Project Three

Condoms are the only method of birth control that protects against sexually transmitted diseases; including chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital warts, herpes, and HIV. In addition, they also prevent pregnancy by acting as a sheath around the penis to collect semen. Unless both partners have had an STD test, including an HIV test, (or if they want to get pregnant) there is no reason or excuse not to use a condom every time one has sex.

SEXUAL PURSUIT

Welcome to the computerized trivia game that will conclude your school's sex-ed curriculum. Fun and factual, this 'final exam' touches on the topics of anatomy, reproduction and sexually transmitted diseases.

Categories Include:
Anatomically Correct
Myths & Legends
Contraception 101
Don't Say STD

We've provided a sampling of what the questions in each category would look like. The answers are in parentheses following each question.

Group four

Developing a Feminist Sex Education Curriculum

We feel that it is necessary to not only cover the issue of abstinence in a sex education curriculum but to also arm students with facts, statistics, and other ways in which, although not as effective as abstinence, will help them in protecting themselves when it comes to sex. Therefore, we have developed the following curriculum for a high school sex education class.

Sex Education in the High School:

As an activity to promote sexual education, I think a game would be a really cool idea. Some kind of physical game like ring toss, mini golf, or something similar to the game at carnivals where you try to through a ball into a fish bowl but it could be a bowl of condoms or safe sex information to hand out to the students. In order to get a chance to take a turn and make a point, he/she would have to first answer a question about abstinence, safe sex, or sex and pop culture. Examples: What is the average age that most people have their first sexual encounter? ( 15) In people 25 and younger, what is the percentage of sexually transmitted disease cases? (65%) Condoms protect against all STDs? (False: they do not protect against HPV and has a 31% failure rate of preventing transmission of HIV) What percentage of men and what percentage of women tell lies to have sex? (34% and 10%: that includes lies about sexual diseases and number of partners) Condoms never fail to protect against pregnancy? ( False, they fail 14.2%) Hopefully, students will realize that they do not know everything and will be inspired to take initiative about their sexual health and learn more. Another important part of the program is that college age kids should teach it because this will make young adults more comfortable. Colleges should include this as internship work in programs for health majors, doctors, or education majors.
I really feel that abstinence is an important lesson for young adults to learn; however, safe sex should be a major part of our teachings. The many forms of birth control, physical and emotional consequences, self respect and respect for others, and an understanding of the physical aspects of sex for men and women are the four main pieces of knowledge that students should walk away with.

We have come up with a Jeopardy game for our health class called Jeopardy: Sex Edition. The game would be designed for high school student’s grades 9 through 12. We would make it mandatory that each classmate participate in order to better themselves about sex and what responsibilities come with it. We would start by giving categories containing important facts about sex. Students of 4 would come up and take turns participating in the activity. For every correct answer, the student would be awarded points based on the category that they picked. The rest of the class would be the audience and would cheer them on. Condoms for 100 would be the first category. Under each Tab for this section it would give you places to get condoms, an instructional video of how to use a condom and why condoms are important for every time you choose to have sex. Birth Control for 200 would be the next category. Under these tabs we would have questions asking where to get birth control, how to use birth control, and the importance of using birth control if you choose to do so. Category 3 would have questions concerning consequences of having unsafe and premature sex. Contents in this category would be abortion, having a child, the responsibilities, etc. Category 4 would have questions concerning Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s). These questions would include topics of each STD and how it is transmitted. It would also cover places to get help such as Planned Parenthood and places that could help. The final category would be Abstinence for 500. These questions would include topics of why young kids should abstain from having sex and why it is important to do so.
Creating a fun game like this would be something that we believe would be very fun but at the same time extremely educational for the kids. All the kids would be involved and learn a whole lot at the same time. Ultimately, the game would promote abstinence as much as possible but would give them the information that they would need in order to make the right decisions if they choose to have sex. The game would let girls know that they need to understand their body, how to get safe birth control, learn about abortion, and why they should wait (Bell hooks pg. 86). For boys it would teach them about STD’s and the responsibilities they could inherit if they choose to have unsafe sex. Each student would be awarded class participation points for their participation in the activity. The winners would receive an educational pamphlet about sex, free condoms, and a 50 dollar gift card to their local mall.

This relay is intended to inform teens about the hazards of sex without ensuring the safety of both participants. In the rising tide of sexual activity in teens, it is foolish to believe that teens may be taught safe sex practices simply by utilizing an abstinence policy. This activity aims to engage students while teaching them how to participate in sexual activities without compromising their health. Each team is composed of five members, one member for each section; each participant must then complete the activity and answers session of their section before their team is allowed to continue. More points are awarded to the team that completes each section the quickest. Once the first five sections have been completed, the teams continue on for a lightening round of questions focusing around questions previously covered.

Supplemental Sex Education Curriculum
Health Class
State College Area High School
Group 6

SYLLABUS

COURSE NUMBER: Sexual Education 101

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A 12 week course meeting M W F 8:00 AM – 9:05 Am in the State College Area High School Gymnasium. Sex schooling is learning about sexual reproduction in humans, sexual intercourse and other areas of human sexual behavior.