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•Explain the effects of early sexual activity outside of marriage and identify the benefits of postponing sexual
activity.
•Demonstrate skills in making responsible decisions in sexual relationships.
Lesson 4:Assertive Communication, Negotiating Postponement and Protection
Students will demonstrate assertive communication skills to express personal boundaries, negotiate postponement of
sexual activity, and make healthy relationship choices based on their values.
•Recognize the importance of setting standards for the development of relationships.
•Describe the effects of personal values on individual health practices.
•Explain the effects of early sexual activity outside of marriage and identify the benefits of postponing sexual
activity.
•Demonstrate skills in making responsible decisions in sexual relationships.
Lesson 5: Relationships and Social Media
Students will evaluate the impact of social media on relationships, identify safe and respectful behaviors online, and
explain strategies to prevent and report sexual harassment, assault, and sexting.
•Identify human sexuality as having physical, emotional, and social aspects.
•Explain the interrelationship of mental and emotional development and social health to the onset of sexuality.
•Recognize the importance of setting standards for the development of relationships.
•Describe the effects of personal values on individual health practices.
•Identify strategies for preventing and reporting sexual assault and molestation.
•Identify issues regarding social media and sexually explicit communication (sexting); analyze the legal
consequences; and identify the strategies for prevention.
Lesson 6: Assessing Risk and Accessing Sexual Health Care
Students will assess their risk for pregnancy and STIs, identify prevention and protection strategies, and explore how
to access reliable sexual health care and resources.
•Review the process of human reproduction and understand the benefits of postponing premarital sexual activity.
•Identify the issues associated with infection and disease prevention and control.
•Identify abstinence from sexual activity and the appropriate and effective use of contraception as methods of
preventing pregnancy and STIs.
•Demonstrate skills in making responsible decisions in sexual relationships.
Grade 10
Lesson 1: The Teenage Brain, Relationships, and Consent
Students will explain how brain development impacts decision-making, identify characteristics of healthy and
unhealthy relationships, and demonstrate ways to support peers while recognizing resources for dating violence and
consent.
• Describe how adolescent brain development affects decision-making.
• Identify personal values about sex and relationships.
• Identify negative outcomes of sexting.
• Identify at least three characteristics of healthy relationships.
• Identify at least three characteristics of unhealthy relationships.
• Develop skills for helping a friend in an unhealthy relationship.
• Identify at least one dating violence resource in the community.
Lesson 2: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Protection Methods, Pregnancy and Fetal Development
Students will describe how STIs and pregnancy occur, how to prevent them, and explain stages of pregnancy, fetal
development, and prenatal health.
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