Body, Wellness & Movement
Objectives
- D03.S1.11.01 Use mind-body practices such as breathing, movement, and mindfulness deliberately to regulate their own state and explain why they work.
- D03.S1.11.02 Analyze how disability, illness, and diverse bodies shape experience, and design practices that honor a wide range of bodies.
- D03.S2.11.01 Compare movement traditions across cultures, such as yoga, martial arts, dance, and sport, and what each offers for health and community.
- D03.S2.11.02 Design inclusive movement activities that adapt to a wide range of bodies, abilities, and environments.
- D03.S3.11.01 Analyze how public policy and food systems shape population nutrition and health, and propose a change that widens access.
- D03.S3.11.02 Build a sustainable personal nutrition plan that honors their own needs, culture, budget, and values.
Essential questions
- How do I use mind-body practices such as breathing, movement, and mindfulness deliberately to regulate my state, and why do they work?
- How do disability, illness, and diverse bodies shape experience, and how do I design movement and practices that honor a wide range of bodies?
- How do public policy and food systems shape population nutrition and health, and how do I build a sustainable nutrition plan that honors my needs, culture, budget, and values?
Big ideas
- The body-mind connection can be practiced deliberately through breathing, movement, and mindfulness, and understanding why it works strengthens self-regulation.
- Diverse bodies — including disability and illness — shape experience, and inclusive practices honor that full range across cultures and environments.
- Nutrition is both personal and political — food systems and public policy shape population health, while a sustainable personal plan honors one's own needs, culture, budget, and values.
Lessons
- 1 The Body as Home: Dignity, Joy, and Noticing Your State 50 minutes
- 2 Breath as a Lever: Why Slow Breathing Calms You 50 minutes
- 3 Movement as Regulation: How Moving Shifts Your State 50 minutes
- 4 Attention as a Practice: Mindfulness Across Traditions 50 minutes
- 5 My Mind-Body Practice Plan 55 minutes
- 6 Diverse Bodies, Diverse Experiences 50 minutes
- 7 Designing Practices for Every Body 55 minutes
- 8 Movement Traditions I: Yoga, Qigong, and Martial Arts 50 minutes
- 9 Movement Traditions II: Dance, Sport, and Community 50 minutes
- 10 Designing Inclusive Movement 55 minutes
- 11 Food Systems, Policy, and Population Health 55 minutes
- 12 My Sustainable Nutrition Plan 55 minutes
Assessment plan
A mind-body practice log with explanations of why each practice works; an analysis of how disability, illness, and diverse bodies shape experience with an inclusive practice design; a cross-cultural movement-tradition comparison (yoga, martial arts, dance, sport); an inclusive movement-activity design adapted to a range of bodies and environments; a public-policy and food-systems analysis with a proposal that widens access; and a personal nutrition plan honoring the learner's own needs, culture, budget, and values, gathered as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 2 — Body, Wellness & Movement
Overview
This unit reads the body as the somatic ground of thought and feeling, now practiced deliberately and understood as a shared public concern, building on Grade 10’s body-as-system and evidence-evaluated nutrition. Learners use mind-body practices such as breathing, movement, and mindfulness deliberately to regulate their own state and explain why they work, and analyze how disability, illness, and diverse bodies shape experience, designing practices that honor a wide range of bodies. They compare movement traditions across cultures — yoga, martial arts, dance, and sport — and what each offers for health and community, and design inclusive movement activities that adapt to a wide range of bodies, abilities, and environments. They analyze how public policy and food systems shape population nutrition and health and propose a change that widens access, and build a sustainable personal nutrition plan that honors their own needs, culture, budget, and values. The body is taught with dignity and joy, honoring the wide range of bodies and abilities.
Essential questions
- How do I use mind-body practices such as breathing, movement, and mindfulness deliberately to regulate my state, and why do they work?
- How do disability, illness, and diverse bodies shape experience, and how do I design movement and practices that honor a wide range of bodies?
- How do public policy and food systems shape population nutrition and health, and how do I build a sustainable nutrition plan that honors my needs, culture, budget, and values?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.11.002.01 | The Body as Home: Dignity, Joy, and Noticing Your State | D03.S1.11.01 |
| L.11.002.02 | Breath as a Lever: Why Slow Breathing Calms You | D03.S1.11.01 |
| L.11.002.03 | Movement as Regulation: How Moving Shifts Your State | D03.S1.11.01 |
| L.11.002.04 | Attention as a Practice: Mindfulness Across Traditions | D03.S1.11.01 |
| L.11.002.05 | My Mind-Body Practice Plan | D03.S1.11.01 |
| L.11.002.06 | Diverse Bodies, Diverse Experiences | D03.S1.11.02 |
| L.11.002.07 | Designing Practices for Every Body | D03.S1.11.02 |
| L.11.002.08 | Movement Traditions I: Yoga, Qigong, and Martial Arts | D03.S2.11.01 |
| L.11.002.09 | Movement Traditions II: Dance, Sport, and Community | D03.S2.11.01 |
| L.11.002.10 | Designing Inclusive Movement | D03.S2.11.02 |
| L.11.002.11 | Food Systems, Policy, and Population Health | D03.S3.11.01 |
| L.11.002.12 | My Sustainable Nutrition Plan | D03.S3.11.02 |