Life Skills

1. Life Skills Course Outline
Gwen Lizarraga High School Evening
Division Open School
Upon completion of Life Skills Year 1 and Year 2 you will be able to:
a. develop confidence in yourself .
b. take responsibility for your own health and physical well-being.
c. acknowledge your role in ensuring the well-being and safety of yourself and others.
d. develop the skills and attitudes necessary to live and work with others in a continually
developing world.
e. develop an appreciation for the family as the essential and basic unit in society, thus
promoting family values.
f. develop an understanding of your rights and responsibilities, hence contributing towards
national development and the international community.
Semester 1
Year 1
Duration Topic Objective Content
Introduction Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Introduction to
Life Skills
g. Create a positive
supportive caring
online classroom
environment
h. Oriented into online
learning
i. learn study tips
Introduction /learning names
Online Learning for success
Getting around this Life Skills
Course
Study Skills
http://www.how-to-study.com/
www.google.com

2. Unit 1
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Personal
development
a. explain how self-concept
impacts
personal
development.
b. practice how to
build self-esteem in
yourself and others.
c. describe how
personal values can
influence decision
making and
behavior.
d. practice decision
making steps in
everyday situations.
e. use critical thinking
skills to solve
problems.
f. use creative thinking
skills to solve
problems.
g. develop action plans
with timelines to
achieve personal
goals.
Self-concept /
Self-esteem
Personal Values
Decision Making
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Creative Thinking
Goal Setting
Unit 2 Week 11
Week12
Week13
Social
Development
a. describe the
components of
effective
communication.
b. listen actively to
people.
c. respond assertively
to persuasive
Social Skills
Listening Skills
Assertiveness

3. Week14
Week 15
Week 16
Week17
Week18
messages.
d. apply the steps of the
negotiating process
using examples from
real
life situations.
e. identify reasons and
goals for counselling.
f. identify
responsibilities and
consequences
associated with
different types of
relationships.
g. adopt positive
attitudes, morals and
spiritual values in
order to work
h. and live
harmoniously with
others in a pluralistic
society
Negotiation Skills
Counselling Skills
Social Awareness
Semester 2
Year 1
Unit 3 Health and
Safety
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
 define the term
health.
 write a slogan which
gives advice to
young people about
taking care of their
health.
 identify the most
common health
issues affecting
adolescents.
 identify two
significant events in
your life that were
stressful for you.
 understand how to
Health Issues Affecting
Youth and young adults
Stress and Stress
Management

4. Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
deal with or reduce
stress on your body.
 discuss the idea of
sexual education
among adolescents.
 Identify at least two
people and two
factors that can
influence your
decision to become
involved or not
involved in a sexual
relationship.
 List at least two ways
of reducing the risk
of sexually
transmitted illnesses
(STIs).
 explain the
consequences of
sexually transmitted
infections on an
individual’s health,
family and economy.
 outline basic first aid
treatment required to
help an injured
person.
 apply the necessary
steps to help
someone who is
choking.
 list four or more
safety measures that
a pedestrian needs to
abide by when using
the road.
Sexual Health
Sexually Transmitted
Infections
First Aid
Safety Education
Harmful Substances

5. Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
 categorize drugs as
legal drugs (drugs for
medical use /socially
acceptable drugs)
and illegal drugs
(drugs used in an
unlawful
manner/ non-medical
way).
 describe the effects
of substance abuse
on an individual’s
holistic development.
 solve a situation of
substance abuse
using decision
making and
problem solving
skills.
 identify the most
common factors
which influence
negative eating
habits among
adolescents.
 propose at least
three healthy eating
habits for
adolescents.
 identify the most
common illnesses
associated with
unhealthy eating
habits among
adolescents.
 create a food
magazine on eating
disorders illustrating
possible
consequences on
adolescent health.
Nutrition Education
To Body Maintenance

6.  list two or more
benefits of doing
physical exercise.
 explain the daily
personal hygienic
practices that one
should consider
to maintain a healthy
body.
 illustrate, through a
chain of
consequences, the
benefits of body
hygiene.
Year 2
Semester 1
Unit 4
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week7
Family
 explain the concept
of family.
 identify the different
structures/types of
families.
 explain marriage as a
social institution.
 describe the value of
planning parenthood.
 name the four forms
of child abuse.
 identify conditions
and situations in
which child abuse
occurs.
 list the consequences
of sexual behavior on
reproductive and
sexual health.
The Family
Marriage and partnership
Parenting/child care
Child abuse
Reproductive Health
Contraceptives
Abortion
Family protection

7. Unit 6
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10-14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Economic
Understanding
a. define the term
economy;
b. explain the
importance of an
economy to a
country;
c. give reasons why
people work;
d. explain how people
working contributes
to the economy of a
country;
e. define the terms
employment and
unemployment;
f. explain the roles that
employment and
unemployment play
in the economy of a
country;
g. plan a monthly
budget;
h. outline any possible
business and
investments
opportunities;
i. list the requirements
needed to set up a
business;
j. state the importance
of consumers to the
economy.
The Economy
The importance of work
Employment and
Unemployment
Budgeting Business,
Investing and Banking
Consumer Issues