6TH GRADE


Growing Healthfully The American Health Series by Wilson, Pryor, and
Almack. Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company, iew York, 1942.
(State Adopted)

A. Athletes avoid drinking and smoking, p. 213

B. Tobacco smoke irritates the throat, pp. 53-54


 The material presented here is good, but very limited. As suggested by
the elementary teachers the experiment concerning the forming of alcohol, by
yeast plants, in fruit juices that have been exposed to the air (described
in 3rd grade book) may be used in the sixth grade.

The following additions were made.to the 1948 edition:

A. Two Important Hazards to Health, pp. 303-304

B. Checking important facts about looking into the future, p. 308

C. Tobacco smoke irritates the throat, pp. 53-54

D'. Training for sports and games, p. 213

The Body and Health by Burkard, Chambers, and Maroney. Publisher: Lyons
and Carndhan, New York, 1936.
(Out of adoption)

Unit I. Foods and Health

A. Some Useful Aids to Digestion-Other Aids to Digestion

 1. Avoid use of alcoholic drinks, p. 76
 2. Alcohol is not a food, p. 76.

B. The Liver--alcohol can do serious damage, p. 78.

Unit V. The Pilot

A. Harmful Effects of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, pp. 233-251

 1. Alcohol Affects the Body*
 2. Alcohol Especially Affects'the Nervous System*
 3. Alcohol is a TNarcotic Drug, not a Stimulant.
 4. Effects of Alcohol upon Judgement-and Self-Control
 5. Effects upon the Feelings
 6. Efforts upon the Skills
 7. Alcohol and Athletics (football and baseball)


-9-