FIVE FOR LIFE PROGRAM^®: Advanced PE Curriculm (High School)

The Advanced curriculum guides high school students in planning and decision-making so they can live fit and healthy lifestyles. Students observe how their nutrition and daily habits affect their health, performance and appearance. Activities designed for high school students give higher level content and allow for periodic self-evaluations that enable students to observe their progress in maintaining or improving the Five Components of Fitness. At the conclusion of this program, students have the skills to evaluate their own behaviors and design a plan of action to improve or maintain their health and fitness. Students will exit with a personalized fitness plan for each component of health-related fitness. The Advanced Program includes a manual (400+ pages and 14 instructional units) and online access to printable teaching materials.

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Advanced PE Curriulum Features

The Advanced curriculum builds on the Basic and Intermediate content, which is reinforced through practice and progression of fitness activities and health lessons. Using periodic self-evaluations, goal setting and fitness planning, high school students will grasp the value of lifelong wellness and develop the skills needed to be physically active for life. The Advanced curriculum is comprised of instructional units that contain:

• Goal setting to realize improvements in the Five Components of Fitness
• The creation of fitness and health plans based on personal goals that include current physical activities, lifestyle and career choices
• Fitness planning modifications to ensure continued improvement in students’ fitness and health including application of the FITT and training principles
• An understanding of anatomy, physiology, and its relationship to exercise, sports and being active for life
• Detailed unit guidelines including essential questions
• Goals and objectives for each unit and activity
• Articulated essential vocabulary terms
• Detailed equipment lists for each activity
• Formative assessments aligned with content to check for understanding within each activity
• Summative assessments aligned with content for each unit
• Alignment with SHAPE America National Standards for K-12 Physical Educaiton 
• Subject integration: math, reading, writing, science and creative arts
• Alignment with Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects