Curriculum
Upper Elementary:
5th and 6th Grades
Middle School:
7th and 8th Grades
High School:
9th through 12th Grades
College and Young:
Professionals
Parents of Teens
Upper Elementary: 5th and 6th Grades
Using Healthy Me, Healthy Relationships Curriculum, W2W staff teach the following lessons.
– Students will:
- Define self-esteem.
- Explain how self-esteem affects the choices people make.
- Identify reasons why it is important to have positive self-esteem.
- Identify and creatively display six positive qualities about themselves.
– Students will:
- Define HIV & AIDS (6.1)
- Explain that it is safe to be a friend of someone who is living with HIV or AIDS (6.2)
- Describe how HIV is and is not transmitted. (6.3)
- Describe ways people can protect themselves from infection with serious blood-borne communicable diseases, including not touching blood, not touching used needles, and not having sex. (6.4)
– (Male anatomy is discussed with male students, and female anatomy is discussed with female students. Schools may have all students taught together if they prefer.)
Students Will:
- Explain that males and females develop at different rates, and there are wide variations within each sex. (7.1)
- Explain social changes during puberty (e.g., changes in friendships, crushes/attractions, and changing expectations of parents/adults). (7.2)
- Explain emotional changes during puberty (e.g., mood shifts). (7.3)
- Explain physical changes that occur during puberty (e.g., body hair, body odor, voice, body shape, strength, hormones, and menstruation). (7.4)
- Define and identify basic male and female reproductive anatomy using scientific names. (7.5)
- Define the functions of sperm and egg cells in human reproduction. (7.8)
- Describe how sperm cells are produced. (7.7)
- Describe the menstrual cycle and its potential for human reproduction. (7.8)
- Describe the functions of basic male and female reproductive anatomy. (7.9)
– Students Will:
- Describe safety hazards, including those related to using the Internet. (4th grade 3.1)
- Apply strategies to stay safe when using the Internet. (4th grade 3.11)
- Explain how culture, media, and others influence
- What one thinks about oneself and relationships. (7.11)
– Students will:
- Define self-esteem.
- Explain how self-esteem affects the choices people make.
- Identify reasons why it is important to have positive self-esteem.
- Identify and creatively display six positive qualities about themselves.
– Students will:
- Define HIV & AIDS (6.1)
- Explain that it is safe to be a friend of someone who is living with HIV or AIDS (6.2)
- Describe how HIV is and is not transmitted. (6.3)
- Describe ways people can protect themselves from infection with serious blood-borne communicable diseases, including not touching blood, not touching used needles, and not having sex. (6.4)
– (Male anatomy is discussed with male students, and female anatomy is discussed with female students. Schools may have all students taught together if they prefer.)
Students Will:
- Explain that males and females develop at different rates, and there are wide variations within each sex. (7.1)
- Explain social changes during puberty (e.g., changes in friendships, crushes/attractions, and changing expectations of parents/adults). (7.2)
- Explain emotional changes during puberty (e.g., mood shifts). (7.3)
- Explain physical changes that occur during puberty (e.g., body hair, body odor, voice, body shape, strength, hormones, and menstruation). (7.4)
- Define and identify basic male and female reproductive anatomy using scientific names. (7.5)
- Define the functions of sperm and egg cells in human reproduction. (7.8)
- Describe how sperm cells are produced. (7.7)
- Describe the menstrual cycle and its potential for human reproduction. (7.8)
- Describe the functions of basic male and female reproductive anatomy. (7.9)
– Students Will:
- Describe safety hazards, including those related to using the Internet. (4th grade 3.1)
- Apply strategies to stay safe when using the Internet. (4th grade 3.11)
- Explain how culture, media, and others influence
- what one thinks about oneself and relationships.(7.11)
Curriculum Updates for 2024-25 School Year
