NCERT Class 8 Syllabus for Health and Physical Education.

Class-VIII

Theme/ Questions Key Concepts Resources Activities/
Sub-Theme Processes
1. HUMAN BODY
Mental Health What is the Concept of mental Charts, Observation of
difference between health and mental Posters behaviour of people
Mental Health and illness. around (home,
Materials
Mental illness? neighbour, society,
school etc.) and in
different situations
(happiness, sorrow,
winning, losing etc.)
followed by discussion
and counseling
Growth and What are the major Role of heredity and Models, Discussion
Development causes of defects environment Defects Charts
School Health checkup
in eyes and ears? related to eye and ear
School Referral and follow up
Health
Services
Emotional Why am I in such a Emotional changes Reading Discussion and other
Development bad mood? concern for physical Material co-curricular activities
appearance, assertion and games and sports.
How can you take Books
of individual identity,
control of it?
existing social values
When do I get and norms
Charts
angry?
: moods, anger, depicting
How can I manage shyness, etc. different
my anger? Identification of causes moods
for mood swing during
What is shyness,
adolescence and
what are the causes
strategies to overcome
of shyness?
it.
What can someone
do about shyness?
How can you
overcome it?

Target / goal- What are your Goal-setting Reading Each student could
setting and goals? Material draw a hexagon and
identifying write one goal they
How can you Identifying own Books
strategies to have in life in its center.
achieve them or not strength and
achieve it Then on each side of
achieve them? weaknesses
the hexagon write the
How can you be answer to the following
positive? Planning strategies to question: Is your goal
achieve set goals clear? Is it realistic? Is it
How can you focus
achievable? When can

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