Grades 3-5

• Explain puberty, hygiene, and reproductive systems with medically accurate information.

• Describe healthy relationships, and define harassment and sexual abuse.

• Communicate personal boundaries and demonstrate respect for others’ personal boundaries.

• Identify strategies to

• call attention to or leave uncomfortable or dangerous situations, including situations of sexual harassment.

• Explain that some survivors are not believed when they talk about sexual harassment or violence and that it is important to keep telling trusted adults until an adult takes action.

• Define sexual orientation and gender identity and demonstrate dignity and respect.

• Explain how pregnancy can occur.

• Define sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and hold age- appropriate discussions of transmission and prevention.

Grades 6-8

• Analyze consent and power dynamics in healthy relationships.

• Analyze how a person’s intersecting identities, peers, and family can influence attitudes and expectations about gender and gender roles.

• Explain methods of preventing STIs and pregnancy, and describe signs of pregnancy.

• Discuss ways to communicate about whether to engage in sexual behaviors and how to reduce risk.

• Define interpersonal and sexual violence

• and identify community resources and supports for someone who is being sexually harassed, abused, or assaulted.

• Describe strategies to intervene, when it is safe to do so, when someone is being sexually harassed or perpetrating harassing behaviors.

• Describe strategies to end an unhealthy relationship.

• Identify credible sources of information about sexual health.

Grades 9-10

• Describe the cognitive, social, and emotional changes of adolescence and early adulthood.

• Analyze how a person’s intersecting identities, peers, family, and the media can influence body image, self- esteem, and expectations about gender and gender roles.

• Differentiate between sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

• Demonstrate the ability to differentiate between medically accurate/ credible information and misinformation.

• Define reproductive justice and discuss the impact of racism on sexual health.

• Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of different contraceptive methods.

• Describe effective communication, including communication with a partner about abstaining from sexual behavior, using contraception, and preventing and getting tested and treated for STIs.

• Demonstrate ways to show respect for others’ boundaries as they relate to intimacy and sexual behavior.

• Analyze federal and state laws that impact reproductive and sexual health.

• List the milestones of fetal development.

• Describe the legal consequences of sexual behavior without consent.

Grades 11-12

• Analyze personal and societal factors that can influence decisions about pregnancy.

• Assess the skills required to be an effective parent.

• Demonstrate skills to communicate with a partner about STI prevention, and analyze individual responsibility for STI testing.

• Demonstrate communication and decision making regarding contraception.

• Describe the potential impacts of power and privilege within relationships and analyze ways intersectionality and systemic oppression impact the agency of people of color and other marginalized people.

• Analyze the personal and societal factors that could prevent someone from leaving an unhealthy relationship.

• Analyze the impact of stigma and bias on pregnancy and STI – including HIV – prevention, testing, and treatment.