Details of the New Curricula

MCPS has posted the revised teachers' editions of the 8th and 10th grade curricula on the Health Education web site. Anyone who wishes to praise, discuss, or criticize the new health curriculum should use these as references, as some things have been clarified, and some things have been changed.

The link to the health page is here: www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/health/

The 8th Grade curriculum is here: Grade 8 Curriculum Revisions - Teacher's Edition (234K PDF). The curriculum document to be used by Grade 8 health education teachers in the three middle schools participating in the field test during spring 2005.

The 10th Grade curriculum: Grade 10 Curriculum Revisions - Teacher's Edition (293K PDF). The curriculum document to be used by Grade 10 health education teachers in the three high schools participating in the field test during spring 2005.