in movies, on TV, in magazines, and on billboards, a rapidly growing number of men are becoming obsessed with appearance. This topical program explores some of the issues facing young men today as they struggle to define themselves amidst the flood of media-generated images of male physical perfection, which include steroid abuse, eating disorders, exercise addiction, and phony food supplements.
(2003)Title: Body
Image: Let's Get Real
Grade Level: 6-12, adult
Format: VHS
Details: 2000, 48 min., Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Synopsis: "Who you are is how you look." The media's glorification of an arbitrary physical ideal has precipitated an identity crisis for millions of today's teens, both male and female. This penetrating program explores the unhealthy impact that the media, peer pressure, and family opinions can have on adolescents' perceptions of their bodies. Individual testimony on media stereotyping, eating disorders, self-esteem, balanced nutrition, and sexuality provides a candid overview of the relationship between body image and self-identity, while suggesting healthy ways to improve self-image.
(2003)Title: Dying to be
Thin
Grade Level: 6-12, adult
Format: VHS
Details: 1995, 28 min., Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Synopsis: This program profiles a young woman obsessed with the desire to be thin. It has taken her to hospitalizations and years of outpatient therapy to help her overcome her problem. Doctors in this program discuss the characteristics of anorexia nervosa and bulimia and identify those most likely to be affected by these disorders.
Title: Goals and the Media's Mixed Message (Right Turns Only!)
Grade Level: 5-10
Format: VHS
Details: 1993, 22 min., Prince George's County Public Schools
Synopsis: Program #3 in a series of tapes aimed at helping young
people make the right choices and avoid the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and
other drugs. Deals with taking responsibility and control of your
life. Specifically speaks about alcohol and cigarettes and deceptive
advertising.
(2004)Title: Killing Us Softly
3: Advertising's Image of Women
Grade Level: 9-12, Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2000, 34 min., Jean Kilbourne, Media Education Foundation
Synopsis: With wit and warmth, Jean Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way that moves and empowers them to take action.
(2006)Title:
Kitchen Safety Smart
Grade Level: 6-12, Adult
Format: DVD
Details: 2005, Learning ZoneXpress,
8 mins.
Synopsis: Five teens follow comedian Stevie Ray around the kitchen.
They instruct him as he narrowly averts impending disasters while preparing
them breakfast. Short vignettes on knife safety, burns, broken glass and
ways to prevent and respond to kitchen safety issues are presented. The
students are the experts, demonstrating equipment usage and personal safety.
Includes study sheets.
(2006)Title:
MyPyramid: Pass it On!
Grade Level: 6-12, Adult
Format: DVD
Details: 2005, Learning ZoneXpress, 16 mins.
Synopsis: Teens discover how the USDA's MyPyramid "Steps to a
Healthier You" shows them how to eat for energy, control their calories and
add physical activity to their daily routine. Students also go to the web
site where they find their personal eating plans for their age, gender and
activity level. A fast-moving overview to help teens balance healthy eating
with physical activity for a lifetime of good health habits. Includes study
sheets.
Title: On Equal Terms
Grade Level: 9-Adult
Format: VHS
Details: 29 minutes, 1985, Barr Films
Synopsis: Explores language, stereotypes, schools, and "women's
work" vs. "men's work."
Title: Seeing Through Commercials
Grade Level: 2-5
Format: VHS
Details: 15 minutes, 1976, Barr Films
Synopsis: Alerts children to the techniques and motivation behind TV
commercials. Shows how close-up shots, camera angles, lighting and special effects can
make products seem bigger and more exciting than they really are.
(2006)Title:
Spoiled Rotten: Food Safety Investigation
Grade Level: 6-12, Adult
Format: DVD
Details: 2005, Learning ZoneXpress, 16 mins.
Synopsis: The Food Safety Investigation (FSI) Team checks for clues
of food poisoning at a food safety crime scene. They know that when it comes
to food safety you cannot be too careful. Through their investigation, the
experts back at FSI headquarters show viewers to basic rules to follow to
prevent food-borne illnesses: Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill. Includes
study sheets.
(2001)Title: This Is Your Life!---(See Nutritional Health)
(2006)Title:
At the Supermarket
Grade Level: 1-3
Call Number: HERC 381.1 M7841s
Format: Book
Details: 2004, Jo Ellen Moore, Evan-Moor Educational, 64 pgs.
Synopsis: This theme-based series combines print material and an
interactive CD-ROM to teach grade 1-3 children all about going to the
supermarket. Chapters include parts of the supermarket, groceries, at the
checkout stand, and a large selection of activities designed to enhance
comprehension.
(2007)
Title:
Chew on This
Grade Level: 9-12, Adult
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 394.1 Sch395c
Details: 2006, Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson, Houghton Mifflin,
304 pgs.
Synopsis: In their follow-on book to Fast Food Nation, the
authors unwrap the fast-food industry to bring a behind-the-scenes look at a
business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Highlights include: meet
the 15-year-old who invented the hamburger, learn what makes French fries
taste so good, explore the six weeks that a fast-food-bound chicken lives
before it becomes a chicken nugget, and examine a table of healthy and
unhealthy body parts-and see what happens inside your body when you eat too
much junk food.
Title: Consumer Health and Safety Activities
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: Book
Details: 125 pgs., 1993, Patricia Rizzo Toner, Center for Applied Research
in Education
Synopsis: Provides 90 ready to use activities to help students learn
to recognize advertising techniques, compare various products and claims, understand consumer rights,
distinguish between safe and dangerous items, become familiar with safety rules, and more.
(2002)Title:
Everything You Need to Know About Eating Smart (The Need to Know Library)
Grade Level: 4-12
Call Number: HERC 613.2 W636es
Format: Book
Details: 64 pgs., 2000, Aileen Weintraub, Rosen Publishing Group,
Inc.
Synopsis: Discusses dietary and nutritional health, healthy eating
habits, food pyramids, and ways to stay healthy.
(2002)Title: Food
and Love: Dealing with Family Attitudes About Weight (The Teen Health
Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 616.85 F852fl
Format: Book
Details: 64 pgs., 1998, Elizabeth Frankenberger, The Rosen
Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis: Explains the role that food plays in the home and how the family affects self-image, and provides suggestions for healthy living to protect against eating disorders.
(2005)Title:
Food, Family & Fun: A Seasonal Guide to
Healthy Eating
Grade Level: K-6 and adult
Call Number: HERC 641.5 U58f
Format: Book
Details: 1996, USDA Team Nutrition, 122 pgs.
Synopsis: A recipe book for parent (or teacher) and children to share and
experience making easy-to-use, healthy meals and snacks. 50 recipes reflect
the seasons of the year. Activity and resource guide.
(2006)Title:
Kids Making Quilts for Kids
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number: HERC 746.46 AB30k
Format: Book
Details: 1992, ABC Quilts, The Quilt Digest
Press, 43 pgs.
Synopsis: A young person's guide to making a quilt for a child with
AIDS. This book provides an opportunity for parents, teachers, and youth
leaders to share in a project that develops self-esteem and communication.
For use in homes, classrooms, churches, clubs, and wherever kids come
together. Encourages discussion and teaches about HIV/AIDS. For complete
teaching kit, see ABC Quilts Educational Program.
(2005)Title:
Label Facts for Healthful Eating: Educator's
Resource Guide
Grade Level: 9-12, adult
Call Number: HERC 613.2 B8175L
Format: book
Details: 1993, Mona Boyd Browne, National Food Processors
Association, 92 pgs.
Synopsis: Information on the hows and whys of food labeling. Explains what
is labeled and what is not, standardized labeling, required nutrition
information, and health claims. Includes Q & A section and numerous
educational activities.
(2005)Title:
No Kidding Around! America's Young Activists are Changing Our World and You
Can Too
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 322.4 L5654n
Format: Book
Details: 1992, Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, Information USA Inc., 264 pgs.
Synopsis: Oral histories of young citizen activists supplemented by
resource guide, demonstrating how Americans of all ages can participate in
our Democracy and make it work for them.
(2001)Title:
Starving to Win: Athletes and Eating Disorders (The Teen Health Library
of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 616.85 ob1s
Format: Book
Details: 64 pgs., 1998, Eileen O'Brien, The Rosen Publishing Group,
Inc.
Synopsis: Deals with the pressure placed on athletes to gain or lose weight, as well as the perils of drugs and crash diets.
(2006)Title:
Supermarket
Grade Level: Pre K - 2
Call Number: HERC 381.1 K9357su
Format: Book
Details: 2001, Kathleen Krull, Holiday House, 30 pgs.
Synopsis: Juvenile picture book. Explains modern supermarkets and
how they work, discussing how they organize, display, and keep track of the
items they sell. Includes food pyramid.
(2004)Title: Teach
& Reach: Nutrition & Physical Activity (Teacher's Guide)(Teach
& Reach series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Format: Teacher's Guide (Curriculum)
Details: 163 pgs., 2004, Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, CHES; William
M. Kane, PhD, CHES, and Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES, ETR Associates
Synopsis: This book focuses on steps individual health teachers can
take to support better fitness and healthy body image. The suggestions and
strategies will be helpful to teachers working in a variety of settings,
whether they are using an established, coordinated heath education curriculum
or developing their own lesson plans. Individual teachers can have a powerful
impact on students' attitudes and health behaviors, and the "Teach &
Reach" series is designed to enhance that power.
(2001)Title: This Is Your Life!: A Teacher's Activity Guidebook For Comprehensive Health Education---(See Nutritional Health)
(2007)
Title:
Toothpaste From Start to Finish
Grade Level: K-4
Format: Book
Call Number: HERC 617.6 St727t
Details: 2001, Tanya Lee Stone, Blackbirch Press Inc., 32 pgs.
Synopsis: Using pictures and words, this book for children explains
how toothpaste is made. Follows a tube, from mixing of ingredients to boxing
and shipping. Produced by Tom's of Maine.
(2002)Title: What's
Real, What's Ideal: Overcoming a Negative Body Image (The Teen Health
Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 616.85 F852wr
Format: Book
Details: 64 pgs., 1999, Brangien Davis, The Rosen Publishing Group,
Inc.
Synopsis: Examines the causes and consequences of negative feelings
about one's body and discusses ways to develop a more positive and accepting
self-awareness.
(2007)
Title:
Youth! The 26% Solution
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 322.4 L5654y
Format: Book
Details: 1998, Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, Activisim 2000 project, 124 pgs.
Synopsis: This book reveals how young people with firsthand
knowledge of many of today's problems can succeed at getting decision
makers, from school principals to their state senators, to respond to their
ideas for change. Contains dozens of true stories showing how young people
can put their passion into action.
(2006)Title:
ABC Quilts Educational Program
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: Curriculum
Details: 1997, ABC Quilts, 2 VHS
tapes, 1 how-to booklet, 1 curric. guide
Synopsis: Curriculum for making an AIDS quilt. For use in classroom
or community group. The curriculum includes HIV/AIDS prevention and control,
and a detailed resource guide/bibliography. Includes a copy of book
Kids Making Quilts for Kids.
Title: Comprehensive School Health
Education: Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies (4th edition)
Grade Level: K-12
Call Number: HERC 613 M471c 2005
Format Book (Activity Based)
Details: 2005, Linda Meeks, Philip Heit, Randy Page, Meeks-Heit Publishing Company,
1050 pgs.
Synopsis: 4th edition.
In addition to a wealth of interactive lessons,
this book addresses health education curriculum development issues and
provides information of new teaching strategies.
Title: Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally
Awesome Teaching Strategies (2nd Edition)
Grade Level: K-12
Call Number: HERC 613 M471c 1996
Format Book (Activity Based)
Details: 835 pgs., 2nd Edition, 1996, Linda Meeks,
Philip Heit, Randy Page, Meeks-Heit Publishing Company
Synopsis: In addition to a wealth of interactive lessons,
this book addresses health education curriculum development issues and
provides information of new teaching strategies.
(2001) Title: Consumer Health and Safety Activities
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number: HERC
613 T612c
Format: Book
Details: 125 pgs., 1993, Patricia Rizzo Toner, Center for Applied Research in Education
Synopsis: Provides 90 ready to use activities to help students learn to recognize advertising techniques, compare various products and claims, understand consumer rights, distinguish between safe and dangerous items, become familiar with safety rules, and more.
Title: Health Education Teaching Ideas - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
Title: Here We Go ... Watch Me Grow - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
Title: Into
Adolescence: Becoming
a Health-Wise Consumer
Grade Level: 5-8
Call Number: HERC 613 H624b & HERC 613 H624b
workbook
Format: Book, Student Workbook
Details: 124 pgs., 1990, Network Publications
Synopsis:
This unit is designed to stimulate the interest of students in
consumer choices and encourages them to become knowledgeable, concerned users
of health products and services in their adult lives.
Title: Life Management Skills - See Personal, Mental and Emotional
(2004)Title: Teach
& Reach: Nutrition & Physical Activity (Teacher's Guide)(Teach
& Reach series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Format: Teacher's Guide (Curriculum)
Details: 163 pgs., 2004, Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, CHES; William
M. Kane, PhD, CHES, and Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES, ETR Associates
Synopsis: This book focuses on steps individual health teachers can
take to support better fitness and healthy body image. The suggestions and
strategies will be helpful to teachers working in a variety of settings,
whether they are using an established, coordinated heath education curriculum
or developing their own lesson plans. Individual teachers can have a powerful
impact on students' attitudes and health behaviors, and the "Teach &
Reach" series is designed to enhance that power.
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