Teaches healthy living using great visuals and embedded questions Dean Berry mvca123@yahoo.com

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Living Longer and Healthier:
A Common Core Unit
By: Dean Berry, Ed. D.
Georgia Berry, M.A.
Copyright © 2013 Dean R. Berry
All Rights Reserved
No Part of This Document May Be Reproduced Without Written
Permission From the Author

2. This program contains 8 major
parts that may be presented over
several weeks. Some parts may be
considered optional based on the
needs of each classroom.
Teacher Instructions
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3. Introduction
This unit of study will
help you learn the
following important
common core
curriculum standards.
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4. Common Core Writing Standard
Write informative/explanatory
texts to examine a topic and
convey ideas and information
clearly.

5. Text Types and Purposes
Write arguments to support
claims in an analysis of
substantive topics or texts using
valid reasoning and relevant and
sufficient evidence

6. Speaking and Listening
Engage effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions with
diverse partners on topics and
texts, building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly

7. Research
 Conduct short as well as more sustained
research projects to answer a question or solve
a problem; synthesize multiple sources on the
subject, demonstrating understanding of the
subject under investigation
 Gather relevant information from multiple print
and digital sources, using advanced searches
effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of
each source, and integrate the information while
avoiding plagiarism

8. Take Notes
As we proceed through
this unit of study, you will
need to take careful
notes. The information
you gather will be useful
in completing research
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9. Life Style
and Health
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10. Part One
View, Read, and Think

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Daily diet has a
major impact on
human health.

12. Most people love french fries that are deep fried to a
golden brown with a heavenly smell.

13. Who hasn’t enjoyed a deep fried corn dog
with a luscious, high carb batter.

14. Class Discussion
 Do we need to limit how much deep
fried food we eat?
 What makes deep fried food less
healthy?
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15. You can buy buffalo wings on just about
every block in the retail areas of most
cities in America.

16. Not all fat is unhealthy. In fact, our body
requires a certain amount of fat to function
properly. Saturated fats found in red meat,
cookies, pastries, and deep fried foods are
very unhealthy when eaten too often.
Polyunsaturated fats are better to eat.
However, the most healthy fat is
monounsaturated and is considered an
important fat for creating healthy bodies.
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17. Which foods contain the
healthy and unhealthy fats?
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Types of Fat
Saturated
Red meat, pastries, deep fried, chips, cheese, and ice cream
Polyunsaturated
Corn oil, olive oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, and canola oil
Monounsaturated
Fish, nuts, olives, and avocados

19. Dying for some peanuts or
cashews?
According to research released in November
of 2013, nuts are so healthy to eat that a
handful a day decreases the risk of death
from disease by twenty percent! 19

20. Discuss
Which diseases are more
likely to occur in people who
eat high fat and high sugar
diets?
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21. Too many Unhealthy carbs can be detrimental to a
person’s health since carbs turn into sugar and
increase the incidence of diabetes.
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22. Type 2 diabetes is escalating at an alarming rate in
the United States. It appears that the American diet
that is high in sugar and simple carbohydrates is the
blame for the diabetes epidemic. Since diabetes
causes heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and
the loss of limbs, it is likely that the future health of
many Americans will be compromised if dietary
changes are not made.
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23.  What do some of the major
diseases do to our bodies?
 Let’s take a look.
Go to next frame
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LIFESTYLE DISEASES

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By making a few changes in dietary
habits, most people can
significantly improve their health.
Eating the right foods can help fight
most major diseases. Those who
continue to get their sustenance
from unhealthy foods face a
perilous future.

26. Eating fruits and vegetables provides
important nutrients. Every cell in our body
requires minerals and vitamins in order to
function properly. A diet rich in fruits and
vegetables enhances the probability of a
longer ad healthier life.

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Diet Related Illnesses

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Discuss
Can you name
some foods that
are really healthy
to eat?

29. Can you name these
super foods?

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Unfortunately, some
people are born with a
higher risk for serious
diseases.

31. Discuss
Can you inherit risk factors for
diseases?
Do you know any diseases that
are related to genetic factors?
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GeneticDiseases

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Discuss
If a relative has a
disease, does that
mean that you will get
the same disease?

34.  Although some people are genetically
predisposed to certain diseases, the way
we live our daily lives can have a dramatic
effect on whether or not we acquire a
disease. For example, some types of
cancer have genetic markers that can be
inherited. But if we eat a nutrition poor
diet and exercise very little, our chances
of getting those diseases increase greatly.
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35. Our health and longevity are related to the genes we
inherit from parents and the way we interact with our
environment.
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36. While our genes account for less than 10% of
cancers, our lifestyle causes over 90% of cancers.
Our choices in life will help determine our quality
of life and how long we live.
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37. Research tells us that there is a direct relationship
between factors such as smoking, inactivity, and
poor diets and the risk of getting a major disease
like cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.
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38. There are many things we can do to become
healthier. We can start by not smoking, walking
more, and eating healthy foods.
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39. The vast majority of people who smoke shorten their lives
by many years. Do not be fooled by the 95 year old man
who still smokes. Once in a while a person with very lucky
genes can beat the odds. But for most people the chances
of surviving smoking is worse than winning the lottery.
Smoking is one of the biggest predictors of disease.
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40. Class Discussion
What causes chronic diseases?
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41. The biggest lifestyle change for most Americans
has been the explosion of fast food restaurants.
There are ten times more fast food restaurants
today than fifty years ago. The decrease in
American ‘s health is directly linked to the high
consumption of fast food with high calories and
little nutritional value.
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42. Everyone knows that America is getting heavier
and, as a result, less healthy. Obesity is usually
accompanied by higher blood pressure, higher
cholesterol, and higher rates of liver disease,
cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
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43. Fat in the mid-drift area is more
damaging to internal organs than
fat in other parts of the body.
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44. While there is no perfect formula for good health,
these are great numbers to improve your health.
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45. This is a good checklist for
maintaining good health.
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46. Some foods in our diet need to be limited. Eating bacon, hot
dogs, or packaged meats more than once a week could be
detrimental to human health. Research suggests that the
sodium nitrates used to preserve these meats may increase the
risk of heart disease and cancer. People should avoid having
frequent meals that include these foods.
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47. Even though genetic diseases, in general,
are not caused by life style, some diseases
that have genetic markers, such as cancer
and heart disease, are precipitated by life
style decisions. People who are genetically
predisposed to a disease need to make
positive life style decisions in order to
maintain good health.
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48. Discuss
What can you
do to stay
healthy?
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49. Increasing the amount of nutritious
vegetables in our daily diet is the
easiest way to improve our health.
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50. Since Americans spend a lot of time sitting at home, in their
jobs, in their cars, and at school, the best thing they can do is
to get up and walk, run, dance, or go to the gym. Health
improves dramatically in people who increase their physical
activity.
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51. Feeling good physically and mentally is often
related to our life style choices. A lifestyle of good
health is worth a fortune.
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Check your vital numbers
for good health. Why is it
helpful to know how to
check your pulse?

54. Class Discussion
Who knows how to
take a pulse rate?
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Healthy
Numbers
80
Diastolic
Pressure
120
Systolic
Pressure
72
Heart Rate
5
Servings of
Vegetables
7
Days a week
Healthy Fat
3
Times per
day
Exercise
LDL 100-
120
Cholesterol
HDL 40-60
Cholesterol

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Would you like to live
a longer life?
Watch Dr. Oz on T.V. or
read the following.

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Living Healthy

58. Class Discussion
We can begin our path
towards health by re-
examining what we had for
breakfast today.
What did you have???
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Check-up and Review
Raise your green card if you
believe the statement is true
or your red card if you think
it is false.

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True or False-1
Eating the right foods can help
fight most diseases.

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True-1

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True or False-2
An iron deficiency can
cause anemia and result in
dizziness and fainting.

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True-2

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True or False-3
The three biggest killers of
Americans (heart disease,
cancer, and diabetes) have
very little do with the daily diet
that people eat.

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False-3

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True or False-4
Many vaccinations are more
dangerous than the illnesses
they are suppose to prevent.

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False-4

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True or False-5
People that are overweight
should eat a very small
breakfast and lunch and a
larger dinner.

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False-5

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True or False-6
If you take your own pulse,
you will notice that a normal
heart rate is usually about
280 beats per second.

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False-6

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True or False-7
As long as you trim the fat off
red meat, it is usually very
healthy to eat red meat on a
daily basis.

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False-7

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True or False-8
One of the best things you can
do to live a longer and
healthier life is to exercise at
least three times per week.

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True-8

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True or False-9
Diabetes results in high blood
sugar that has a very harmful
effect on the bodies organs
and can cause blindness, heart
disease, and amputations.

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True-9

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Diseases Quiz
A. Lead Poisoning
B. Anemia
C. Osteoporosis
D. Immune
deficiency
disorder
E. Diabetes
1. Lack of iron in diet
causes dizziness
2. Loss of bone mass
causes broken bones
3. Too much sugar in the
diet and blood
4. Poor diet may contribute
to the inability to fight
off disease
5. Brain damage from toxic
substance in the
environment

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Good for Your Health?
Yes, No or Maybe
1. Skydiving __
2. Relaxing at the movies
eating popcorn __
3. Drinking lots of water
__
4. Having close friends __
5. Having high motivation
__
6. Living in a warm
climate __
7. Eating a snack or two
when you are busy __
8. Eating a big dinner __
9. Taking a short nap or
meditating __
10. Taking many relaxing
drives __
11. Eating a big breakfast __
12. Going on crash diets to
bring your weight down
__
13. Eating very little meat __
14. Developing a high muscle
mass __
15. Drinking fruit juice __

80. Class Assignment
 The previous presentation contained
higher level vocabulary words. During the
course of this unit, you will be studying
these words in several exercises and
learning to use them as you complete
writing tasks.
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81. Critical Terms and Vocabulary
Study the following
terms and vocabulary
as they relate to the
main ideas presented
in your selected
sources.
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82. Vocabulary Practice
 The following words were highlighted during the prior
presentation. Use the Merriam-Webster.com online dictionary
or regular dictionary, and write a definition for each of the
following words. Review activities for these words will be
included later in this unit.
 luscious polyunsaturated incidence perilous
 detrimental escalating compromise acquire
 sustenance enhances predisposed longevity
 precipitated probability