Health, Sexuality & Safety
Objectives
- D03.S4.09.01 Explain the basics of sexual and reproductive health, including anatomy, consent, and how to access accurate information and care.
- D03.S4.09.02 Recognize signs of mental health struggles in themselves or others and describe how and where to seek help.
Essential questions
- What are the basics of sexual and reproductive health — anatomy, consent, and how to access accurate information and care — and how do I hold them with dignity and without shame?
- How do I recognize signs of mental-health struggle in myself or others, and how and where do I seek help?
Big ideas
- Sexual and reproductive health is a matter of accurate information, consent, and access to care, taught with dignity and never shame.
- Recognizing mental-health struggle and knowing how and where to seek help is a life skill, and reaching out is a strength, not a weakness.
Lessons
- 1 Accurate Information & a Dignity-First Space 50 minutes
- 2 Bodies, Parts & Accurate Names 50 minutes
- 3 How Reproduction Works: Cycle, Conception & Pregnancy 50 minutes
- 4 Consent: Freely Given, Reversible & Informed 50 minutes
- 5 Contraception & Preventing Infections 50 minutes
- 6 Accessing Accurate Information & Care 50 minutes
- 7 Recognizing Mental-Health Struggle 50 minutes
- 8 Seeking Help: A Plan That Works 50 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of a learner's respectful, informed participation in sexual-and-reproductive-health discussion, including consent and access to care; a short accurate-information summary, and a personal help-seeking plan with named trusted adults and services as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 10 — Health, Sexuality & Safety
Overview
This unit returns to the body at a turning point with the honesty and agency high school demands, building on Grade 8’s substance awareness and self-care. Learners explain the basics of sexual and reproductive health — anatomy, consent, and how to access accurate information and care — and recognize signs of mental-health struggle in themselves or others and describe how and where to seek help. Every body, every pace, and every family’s way of living is honored; the body is taught with dignity, never shame; and questions are met with accurate information and care, not fear. Seeking help is named as a strength, and no learner is left to face these questions alone.
Essential questions
- What are the basics of sexual and reproductive health — anatomy, consent, and how to access accurate information and care — and how do I hold them with dignity and without shame?
- How do I recognize signs of mental-health struggle in myself or others, and how and where do I seek help?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Accurate Information & a Dignity-First Space | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 02 | Bodies, Parts & Accurate Names | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 03 | How Reproduction Works: Cycle, Conception & Pregnancy | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 04 | Consent: Freely Given, Reversible & Informed | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 05 | Contraception & Preventing Infections | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 06 | Accessing Accurate Information & Care | D03.S4.09.01 |
| 07 | Recognizing Mental-Health Struggle | D03.S4.09.02 |
| 08 | Seeking Help: A Plan That Works | D03.S4.09.02 |