National Standards Curriculum Alignments

All American Red Cross courses listed in the curriculum alignment are aligned with National Education Standards

The curriculum alignment makes it easy for educators to integrate important emergency preparedness and disaster information into their regular school schedule with already-completed lesson plans and tests, activities, hands-on skills training, videos, PowerPoint presentations, reproducible materials and much more.

The national benchmarking format was used when creating the curriculum alignment charts. This format breaks the courses up among three grade groups: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Some courses, for example Basic Aid Training course, were designed for grades 3-5 however you will see charts for K-4 and 5-8 in Health and Science. To view the curriculum alignment charts, please click on the course link to view the curricula charts available for that course.

Interested educators and school systems should contact their local Red Cross chapter for more information on how to incorporate Red Cross materials into their existing classes.

Grades K-12

• Basic Aid Training (BAT) introduces children to safety information and first aid procedures for breathing difficulties, bleeding, poisoning, burns, shocks and other emergencies – for grades 3-5.
• Facing Fear: Helping Young People Deal with Terrorism and Tragic Events is aligned with national standards for social studies, language arts, health and personal/social development standards that school counselors are required to teach. A matrix showing the alignment of lessons with national health standards is located in front of the teacher’s lesson plans book – for grades K-12.
• First Aid for Children Today (FACT) helps children ages five to eight understand the important key role they have in managing their own health and safety as well as the health of the environment in which they live – for grades K-3.
• Masters of Disaster™ is aligned with the core subject areas of mathematics, science, social studies and language arts national standards. A matrix showing the alignment is found in the front of the teacher’s lesson plans book – for grades K-12.
• Together We Prepare™ First Aid and Preparedness Level 1 provides students with the basics of first aid and disaster response, demonstrates the school’s desire to be proactive toward preparedness and is fun for teachers and students – for grades 1-5.
• Longfellow’s WHALE Tales provides easy-to-follow information to help children learn safe behavior in, on and around the water. Each lesson is reinforced with color posters, worksheets, activities and a video that features Longfellow, the animated whale – for grades K-6.

Grades 5-12

• Babysitter’s Training gives youth the skills and confidence they need to be great babysitters. The course provides participants with a range of injury prevention, first aid and basic care skills, and helps develop professionalism and skills in decision-making and leadership – for grades 6-9.
• Community First Aid and Safety includes information on topics such as first aid, CPR, AED and preventing disease transmission. The program is comprised of courses for adult, child and infant care – for grades 7-12.
• Together We Prepare™ First Aid and Preparedness Level 2 introduces participants to principles of first aid and the idea of emergency preparedness, including the need to plan for emergencies, stay safe, and build and maintain a disaster supplies kit – for grades 6-8.
• Water Safety Today identifies the hazards and risks that are present in an aquatic environment, discusses water safety tips that help individuals remain safe in, on or around the water, and discusses water safety tips for specific aquatic environments such as home pools, lakes and rivers, spas and water parks – for grades 4-12 and school staff.

Grades 9-12

• Exploring Humanitarian Law contributes to the formation of responsible young people and specifically focuses on positives changes in awareness of humanitarian norms, limits and protections applicable to situations of armed conflict, understanding of the multiple perspective of those involved in situations of armed conflict and the potential complexity in the application of humanitarian law and interest in humanitarian issues at the local, national and international level – for grades 9-12.
• First Aid: Responding to Emergencies is specifically designed for high schools, colleges and universities. The course is based on the latest scientific advances in first aid and CPR and meets Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2000 Guidelines – for grades 9-12.
• Together We Prepare™ First Aid and Preparedness Level 3 introduces participants to the key action steps of emergency preparedness, gives participants the chance to learn and practice basic first aid skills and encourages participants to volunteer and help others – for grades 9 through college level.