EL-Civics:  Health, Winter 2010

Services

Activities

Resources

Basic Health:  Home page for the Washington State health insurance

Free Clinic

Low-cost Dental Services in the Vancouver area

Low-cost Medical Services in the Vancouver area:  English, Spanish, Russian

Clark College Health Services

Clark College Dental Hygiene Clinic

Clark College Counseling Department

Clark College Fitness Center

City of Vancouver:  Parks & Recreation

Clark County Public Health

Medicare

Medicaid

Organic Portland:  Find organic food, restaurants, etc. in the Portland area.

Parenting:  Children's Home Society

 

Voice of America:  Health Reports:  Read the script as you listen to the report.

Cold vs. Flu: In-class Reading  for lower levels

Quia Activities 1:  Healthcare vocabulary

Quia Activities 2:  Body parts

Crossword:  Body parts

Scrambled words:  Body parts

Quiz:  Body

Quiz with pictures:  Body 1

Quiz with pictures:  Body 2

Bilingual Quizzes

Korean:  Parts of the Body

Romanian:  Body Parts

Russian:  Body Parts

Russian:  The Face

Spanish:  Body

The Heart

Map: U.S. heart disease death rates 

Heart Hub:  American Heart Association  

Heart Hub On-Line Video Library

Matters of the Heart:  short video on heart transplants

Heart transplant photo gallery

 

FDA Publications (pdf available)

Kidshealth

Medical Terms

Multilingual Health Information

Translated health Information: Information translated in many languages by the state of Washington

Lesson plans & activities

Consumer Reports:  Get better care from your doctor

How to talk to your doctor:  English & Spanish

Stress

Stress

Stress: How to Cope Better With Life's Challenges

Culture Shock:  Article

I love to laugh (Mary Poppins clip)

Infants/Toddlers

Infant feeding & nutrition

La Leche League:  International organization that supports breastfeeding

Pregnancy

Reading to babies

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death System):  Go down the page for translations in 23 languages

HIV/AIDS

Informational Quiz:  from the Internet TESL Journal

Global/HIV Timeline

UNAIDS:  Find your native country.

     A-L Countries

     M-Z Countries

E-Postcard:  Send an e-postcard to teach others about HIV/AIDS.

Nutrition/Fitness

My pyramid:  The new food pyramid

Food pyramid:  Animation

Inside the food pyramid

Anatomy of the food pyramid

Sample healthy food menu

How to read a food label

Eating Well, Living Well:  Nutrition Education for ESL

Consumer Reports:  Health & fitness:  Find out about products