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Posted: June 16 2007 at 8:50pm | IP Logged Quote glinNC
For those who have had to teach the subject "health" to your high school student, what have you used? This seems like a silly subject to me since we *live* "health." I don't see it as a class in itself! ;-)

How would you document this subject on a transcript if you don't use a book or give tests?

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I used the MODG health course. We loved it!!

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A thirty-two-week course using the Papal Document, "Casti Connubii" (On Christian Marriage). The complete text of "Casti Connubii" is included in the syllabus along with suggested paper topics and reading list.


My sons enjoyed this course and especially enjoyed writing the papers ~ which is saying A LOT.

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Posted: June 18 2007 at 10:41am | IP Logged Quote glinNC
The 32-week course is only 1/2 a credit?

Would you mind telling me what type of books are on the reading list?

Theology of the Body is perfect for complementing the encyclical, but are there other books of a "health" nature included in the syllabus?

Thanks in advance.

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It's like a "half time" course. It did not require 5 days a week for 32 weeks and one of my sons did it at a faster pace in less time.

This health course focuses on sexual health ~ as you said, the other health "subjects" have been covered in the lower grades and in living ~ so it seemed "silly" to me, too. That is why I liked this course. I liked diving into this topic deeply before my children left the nest.

Yes, Theology of the Body, Naked Without Shame CDs (these are terrific and terribly inexpensive) and Sex and the Marriage Covenant by John Kippley and, of course, Humanae Vitae is part of it, too. We had LOADS of discussions and they did small papers for me throughout the course and one large paper at the end of the course.

Health is a graduation requirement here. Really, we didn't want to spend time on the food pyramid, the dangers of drugs, alcohol and the like (as we've done that from their early years) but we did want to do this and getting their health credit for it made it that much sweeter.

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I did want to spend time on solid nutrition at the adult level. I also wanted to address general wellness issues and alternative and preventative medicine before he was on his own. We assume they assimilate living with us, but I thought this a good opportunity to have him really own some of these issues for himself.


Nutrition for the Serious Athlete, Dan Benardot, PhD

Eat, Drink and Weigh Less by Mollie Katzen

Eating Well for Optimum Health, Andrew Weil, MD

Smart Medicine for Healthier Living, Jane Zand
LAc, OMD, Allan N Spreen, MD, James B Lavall, RPh

Optimal Wellness, Ralph Golan MD

Sex and Character, Maureen Duran

Michael was also a peer mentor for a federally funded abstinence program. He read Josh Harris' books and Mary Beth Bonacci's books. And he read and discussed Humanae Vitae.



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