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Identify support from parents and other trusted adults to be abstinent from sexual activity and create strategies for building peer support to be abstinent.
Grades 7-8 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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supportparentstrusted adultsabstinencesexual activitypeer supportstrategies
Skills
- identify (sources of support from parents and trusted adults to be abstinent) #dok1
- create (strategies for building peer support for abstinence) #dok3
- describe (ways parents and trusted adults can encourage abstinence) #dok2
- analyze (the importance of support systems in choosing abstinence) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify sources of support from parents and trusted adults to help me be abstinent from sexual activity. #dok1
- I can describe ways parents and trusted adults can encourage abstinence from sexual activity. #dok2
- I can create strategies for building peer support to be abstinent from sexual activity. #dok3
- I can analyze how support from parents, trusted adults, and peers can influence my decision to remain abstinent. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Support from parents, trusted adults, and peers plays a key role in empowering students to make healthy choices regarding abstinence from sexual activity.
- Building and utilizing a strong peer network, along with guidance from adults, increases a student's confidence and ability to commit to abstinence.
Essential Questions
- Who are the trusted adults and parents you can turn to for support in making decisions about abstinence?
- How can peers support each other in choosing to be abstinent from sexual activity?
- What strategies can you use to build a peer group that encourages healthy decisions about abstinence?
- Why is it important to have support from both adults and peers when making choices about abstinence?
- How might support systems influence your decisions about sexual activity?