Created by Nicole Reda

Harry S. Truman HS

Recently abstinence-only-education has become the legislator’s primary source of education concerning sexuality. Congress has allocated millions of dollars for abstinence-only education.

In the minds of some people such an emphasis on abstinence- only- education is misplaced. Abstinence-only programs stress that abstinence is the only acceptable behavior for adolescents. As a result they fail to provide information regarding pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections urging instead that teenagers simply abstain from sexual activity. Often, such programs stress abstinence until marriage. Some people believe that the message is based on fear, using scare tactics rather than factual, medically accurate information to educate.

Comprehensive, responsible sexually education, on the other hand, not only teaches abstinence and resistance skills, but also provides teens with the contraceptive and STI prevention information they need to make responsible decisions if and when they become sexually active. By denying teens the full range of information regarding human sexuality, abstinence-only sexuality education is seen by some as failing to provide adolescents with the information they need to protect their health and well-being.

Given the information provided above, you are going to become a health educator for a week. Educating teens about sexual behavior is a difficult task. Your responsibility is to educate your peers about sexually transmitted infections. in the course of your research you are going to gather empirical data to help

Your Task is to prepare a 5 day written lesson plan, educating your peers on sexually transmitted infections. Your job is to create a realistic, informative lesson plan. Each lesson plan should be 40 minutes in length. You will work in groups of five. Each student will present 1 out of the 5 lesson plans. You need to identify specific social problems related to the issue of sexually transmitted infections. You should use the TIPS Public Policy Analyst web site to develop a policy to deal with this social problem.

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Information needed on your cover page:

ü Name of the subject: Sexually Transmitted Infections

ü Your Name

ü My Name

ü Date

ü Class period

The (5) lessons plans should include:

ü Clear introduction of why teenagers are at a greater risk of receiving a Sexually Transmitted Infection.

ü Identify causes, evaluate policies and develop solutions.

ü The lesson plans should be typed and double spaced.

Your lesson plans should include the following:

o Aim

o “Do Now”

o Motivation (gain audiences attention)

o Materials needed

o Summary

o Objectives (what do you expect the students to learn at the end of the lesson)

o The font size should be 12pt.

o Must be typed in black ink

o Number the lesson plans

Presentation:

Your presentation should be 40 minutes for each lesson plan

In order to write the lesson plans you will use the six steps listed on the PPA website. The PPA website will help you in you research. The following must be incorporated in you lesson plans:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/welcome.html

· Define the problem

· Gather the Evidence

· Identify Causes

· Evaluate a Policy

· Develop Solution

http://www.frc.org/welcome.cfm

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/STI/STI_fact.html

http://www.sexualityandu.ca/eng/parents/STI/

http://teensexuality.erotik-porno-sex.info/STI/

Each student will receive two grades. One grade for the written lesson plans and the other grade is for the oral presentation. Each component will be graded out of 100. Both grades will be added together and divided by 2. The end product will be the entire groups grade. You can look at the follow rubric as a guide:

Standards	Below 1 Standard (55-69%)	Approaching 2 Standard (70-79%)	Meeting 3 Standard (80-89%)	Exceeding 4 Standard (90-100%)
Websites Research	No research Information is not relevant to question or PPA steps.	Two to three sources. Information is relevant to question & PPA step.	Three to four research sources Information answers PPA question & steps.	Five to six quality comprehensive and extensive research sources that answer & explain PPA step & question.
Written Lesson plan	incomplete but follows the 6 step PPA format -does not use the conventions of standard written English	complete with too few analyses of the PPA format for this topic -exhibits a weak usage of the conventions of standard written English	-complete with sufficient analyses of the PPA format for this topic -exhibits an acceptable usage of the conventions of standard written English	-complete with a superior understanding of the PPA format for this topic -exhibits a strong use of the conventions of standard written English
Originality of lesson	lesson is directly copied from the Internet without citing or giving any credit to authors	majority of the lesson is not original student writing -a few resources are cited	lesson is mostly original student work -most resources are cited	lesson is completely original student work -all resources are cited
Lesson Presentation	Lesson is not clear or poorly presented – Not able to be understood of factually incorrect	Lesson objective is clear and facts are correctly presented.	Lesson objective is clear and well presented. Additional materials are used to illustrate the topic	An outstanding presentation. All facts are correct. Addition illustrative materials are used in an effective manner.

Point Values:

100-90= A

89-80=B

79-70=C

69-60=D

59> BELOW=F

In conclusion, Sexually Transmitted Infections are on the rise amongst teenagers. Legislators are spending millions of dollars on a yearly basis trying to implement abstinence-only programs. Perhaps the money that’s being spent on these programs should be put into more successful programs. Education should not be limited. Students will develop effective public policies that may be effective in dealing with the serious public problem sexually transmitted infections.

E1 Reading

E1c student reads and comprehends informational material to develop an expertise and produce written and oral work

S5 Scientific thinking

S5c Uses evidence from reliable sources to develop description, explanations, and models

S5e Identifies problems. Proposes and implements solutions and evaluates the accuracy and outcomes investigations

S7d Explains a scientific concept to other students