Tools for Teaching Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education

The Authors ix Notes to the Teacher: How to Use This Book xi General Guidelines for Adapting Human Sexuality Education Lessons for Students With Special Needs xvii Acknowledgments xxi 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1 Lesson 1: People Search 4 Lesson 2: Word Association Activity: "Sex" 8 Lesson 3: Myths or Facts? 11 Lesson 4: The Human Sexual Response Cycle, Part 1 15 Lesson 5: The Human Sexual Response Cycle, Part 2 21 Lesson 6: What to Expect at the Doctor's Office 24 Lesson 7: Anatomy Matching Game 30 Lesson 8: Up Close and Personal 33 Lesson 9: Sexuality Pretest 38 Lesson 10: Home-School Connection: Talking about Abstinence 46 2 PUBERTY AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT 49 Lesson 1: The Story of Alex and Sam 51 Lesson 2: Stirring Up Hormones 57 Lesson 3: Alphabet Soup Vocabulary Game 62 Lesson 4: Dr. I. B. Healthy: Common Concerns for Preteens and Teens 66 Lesson 5: Question Box 72 Lesson 6: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions 76 Lesson 7: Puberty Grab Bag 83 Lesson 8: Up Close and Personal 87 Lesson 9: Home-School Connection: Talking about Puberty and Growing Up 92 3 IDENTITY 97 Lesson 1: Identity Bingo 99 Lesson 2: "Who are You?" Nature versus Nurture 104 Lesson 3: Messages about Gender Roles and Sexual Stereotypes 107 Lesson 4: "Once Upon a Time" 111 Lesson 5: Gender Stereotypes and Popularity 115 Lesson 6: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Gender Roles and Sexual Stereotypes 118 Lesson 7 Implicit Association Test 123 Lesson 8: Advocacy and Gender Identity 128 Lesson 9: Up Close and Personal 132 Lesson 10: Home-School Connection: Talking about Gender Identity 137 4 PREGNANCY AND REPRODUCTION 141 Lesson 1: Pregnancy and Birth 101 143 Lesson 2: The Abstinence Pill 151 Lesson 3: Parenting People Search: Ideal Parents 156 Lesson 4: Are You Prepared for Parenthood? 160 Lesson 5: The Pregnancy Game 166 Lesson 6: Eight Weeks 171 Lesson 7: Sex--What Are Teens Really Doing? Assessing Current Student Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Teens and Sex 177 Lesson 8: Abstinence Till Mature: Creating Your Own ATM Poster 182 Lesson 9: Parent-Teen Circle Skits 187 Lesson 10: Skills-Based Sexuality Scenarios 192 Lesson 11: Ask the "Sexperts" 198 Lesson 12: Easy, Diffi cult, Impossible: Are You Really Ready for Sex? 203 Lesson 13: What am I? The 411 on Contraception 207 Lesson 14: Up Close and Personal 214 Lesson 15: Home-School Connection: Talking about Pregnancy and Reproduction 219 5 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AND HIV 223 Lesson 1: Transmitting STIs 225 Lesson 2: STI Scenarios--Making Healthy Decisions 228 Lesson 3: Dear Dr. Splendid: Simulated STI Information Website 233 Lesson 4: Bodily Fluids--How You Can and Cannot Spread HIV 241 Lesson 5: STIs and HIV--What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned 245 Lesson 6: Ten Wishes for Your Future: How HIV Can Change Your Life 249 Lesson 7: Agree--Disagree--Not Sure: Attitudes about HIV and AIDS 254 Lesson 8: Chris's Story--What It's Like to Have HIV 258 Lesson 9: Getting Hooked on the Steps of Proper Condom Use 262 Lesson 10: Up Close and Personal 266 Lesson 11: Home-School Connection: Talking about Sexually Transmitted Infections--What Do You Know? 271 6 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS 275 Lesson 1: Whose Relationship is the Healthiest? 277 Lesson 2: My Perfect Romantic Partner 281 Lesson 3: Components of a Healthy Relationship 283 Lesson 4: What is Love? Part 1 286 Lesson 5: What is Love? Part 2 289 Lesson 6: Mine, Yours, and Ours: Whose Decision is it? 295 Lesson 7: Being "in the Moment"--a Storytelling Activity 299 Lesson 8: Ranking Risks: Sexuality and Relationships 306 Lesson 9: "What's Your Number?" 311 Lesson 10: Love in the Digital Age: How Technology Can Help or Hurt 314 Lesson 11: Come-Ons and Pressure Lines: Communicating about Sex 318 Lesson 12: Rich's Dilemma 325 Lesson 13: Trapped: Ending Unhealthy Relationships 329 Lesson 14: Up Close and Personal 334 Lesson 15: Home-School Connection: Talking about Relationships 339 7 PERSONAL SAFETY 343 Lesson 1: "Stick 'Em Up" Sentence Stems 345 Lesson 2: Flirting or Hurting? Sexual Harassment Role-Plays 348 Lesson 3: Sexual Harassment? Yes, No, Maybe So? 355 Lesson 4: You Be the Judge 359 Lesson 5: "A Pretty Good Time . . ."? A Short Play about a First Date 362 Lesson 6: Personal Safety Review Game 366 Lesson 7: Harassment and Cyberbullying: Rank the Characters 372 Lesson 8: Up Close and Personal 377 Lesson 9: Home-School Connection: Talking about Online Safety--Tips for Parents or Guardians 382 Lesson 10: Personal Safety Public Service Announcement 385 Online Resources for Educators, Parents or Guardians, and Teens 389