STANDARD 2.4: Health and Physical Education

Standard 2: Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Mission: .Knowledge of health and physical education concepts and skills empowers students to assume lifelong responsibility to develop physical, social and emotional wellness.

Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and Sexuality

All students will learn the physical, social, and emotional aspects of human relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.

Big Idea: Understanding the various aspects of human relationships and sexuality assists in making good choices about healthy living.

2.4 A Relationships

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do we learn to understand and respect diversity in relationships? - How do we know when a relationship is not worth saving?	- Tolerance, appreciation and understanding of individual differences are necessary in order to establish healthy relationships. - Reliable personal and professional resources are available to assist with relationship problems. - Technological advances continue to provide increased opportunities to develop relationships anytime and anyplace with a worldwide audience.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 8:
1. Compare and contrast the current and historical role of marriage and the family in community and society.
2. Discuss changes in family structures and the forces that influence change
3. Analyze how relationships evolve over time, focusing on changes in friendships, family, dating relationships, and lifetime commitments such as marriage.
4. Discuss factors that enhance and sustain loving, healthy relationships.
5. Describe how various cultures date or select life partners.
6. Differentiate among affection, love, commitment, and sexual attraction.
7. Describe the signs of an unhealthy relationship and develop strategies to end it
8. Develop standards for dating situations, such as dating in groups, setting limits, or only dating someone of the same age

2.4 B Sexuality

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do you know when the time is right for you to become sexually active? - Why does the United States have such a high incidence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections? - What determines a person’s sexual orientation?	- External pressures and opportunities that present themselves may influence a person to become sexually active. - Learning about sexuality and discussing sexual issues is critical for sexual health, but is a sensitive and challenging process. - There are many additional challenges that confront those who are not heterosexual.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 8:
1. Discuss the influence of hormones, heredity, nutrition, and the environment on the physical, social, and emotional changes that occur at puberty.
2. Analyze internal and external pressures to become sexually active.
3. Describe the physical, emotional, and social benefits of sexual abstinence and develop strategies to resist pressures to become sexually active.
4. Discuss the potential short- and long-term physical, emotional, and social impacts of adolescent sexual activity.
5. Analyze how certain behaviors place one at greater risk for HIV/AIDS, STDs, and unintended pregnancy.
6. Compare and contrast methods of contraception, risk reduction, and risk elimination and explain how reliability, religious beliefs, age, gender, health history, and cost may influence their use.
7. Discuss topics regarding sexual orientation.
8. Discuss the importance of routine healthcare procedures such as breast self-examination and testicular examination

2.4 C Pregnancy and Childbirth

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do you know when you are ready to have a child?	- Raising a child requires physical, economic, emotional, social and intellectual commitment. - Prenatal care has a direct impact on the delivery and long-term health of the child.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 8:
1. Describe fertilization and each stage of embryonic and fetal development.
2. Discuss the signs and symptoms of pregnancy and explain how pregnancy is confirmed.
3. Analyze the physical and emotional changes that occur during each stage of pregnancy, including the stages of labor and childbirth.
4. Discuss the importance of regular prenatal care to help prevent complications that may occur during pregnancy and childbirth.
5. Describe the potential impact of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, medicines, diseases, and environmental hazards on pre-natal and post-natal development.
6. Describe the physical, economic, emotional, social, cultural and intellectual responsibilities of parenthood.
7. Describe effective parenting strategies and resources for help with parenting.
8. Analyze the challenges and responsibilities of being a teen mother and/or teen father.

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