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UNIT 1: Holistic Health Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Lesson 1: Holistic Health 4 Learning Targets 4 Health Check 4 Learn about It! 5 Check Your Understanding 10 Health Care 11

Lesson 2: Practices Towards Holistic Health 12 Learning Targets 12 Health Check 12 Learn about It! 13 Check Your Understanding 16 Health Care 17

Pro-health Challenge 18

Self-Check 20

Bibliography 22

Glossary 22

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GRADE 7

UNIT 1 Holistic Health

Fig. 1. Be healthy.

Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/honeycrisp-health-illustration-1353366/.


Introduction Being healthy allows an individual to actively do the things he needs and loves to do each day. Health encompasses different aspects of an individual. It is not only measured on physical fitness, but also the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellness of the person. In this unit, you will understand the concept of holistic health, explore the dimensions of being healthy, and learn the practices towards holistic health.


Lesson 1: Holistic Health

Learning Targets In this lesson, you should be able to:

● discuss the concept of holistic health; ● explain the dimensions of holistic health (physical, mental/intellectual, emotional,

social, and moral-spiritual); and ● analyze the interplay among the health dimensions in developing holistic health.

Health Check

What makes you a healthy person? What makes you a healthy person? In this activity, you will describe the things in you that makes you healthy. Materials:

● pencil ● paper ● personal photo

Procedure:

1. In a piece of paper, paste a photo of yours. 2. Looking at the photo, enumerate and describe the things about you that makes you

healthy. List it down on the paper as well. 3. Share your work to your classmates.

Guide Questions:

1. What characteristics make you healthy? 2. How do you achieve a healthy body?


Learn about It! Holistic health is being healthy through having balance and harmony in the physical, mental/intellectual, emotional, social, and moral-spiritual wellness. It includes all aspects of an individual’s life - the well-being of the body and mind, healthy relations with family and friends, others, also with God. These five aspects of human wellness are interrelated with each other. For example, a student who does not eat breakfast will feel weak, resulting in him not performing well in school. It shows there that physical and mental wellness both suffered when not eating well.

Fig. 2. Five dimensions of Holistic Health


Physical Dimension Physical Dimension refers to the state of the body composition, development, function, and maintenance. It can achieve its fullest potential if one can do a lot of things. A healthy physical body is obtained through proper nutrition, having exercise, regular enough sleep, and avoids harmful habits such as drinking alcoholic beverages, smoking cigarettes and using prohibited substances. With physical wellness, one will be able to do his tasks without getting tired often and enjoy the activities. Mental/Intellectual Dimension This dimension entails the wellness of the mind, having good reasoning, analyzes, evaluates, creates, and makes rational decisions. An individual with strong mental health loves to learn, open to new ideas, and continuously improves himself for the betterment of his life and others.


Fig. 5. Different emotions.

Emotional Dimension As for this dimension, it involves the ability of an individual to cope with his own or other people's feelings. It describes how an individual can achieve and sustain life’s daily demands and adjust in new, different situations. The expression of emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, love, and stress must be shown in healthful ways when someone is emotionally well.

Fig. 6. Kids having fun playing together.

Social Dimension Social health associates with the ability to build and manage harmonious and satisfying relationships with others. It describes as how well you get along with others. It is interrelated to the emotional wellness of an individual as being socially-accepted is important in achieving both dimensions.


Fig. 7. Praying helps to solve problems.

Moral-Spiritual Dimension It is the spiritual wholeness that refers to one’s faith, beliefs, and values. This dimension is a significant dimension of holistic health as it brings peace and harmony to everybody, focus, and direction to achieve more goals and a balanced life. An individual with moral-spiritual wellness continuously seeks the meaning and purpose of his life leading to serving God and doing good to others.


Check Your Understanding

A. Write true if the given statement is correct, otherwise, write false.

1. Physical wellness is having enough energy to do a daily activity with enthusiasm.

2. Practicing making decisions helps to improve physical health. 3. Social wellness is maintaining healthy relationships with others. 4. Having uncontrollable tantrums is a sign of emotional wellness. 5. Faith, beliefs, and values encompasses the moral-spiritual being of a person.


B. Identify the dimension of holistic health referred to in each statement.

1. Sustain life’s daily demands and adjust in new, different situations. 2. One can do his tasks without getting tired often and enjoy the activities. 3. It can be described merely as how well you get along with others. 4. Continuously seeks the meaning and purpose of his life leading to serving God

and doing good to others. 5. Loves to learn, open to new ideas, and continuously improves himself for the

betterment of his life and others.

Health Care HOLISTIC Health

Holistic health can be achieved by having a strong body, functioning mind, healthy ways of expressing, socially well, and moral-spiritual contentment. In this activity, you will describe your health in each dimension. Materials:

● pencil ● paper ● personal picture

Procedure:

1. Just like the earlier activity, post your photo in a piece of paper. 2. Now described your health under each dimension you have learned within this

lesson. 3. Share your work with the class.

Guide Questions:

1. What dimensions of your health are healthy? 2. How will you achieve wellness in other dimensions?


Lesson 2: Practices Towards Holistic Health

Learning Targets In this lesson, you should be able to:

● practice health habits to achieve holistic health.

Health Check My Habits to Holistic Health Your habits define your personality, and so your health. In this activity, you will describe your habits that contribute to your health. Materials:

● pencil ● paper

Procedure:

1. In a piece of paper, write your habits that you think make you healthy. 2. Pair up with a classmate and share your work.

Guide Questions:

1. How do these habits make you healthy? 2. Why is it essential to have healthy habits? 3. Do you have habits that are not healthy? 4. What can you do to improve your health?


Learn about It! Any habit affects the body, and their results always yield on the health of an individual. Frequently, a person with good habits has a healthier body than someone with bad habits. In this lesson, some practices for each dimension will be explored which will help you to achieve holistic health. Habits for Physical Wellness

Habits for Mental/Intellectual Wellness


Habits for Emotional Wellness

Habits for Social Wellness

Moral-Spiritual Wellness One’s discretion can only attain moral-spiritual wellness. But some principles can be used as their guide to achieving moral-spiritual wellness.


These are just some of the habits that one can practice to achieve holistic health. Always remember that a person that is holistically healthy is healthy not only for himself but also for others.


Check Your Understanding A. Identify the dimension of holistic health shown in each habits.

1. Assume positive self-image. 2. Faith and hope in God. 3. Be aware of one’s strengths and weaknesses. 4. Have regular check-up. 5. Set realistic goals.

B. Write yes if the situation shows good habit for holistic health, if not, write no.

1. Anthony always prays to give thanks and ask for guidance for the whole day. 2. Shiela skips a meal to stay thin. 3. Clara refrains interacting with her classmates. 4. Jonas seeks the help of his parents in solving his problems. 5. Kenneth has a positive outlook on life.


Health Care My Habits in each Dimension Habits are crucial in keeping holistic health. In this activity, you will list your habits that are healthy for each dimension of your health. Materials:

● pencil ● paper

Procedure:

1. Following the diagram below, make another similar diagram in a piece of paper. 2. List down the healthy habits you have for each health dimension inside the diagram. 3. Share your work to your classmates.


Guide Questions: 1. What other habits can you adapt to become more healthy? 2. How will you encourage others to practice good habits? 3. What moral-spiritual habits do other practice?

Pro-health Challenge

Holistic Health

As a student, you are part of the school community that will help to promote holistic health for teenagers like you. In this task, you will create and design a brochure containing information on the dimensions and habits of holistic health. Reproduce the brochure and distribute to at least ten students in your school. Explain to them the five Health Dimensions and some healthy habits they can do to attain holistic health. After which, answer their queries on your topic and have them sign your Be Health Aware Sheet. Follow the format of the sample rubric given below:

Criteria Beginning (0-12 points)

Developing (13-16 points)

Accomplished (17-20 points)

Score

Content (Focus on details/events are clearly evident; it is clearly related to the topic.)

Few details on the topic are present but most important details are missing in the brochure.

Provided more details on the topic but some important details are missing in the brochure.

Provided all the necessary and important details about the topic in the brochure.


Organization (Logical progression of details/events; clear transitions between ideas.)

The ideas are arranged in illogical order and failed to relate ideas to one another.

The ideas are arranged in more logical order but failed to relate ideas to one another.

The ideas are coherent and arranged logically.

Language (spelling, mechanics, grammar and usage)

80% of the brochure contain misspelled words and grammatical errors.

40% of the brochure contain misspelled words and grammatical errors.

No misspelled words and grammatical errors in the brochure.

Design The brochure is simple.

The brochure is simple and eye-catching

The brochure is sophistically made that makes the audience read it.

Participants (This will be counter-checked on the Be Aware Health Sheet)

Only 7 students were given the brochure.

8-9 students were given the brochure

At least 10 students were given the brochure

Key Guide Question

How can one achieve holistic health?


Reflective Questions

1. What is holistic health? 2. How will you maintain and manage your holistic health? 3. What habits can keep you holistically healthy?

Self-Check

At the end of this unit, each student is expected to achieve the following goals:

Skills

I think I need more time and assistance.

I have a minimal understanding of it.

I am confident that I can do this with ease.

I can discuss the concept of holistic health.

I can explain the dimensions of holistic health (physical, mental/intellectual, emotional, social, and moral-spiritual

I can analyze the interplay among the health dimensions in developing holistic health.

I can practice health habits to achieve holistic health.


Wrap Up

The Five Dimensions of Holistic Health


Bibliography

Alucard. "Grade 7 Health." Coping Skills Self Management Skills. January 01, 1970. Accessed January 15, 2019. http://mygrade7health.blogspot.com/2014/05/grade-7-health-growth-and-development-1.html.

"Honeycrisp Health Illustration." Free Stock Photos. Accessed January 15, 2019. https://www.pexels.com/photo/honeycrisp-health-illustration-1353366/.

Llames, Elmer. "Health Grade 7 First Quarter Holistic Health and Its Five Dimensions." LinkedIn SlideShare. August 19, 2013. Accessed January 15, 2019. https://www.slideshare.net/elmerllames/health-grade-7-first-quarter.

Glossary

Emotional Wellness the well-being of an individual in terms of having better understanding of one’s own feelings, and of being optimistic.

Holistic Health being healthy by means of having balance and harmony in the physical, mental/intellectual, emotional, social, and moral-spiritual wellness. It includes all aspects in an individual’s life.

Mental/Intellectual Wellness

the well-being of an individual in terms of having better understanding in his own abilities, and is able to use them to cope with life.


Moral-Spiritual Wellness

the well-being of an individual in terms of having better understanding on the meaning and purpose of his life.

Physical Wellness the well-being of an individual in terms of having a healthy and clean body, which enables him to do things actively.

Social Wellness the well-being of an individual in terms of having better

interaction with others, forming meaningful relationships with others.



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