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Teacher: Dodson
Course: 8th Grade Health
Dept: Health/PE
Topic / Theme: Unit 8 Sexual Health
Essential Question(s):
Why is it wise to wait until marriage to have
a child?
Dates: Week 9
Key Questions:
Essential Vocabulary:
What are the similarities and differences of healthy
and unhealthy relationships?
Why are knowing the qualities of a healthy dating
relationship important?
What are examples of situations that could lead to
pressure for sex and how can you avoid them?
What are the laws that protect individuals from sexual
exploitation?
Ho w can I use assertive skills in resisting the pressures
of sex?
What is the relationship between alcohol, drugs and
sexual risk behaviors?
What are the short-term and long-term consequences
of HIV and STI’s? Which can be treated and which
can be cured?
Why is sexual abstinence the safest, most effective
method or protection from HIV, STI’s and pregnancy?
How and where can I access appropriate community
resources about puberty, sexual health and family
relationships?
How can I identify verbal and nonverbal
communication that constitutes sexual harassment?
What are the possible consequences of early sexual
behavior and the emotional, social, and physical
benefits for delaying sexual behavior?
How can I plan strategies to maintain sexual
abstinence so that my long-term goals are not affected?
How can I encourage friends to remain abstinent or
return to abstinence if sexually active?
Standards:
Higher-Order Student Engagement:
Compare and contrast healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Describe situations that could lead to pressure for sex and strategies to avoid them.
Explain the short and long-term consequences of HIV and STI’s and summarize which can
be cured and which can be treated.
Plan strategies for maintaining sexual abstinence and explain how early sexual behavior can
affect achieving long-term goals.
Abstinence
Self-respect
Responsibility
Emotional consequences
Sexual harassment
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
Genital Herpes
Trichomoniasis
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome)
Pregnancy
Contraceptive methods
Goals
Healthy dating relationships
Self-discipline
Assertive
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HE.8.4: Growth and Development
o HE.8.4.A: Maturation
Assessment of Learning:
Pre-test and Post-test data
Student demonstration and rubric
Written response
Written outline
Elements:
HE8.1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion
and disease prevention to enhance health.
a. Analyze the relationship between healthy behaviors and
personal health.
b. Describe the interrelationships of emotional, intellectual,
physical, and social health in adolescence.
c. Analyze how the environment affects personal health.
e. Describe ways to reduce or prevent injuries and other
adolescent health problems.
f. Explain how appropriate health care can promote personal
health.
g. Describe the benefits of and barriers to practicing healthy
behaviors.
i. Examine the potential seriousness of injury or illness if engaging
in unhealthy behaviors.
HE8.3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information
and products and services to enhance health.
a. Analyze the validity of health information, products, and
services.
b. Access valid health information from home, school, and
community
c. Determine the accessibility of products that enhance health.
HE8.4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal
communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health
risks.
a. Apply effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to
enhance health.
b. Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills that avoid or reduce
health risks.
c. Demonstrate effective conflict management or resolution
strategies.
d. Demonstrate how to ask for assistance to enhance the health of
self and others.
HE8.5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making
skills to enhance health.
d. Predict the potential outcomes of each option when making a
health-related
f. Describe the outcomes of a health-related decision.
HE8.7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice healthenhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
a. Examine the relationship between assuming responsibility for
personal health and avoiding risky behaviors.
b. Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain
or improve the health of self and others.
c. Examine the behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks to self
and others.
HE8.8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal,
family, and community health.
b. Apply strategies that will influence and support others to make
positive health choices.
d. Identify ways in which health messages and communication
techniques can be altered for different audiences.