USC5.3

Indicator:

USC5.3 a. Identify examples of local, provincial, and national health sources regarding illness/disease.

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

• First Nations Health Council Website: www.fnhc.ca

Indicator:

USC5.3 b. Discuss criteria that can be used to identify if a health source is reliable.

Indicator:

USC5.3 c. Investigate various sources of information about illness and disease (including cancers, diabetes, depression, and heart disease).

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

• Websites about diabetes among first nations: http://www.fnhc.ca/pdf/ADI_Resources.pdf

Indicator:

USC5.3 d. Distinguish between infectious and non-infectious, and illness and disease.

Indicator:

USC5.3 e. Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which the body protects itself from illness and disease (e.g., intact skin, understanding portals/openings of entry such as eyes and mouth, immune system).

Indicator:

USC5.3 f. Investigate and articulate how the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of self, family, and community is affected by illness and disease.

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

• Make/create Medicine Wheel with students and have sharing circles.

Indicator:

USC5.3 g.  Ask questions and seek answers for deeper understanding:

-Can a person have a disease and still be healthy?

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

·         View life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS: http://www.fnhc.ca/index.php/initiatives/community_health/hiv_aids/

• Aboriginal Peoples: Building for the Future  Publishing Oxford University Press (Unit 3: Health pages 86-87)

Indicator:

USC5.3 h. Describe the challenges of illness and disease to attaining or maintaining holistic well-being.

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

• Refer to medicine wheel.