This is a supplemental article to be used with the HIV and AIDS lesson. The article discusses how HIV is contracted, and ways to teach teens to protect themselves from the disease.

Students will identify the cause and symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), explain how the immune system works and its relationship to autoimmune diseases such as MS, and apply the reading skill of context clues to understanding an article about a medical advance in combating a dreaded disease.

This is a supplemental set of scenarios that should be used in conjunction with the Grief and Loss lesson plan activities.

Students will explain how to read and interpret the data on a Nutrition Facts panel, identify amounts and types of specific nutrients needed by teens expressed as both absolute values and percentages, and iIllustrate ways in which nutrient information found on product packaging can help them as consumers to make more informed food choices.

Students will explain the process by which medications are approved for use in the United States, tell why some drugs are classified as prescription rather than OTC drugs, and under what circumstances these labelings are changed, define side effects, and discuss medications with specific risk factors, and apply the reading skill of understanding the steps in a process to frequently asked questions about how medicines are approved for use.

Students will recognize the importance of personal hygiene and grooming, demonstrate health advocacy skills in an original advertisement, and apply the media literacy skill of recognizing unreliable testimony to an ad for a hair care product.

Students will explain the risks of using marijuana or any other illegal substance for recreational purposes, describe factors that lead some teens to experiment with drugs and other harmful substances, and apply the reading skill of identifying an author's purpose to a research report detailing a strategy for reducing teen marijuana use.

This is a supplemental article to be used with the Multiple Sclerosis lesson plan. The article discusses research on the advances for helping treat MS.

Students will identify factors that prompt teens to take unnecessary risks, recognize the high costs of health care in this country and discuss ways of reducing that burden, and apply the reading skill of drawing conclusions to an article on risk taking in order to understand its message for teens in particular.

This is a supplemental advertisement to be used in conjunction with the Recognizing Propoaganda lesson plan.

This is a compilation of poems that can be used in conjunction with the Adolescence lesson plan.

Students will describe problems in all areas of health that can arise when teens get insufficient sleep, identify strategies for getting adequate rest during the teen years, and apply the reading skill of recognizing supporting details to an article on teens' need for adequate rest.

Students will evaluate the nutrient density of soft drinks as compared with milk, identify specific micronutrients that are essential for good health during the teen years and in the future, and explain the role of nutrients in the body and in staving off disease.

This is a supplemental poem that should be used in conjunction with the Survival lesson plan. The poem discusses various ways to survive in nature.

Students will explain the importance of learning and practicing effective communication skills, describe some typical sources of stress in the lives of teenagers, and identify resources within the school and community that teens can turn to when they need help with a problem.

This is a supplemental article that can be used with the Soda Consumption lesson plan. The article discusses the differences between soda, milk, and water.

Students will describe strategies for avoiding problems that occur during extreme weather, explain how careful planning can help a person survive in situations involving nature, and recognize that accidents, especially among teens, can happen when risks are taken.

This is a supplemental article that should be used in conjunction with the Rescue Costs lesson plan. The article discusses how risk-taking and injuries affects the economy and the costs of care.

Students will explain the importance of cooperation, responsibility, and a sense of fair play in competitive activities, identify physical, mental, and social health benefits of team sports, and apply the reading skill of locating the main idea to an article on winning in sports.

Students will give examples of how the media glamorize violence and desensitize viewers to the horrors of real acts of violence, identify factors in addition to the media that contribute to the problem of violence in society, and apply the reading skill of understanding persuasive writing to an article linking acts of real violence-to-violence in the media.