This health curriculum guide, intended for use in grades ten through twelve, addresses itself to disease prevention and control concepts which are particularly relevant to the adolescent's physical health needs. The contents of the guide are presented in outline form and cover source of injection, preventing the spread of communicable diseases, common communicable diseases, public health control of communicable diseases, and biological warfare. For each content area and its sub-divisions fundamental concepts and understandings, teaching aids, and learning activities are suggested. The guide also supplies supplementary information for teachers, as well as multimedia resources for use when presenting the unit. Pupil objectives for this physical health unit are given in terms of the student's increased understanding of how to protect himself and others from communicable diseases, of his appreciation for the interrelated responsibilities of individual and community in controlling communicable diseases, and of his familiarity with those community health services designed to help control communicable diseases. (SES)