Asitia
Abstinence Education Program Curriculum - 7th Grade
(From
the Why kNOw? Abstinence Education Program)
Seventh grade curriculum provides an
exercise in setting long range life goals. It also teaches
that achieving them is a step-by-step process -- the sum of
responsible daily decisions. Conversely, failure to succeed is
also a gradual process of moving away from dreams. Students
examine the power of media influence on the culture and ultimately
their decisions. They are challenged to set high standards for
their lives and their future dates and mates. Seventh graders
also learn the origins of marriage traditions and their relevance
for today.
Daily Lesson Focus/Goals
- Guard Your Heart
- Students will understand that a healthy
marriage relationship begins with choices they are making right
now.
- Students will discuss characteristics of
a healthy relationship and how to develop those characteristics.
- Students will discuss and look
realistically at the pattern of “going together” and “breaking up”
and what effects this can have on their future.
- Students will be able to explain why
sexual choices affect their future.
- Let’s Go Fishing
- Students will write down goals for one
year, five years, ten years, and happily ever after.
- Students will learn the value of thinking
before acting.
- Students will realize they can learn from
mistakes and not repeat them.
- Students will identify various lures or
traps that get them off course and prevent them from reaching
their goals.
- Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
- Students will be able to identify and
name six of the most common STDs.
- Students will understand that pre-marital
sex puts them at risk of acquiring an STD, including HIV.
- Students will learn the difference
between viral and bacterial STDs.
- Media Messages
- Students will gain a greater awareness of
the media’s impact on their cognitive reasoning abilities.
- Students will be given guidelines that
will help them evaluate media messages.
- Students will discuss ways to counter
undesirable media messages.
- The Master Thief
- Students will understand their value as a
human being and the value of the gift of their sexuality.
- Students will learn that decisions made
now about dating will affect them for a lifetime.
- Students will evaluate the importance of
setting standards before they begin dating.
- Wedding Customs
- Students will learn that traditions have
value.
- Students will understand the meanings of
certain wedding customs.
- Students will understand how the wedding
ceremony supports faithfulness and purity.
- Students will be able to explain how past
relationships can affect their marriage.
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