CURRICULUM INTEGRATION

How can I integrate teaching Breaking the Silence into my curriculum?

• BTS meets National Health Education Standards.

• Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
• Demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services.
• Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology and other factors on health.
• Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

• BTS Meets Character Education and Violence Prevention Goals.

• Students are sensitized to the pain caused by ridiculing and bullying someone who is mentally ill.
• Students learn the importance of seeking early treatment for serious mental illnesses such as major depression, manic depression, schizophrenia, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

• BTS can be used in conjunction with your substance abuse curriculum.

• At least half the people with mental illness self-medicate by using drugs or alcohol
• Youth with anxiety or depressive disorders are two to four times more likely than their peers without mental illness to develop substance abuse disorders.

• BTS can be integrated into the English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Art curriculum.

• BTS can be integrated into the standard curriculum

• Each grade level includes activities and assignments linking mental illness to core subjects
• Cross-curricular ties are suggested for English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Art.
• Cross-curricular ties are suggested for English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Art.