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Program Outline:
Virtuous
Reality uses Choosing the Best WAY in
the 6th grade - It grabs the attention of 6th graders
struggling to understand what's happening to their
bodies and to their relationships. Six highly active
sessions answer questions this age group hesitates to
ask, as they separate myths and facts. Entertaining
video clips introduce each session, as students learn
that abstinence until marriage is the best WAY.
Lesson One, Deciding on your Future:
Making the best decisions, what is a goal, building
character: determination.
Lesson Two, Figuring out Friendships and
Relationships:
Qualities of a good friend, getting to know guys and
girls, are relationships crushes, infatuation or love?,
building character: respect.
Lesson Three, Avoiding Unhealthy Relationships:
Preventing sexual abuse, identifying emotional needs, I
am totally unique and one of a kind, building character:
self-respect.
Lesson Four, Identifying the risks:
Risks: teen pregnancy, emotional effects, STDs; building
character: compassion.
Lesson Five, Choosing the Best Way:
Marriage – the benefits of waiting, being abstinent
until marriage, choosing the abstinence pledge, building
character: making healthy choices.
Lesson Six, Learning how to say NO:
The dangers of alcohol, setting boundaries, building
character: courage.
WAIT (Why Am I
Tempted?) Training—7th, 8th and 9th
grade: WAIT is based on a relationship model of sexuality
education. Though the abstracts and objectives stay the same per
grade level, the lesson plan, filled with eye and brain catching
visuals, interactive lessons and stories, encourages students to
embrace the value of abstinence until marriage.
Day 1: Rapport Building
This first day is crucial in establishing a rapport with the
students. Presenters avoid jumping into the curriculum on the
first day. Students will receive an introduction to the
program—a list of content and expectations that establishes the
necessary classroom climate. Along with that, students will be
led in an object lesson, masquerading as a get-to-know-you game.
The basic goal of this day is to let the kids know that this
will be unlike any guest-speaker presentation they have ever
attended and to whet their appetites for more.
Students are given a set of multi-colored "money" at the
beginning of the hour. Each color also has a different symbol.
The students are told that each piece of money has a different
value— $1, $100, $500, $1000, or $1,000,000. The object of the
game is to collect the most of the highest denomination of money
in 2 minutes. The person who has the highest amount of money at
the end gets candy. The students are not told which value goes
with which piece of money. It is up to each of them to decide.
Days 2 & 3: STDs
During this lesson, students will develop a better understanding
of what sexual activity is, how STDs are transmitted, and how
diseases move through a population, as well as information on 7
specific STDs—chlamydia, gonorrhea, human papillomavirus,
herpes, syphilis, hepatitis B and HIV. In order to keep the
lesson age-appropriate, no slides will be shown. Instead,
students will view visual aids that give them the basic idea
without exposing them to unsightly pictures of diseased
genitalia. Students will also discuss the myth of safe sex and
the drawbacks of condoms as a barrier method for pregnancy and
std prevention.
Day 4: Emotional Consequences
During this lesson, students will discuss the myth of casual
sex. Students will also explore the media's affect on their
ideas about sex and relationships.
Day 5: Intimacy/Sexual Boundaries
During this presentation, students will gain tools to avoiding
sexual temptation, showing that abstinence until marriage has
practical applications. Students will also explore the idea that
true intimacy cannot be manufactured by physical expression, buy
that it takes time to build intimacy.
Day 6: Dating
Students will explore different dating styles (single, double,
and group), as well as their personal expectations of someone
with whom they choose to spend time.
Day 7: Love and Marriage
Students will discuss the idea that abstinence and all it
entails are all for the end result of a marriage built on love
and trust. They will recognize that the choices they make now
will determine the type of climate set when and if they get
married. They will discuss how all decisions have consequences
and how to best reach the personal goals they have set for their
marriages/relationships.
Day 8: Assertiveness Training
Students will discuss the importance of setting boundaries and
dealing with face-to-face sexual temptation and pressure.
Students will role-play different scenarios to help them
practice saying no to pressures.
Day 9: Abstinence until Marriage
Students will discuss the benefits of delaying sex until they
are in a mutually monogamous marriage relationship. They will
define abstinence as a lifestyle choice and discuss what
strategies are necessary to maintain the choice. Students also
will be offered the opportunity to take an abstinence pledge.
Day 10: The Wrap-Up
On this day, students will take an exit survey, and will receive
an opportunity to ask questions pertaining to the previous
discussion. They will be encouraged to maintain their sexual
health through regular reevaluation of their abstinence choice,
through STD testing and screening if they have already been
sexually active, and to maintain a support system that supports
their individual decisions
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