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Sex Education Curricula K-12 Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade Personal Safety Objectives: - Describe the characteristics of appropriate and inappropriate touch
- Explain that a child is not at fault if someone touches him or her in an inappropriate way
- Apply strategies to avoid personally unsafe situations
- Demonstrate how to ask trusted adults for help.
- Apply strategies to get away in cases of inappropriate touching or abduction
Kindergarten Personal Safety Lesson – Staying Personally Safe Video: “What Tadoo” 1. Say No, Get Away, Tell Someone 2. Identify private parts of the body as those covered by a bathing suit 3. Safe and unsafe touches 4. Good secrets, bad secrets 5. It is not the victim’s fault 6. Using a family password with strangers First Grade Personal SafetyLesson – Staying Personally Safe Video: “What Tadoo With Secrets” 1. Review Say No, Get Away, Tell Someone 2. Good secrets/bad secrets and the use of a family password 3. Inappropriate touching by an uncle 4. The “Big D’s” for telling: Is it “Dangerous”, Is it “Destructive”, Is it “Disturbing.” 5. It is not the victim’s fault
Second Grade Personal Safety Lesson 1 – Surfing Safely on the Internet Personal Safety Lesson 2 – Staying Personally Safe Video: “Believe Me” 1. Review Say No, Get Away, Tell Someone 2. Abusers are often someone the child knows 3. Identify private areas of the body 4. Emphasize telling a trusted adult about bad touch and continuing to tell until someone’s believes and helps you 5. Reinforce that bad touch is not the child’s fault AND Video: “Better Safe Than Sorry II” 1. Review Say No, Get Away, Tell Someone 2. Good touches, bad touches 3. Bad secrets 4. Abusers can be strangers of someone you know and trust
Third Grade Personal Safety Lesson – Street Smarts Video: “Staying Safe: Strangers, Cyberspace & More” 1. Dealing with strangers 2. Being responsible 3. Cyberspace safety 4. Disturbing feelings, abuse and sexual abuse OR Video: “Yes You Can Say No” 1. Supports child in saying no, getting away, reporting to someone 2. Encourages child to assert rights to make requests 3. Stresses assertiveness skills to say no 4. Encourages identification of situations that can cause discomfort and confusion Fourth Grade Personal Safety Lesson – Learning About
Personal Safety Video: “Now I Can Tell You My Secret” 1. Review say no, get away, tell someone 2. Tell someone, if you are not believed keep telling 3. Techniques to prevent molestation by an acquaintance or relative 4. Children are not at fault and are not alone OR Video: “Being Safe” 1. Review say no, get away and tell someone 2. Definition of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect 3. Everyone has the right to be safe 4. If safety of an individual is in question they should follow the rules of say no, get away and tell someone. HIV Lesson – HIV Infection & The Immune System Video: “Aids and the Immune System” 1. Identification of the HIV cell. 2. How the HIV virus affects the blood and the immune system. Fourth Through Sixth Grade Video: “Respecting Each Other, Sexual Harassment
Prevention” 1. Definition of harassment 2. School rules dealing with harassment 3. Tell an adult Fifth Grade Personal Safety Lesson – Learning About
Personal Safety Video: “When Should You Tell, Dealing With Abuse” 1. Reinforce that bad touch is not the child’s fault 2. Emphasize importance of telling trusted adults 3. Explain that abusers are more often someone a child knows more than a stranger 4. Explain how to avoid personal unsafe situations 5. Explain what to do if student can’t get away 6. Explain how to avoid abduction HIV Lesson 1 – HIV Infection & AIDS – Sorting the
Information HIV Lesson 2 – Preventing HIV Infection Video: “AIDS: Facts For Kids or I Have AIDS
A Teenager’s Story” 1. Ways HIV is not transmitted 2. Ways HIV is transmitted 3. Making a commitment to protect themselves and others from getting the HIV infection Sex Education Puberty Unit Video: “The New Improved Me, Understanding Body Changes” OR Video: “Always Changing: Puberty and Stuff” Classroom teachers, principals and nurses involved in instruction. Format is that students are separated by sexes but receive information on both reproductive systems. Parents are invited, personal booklets distributed. Content - Anatomy and physiology of both reproductive systems
- Physical, social and emotional changes of adolescence
- Hygiene, acne
Sixth Grade Personal Safety Lesson – “Why Me? Incest Prevention” 1. Understand the difference between good touching and bad touching 2. Define incest or inappropriate sexual touch 3. Realize that keeping this a secret will not solve the problem 4. Learn who to talk to for help 5. Sexual abuse is not the victims HIV Lesson Video: “The ABC’s of AIDS: The Coach Approach” 1. Identification of risk factors for HIV infection 2. Drug abuse and sexual activity can promote the transmission of HIV. 3. Make healthy choices for yourself Seventh Grade Human Reproduction and Sexuality -
The 7th grade Human Reproduction and Sexuality curriculum will be presented in the 7th grade required Life Science course. The goal of this unit is to acquaint the students with the male and female reproductive system. This includes adolescent sexuality and healthy versus risky behaviors. It will be presented over a period of approximately 5-7 classroom days. This unit will be presented in a scientifically accurate manner similar to the approach used in teaching the other body systems, i.e., digestion, respiratory, endocrine, etc. The teaching will be done in a manner that is non-judgmental.
Parents will be notified of the unit and its content. Parents will also have the opportunity to view the curriculum and materials, including a sample list of student questions from the previous school year, during a parent meeting or individually upon request. Parents may choose an “opt out” status for their student from any day or the entire unit. Students who do not participate in this unit will be assigned an alternate health education assignment. Content - Knowledge of the structure and function of the male and female reproductive system
- Changes in physical, social and emotional adolescent behavior
- Adolescent sexuality, healthy versus risky behaviors
The unit will be taught by the 7th grade science teachers in a co-educational setting. The unit will also emphasize avoiding sexual victimization. The unit covers the definitions of heterosexuality, masturbation, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT), slang terms, oral and anal sex. The unit does not, by law, cover abortion.
The boys and girls will be separated for a question and answer session on one particular day, with the class to be conducted by the school nurses. Students may write “difficult to ask” questions using the question box format.
Answers to all questions will be medically accurate and contain the legal or medical/health consequences of the sexual behaviors. Uncommon sexual practice questions will not be revealed or discussed in the classroom setting. Any unanswered questions or questions relating to values regarding sexual practices will be referred back to the parents or trusted adults. The school nurse is also available to provide discussion of unanswered questions on an individual basis upon request. -
We’re Growing Up, Marsh Films, 12 minutes. 7th grade & above on 12/05/02.
Wynnewood, PA, 2001. 23 minutes. 7th grade & above on 11/07/96. -
Human Body in Action: Reproductive & Endocrine Systems, Schlessinger Media,
Wynnewood, PA, 2001. 23 minutes. 7th grade & above on 12/05/02. -
Boy to Man, 4th Edition, SVE & Churchill Media, Chicago, IL. 24 minutes. 7th grade & above on 12/05/02. -
Girl to Woman, 4th Edition, SVE & Churchill Media, Chicago, IL. 25 minutes. 7th grade & above on 12/05/02. - Then One Year, SVE & Churchill Media, Chicago, IL. 23 minutes. 7th grade & above on 2/06/03.
Eighth Grade Ninth Through Twelfth Grade Human Sexuality Unit
(Curriculum Revised & Approved 2008) Senior High Elective Human Sexuality Unit in HPE courses by classroom teachers, nurses, and community professionals. Concepts:
Promoting & Support Abstinence
Characteristics of a healthy relationship Importance of good communication Abstinence is a choice Setting limits within relationships Video: “Sex, It’s not a Game” (optional) Building a Healthy Balance with-in Relationships Power and control in relationships Violent relationships Video: ”Dangerous Relationships” (optional) Sex and the Law Definition of date/acquaintance rape & other Criminal Sexual Conduct Legal consequences Steps to follow after rape Avoiding potential situations Connection of alcohol use and sexual activity Video: “Date Rape Drug, An Alert” (optional) HIV/AIDS HIV modes of transmission, prevention and testing HIV /AIDS risk classification HIV/AID statistics & trends Community Resources for HIV testing & counseling Video: “In Our Own Words” (optional) HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS disease progression & treatment Consequences of living with the HIV infection Contraceptives Methods of Birth Control Effectiveness/Failure Rate/Side Effects Examples of birth control methods, including condoms Video - "Teen Contraception" Handout - "Guide to Contraception" Sexually Transmitted Infections STIs STIs prevention and treatment Analyzing STIs stats Resources for information and treatment Video “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” (optional) Disease Prevention Students Separated by Sexes Cancer Facts & Prevention Diseases of the Reproductive System Sexually Transmitted Diseases Video: "How to do Breast Self-Exam" Video: "Testicular Self-Exam" Pamphlets - "Why Now"; "Testicular Self-Examination", "Sexually Transmitted Diseases" Teen Pregnancy Physical, social, emotional, legal consequences of teen pregnancy Alternatives of adoption and Safe Delivery Video: “Avoiding the Teen Pregnancy Trap” Special Education Department - Ninth Through Twelfth Grade Personal Adjustment Unit - Male and Female Reproductive System
- Decision Making
- Contraception
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