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Kindergarten  Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 – Families
RED  This lesson examines different kinds of families, including two-parent (mother and father, two mothers, two fathers) and single-parent families, adoptive families, foster families, families with stepparents, and blended families. There are two exercises in which children tell a shoulder partner about their family members. Five-year-olds are too young to know that some family information is not to be shared and risk disclosing personal information that could prove embarrassing in later grades. Slide 4 teaches five-year-olds that a young woman, a cat, and a dog are a family.
 
Lesson 2 - Families are Special   
GREEN  Discusses hugging, listening, encouraging, and praising. The fact that some behaviors may be inappropriate is introduced. 
 
Lesson 3 - Good Touch, Bad Touch   
YELLOW  Good touches are described as those that can be done in front of anyone, not a secret, make the child feel good, are done to keep the child clean or provide medical care, or are an appropriate expression of affection by a family member. Bad touches are defined as touching areas covered by a bathing suit or underwear, touching to be kept secret, and touching that makes a child feel bad or uncomfortable. The lesson categorizes sexually abusive touches and bee stings as equally “bad touches,” conflating sexual abuse with bee stings.
 
Lesson 4 – Responses to Inappropriate Behavior   
YELLOW  Lesson explains the kind of touches that feel good and those that feel bad; how to say “No” to an adult or child who touches inappropriately, and lists adults you can tell if touched inappropriately. Lesson conflates pushing and shoving with sexually abusive touches, confusing children and blurring the line between schoolyard roughhousing and sexual abuse.
 
Grade 1 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - My Family Community  
RED  Students are taught that a family (mother and father, two mothers, two fathers) is a type of community, Divorce is discussed. Students are instructed to turn to a shoulder partner to describe their own families as well as to draw a family tree depicting members of their family which is displayed in a gallery with the family trees of other children. This exercise disregards the child’s right to privacy and risks six-year-olds disclosing personal information that could prove embarrassing in later grades. 
 
Lesson 2 - Family Jobs  
GREEN Students are taught to identify responsibilities of different family members and that when each family member takes care of his or her responsibilities, it is easier for the family to function. 
 
Lesson 3 - Good Touch, Bad Touch   
YELLOW  This is a lesson about personal safety which introduces the concept of sexual abuse. The concept of "Good Touch, Bad Touch" can be confusing for some children. For example, a "good touch" is described as a touch that makes you feel "good, happy, loved, great," descriptions which could be manipulated by an abuser. This lesson categorizes schoolyard jostling and sexually abusive touches as equally “bad touches,” conflating playground scuffling with sexual abuse.
 
Lesson 4 - Responses to Inappropriate Behavior   
YELLOW  In this lesson, students are taught what to do in response to inappropriate behavior by other people. Lesson introduces the concept of sexual abuse and refusal skills. Children learn a song "Shout No! Then Go and Tell.” Students are encouraged to turn to a trusted adult if a situation makes them uncomfortable. Slide 3 shows two girls engaged in apparent play-fighting which is labeled “bad touch” and equal to sexually abusive touches, blurring the line between horseplay and sexual abuse.
 
Grade 2  Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 – Expressions of Affection
YELLOW  Lesson covers personal safety, including the concept of sexual abuse and discusses a range of appropriate and inappropriate hugs.
 
Lesson 2 – Inappropriate Touches and Getting Help
 
YELLOW  Lesson covers the many ways of expressing affection, through words and actions, which vary according to culture and relationships. Some expressions of affection make people feel uncomfortable and if that’s the case, children have the right to tell them to stop. When in doubt, it’s best to ask if you can give a person a hug. Touching a private area (area covered by a swimsuit) is a bad touch. A good touch can turn into a bad touch. This lesson categorizes schoolyard horseplay and sexually abusive touches as equally bad, failing to differentiate between roughhousing and sexual abuse.
 
Grade 3 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - Positive Self Image         
GREEN  Students identify their positive personal characteristics and attributes. In one exercise, the teacher reads a list of activities (drawing, math, sports) and students stand up when they hear an activity they do well. The teacher determines a “do well” activity for any students not standing at the end. In another exercise, students draw, write, or cut pictures from magazines showing activities they do well. This lesson could elevate high achieving students, diminish others, and risks generating insincere praise that disregards the importance of persistence and effort.
 
Lesson 2 – Safe and Unsafe Touches - Day 1 and Day 2
YELLOW  Lesson discusses personal safety and sexual abuse.  Slide 3 categorizes one child hitting another child as a “bad touch,” conflating sexual abuse with schoolyard fights and horseplay. Students learn to say “No!” to an abuser. There are several scenarios, one depicts an adult male applying sunscreen to a protesting girl, another in which a girl is pressured to pose for inappropriate photos. 
 
 
Grade 4 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - Emotional, Mental, and Social Needs  
YELLOW This lesson begins “Key Questions for the Lesson: What are my emotional, mental, and social needs?” The lesson includes an exercise in which students list and discuss their personal emotional, mental, and social needs with a “shoulder partner” or table group. Asking a 9-year-old to reveal such intimate, personal information to a random classmate is an unwarranted intrusion into the child’s personal life and a violation of their right to privacy.
 
 
Lesson 2 - Responsibilities  
GREEN This lesson asks “How do I show that I am a responsible person?” “How have my responsibilities changed over time and how will my responsibilities change in the future?” Encourages children to accept responsibility for assignments and chores. 
 
Lesson 3 - Recognizing Threatening, Uncomfortable, Abusive Situations Parts 1 and 2   
YELLOW Contains videos of various scenarios of simulated or implied sexual abuse and provides recommended solutions.  Generally sound advice, realistically portrayed. One scenario involves a situation in which a young boy lives with his mother and her boyfriend, another involves a neighborhood father applying sunscreen inappropriately to a protesting girl.  
 
Lesson 4 - Friendship 
GREEN Discusses the value of friendships, why students should not use social media to criticize friends, how to handle disagreements with friends, and how friendship meets a student’s emotional needs.   Students divide into groups and answer the following: “How does friendship meet emotional needs?” “How does friendship meet social needs?” “How does friendship meet mental needs?”
 
Lesson 5 - Being Respectful  
GREEN  Students learn about individual differences and the importance of respecting others, including those from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.  
 
Grade 4 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1 - Puberty                 
YELLOW  Although the materials in this lesson are factual and contain useful information, some parents may find it age-inappropriate for their child. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls. 
                                    
Grade 5 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities of Family Members       
YELLOW Discusses how roles and responsibilities change in families over time. The lesson defines “family” as “two or more people who share goals and values, and have long-term commitments to one another.” which makes no distinction between cohabitation and marriage. The terms husband, wife, and marriage are absent.
 
Lesson 2 – Abuse and Neglect  
YELLOW Lesson includes a “shoulder partner” exercise in which 10-year-old boy and girl students discuss sexual abuse scenes depicted in video If It Happens To You- Dealing With Abuse. 
 
Lesson 3 – Consent and Bodily Autonomy 
RED Although the lesson teaches that everyone has physical, emotional, and social boundaries that must be respected, parents should decide whether teaching their ten-year-old that “Bodily autonomy is the ability to make decisions about your body including if you allow others to touch or see your body.” and “Your boundaries might include … what body parts other people can touch” gives 10-year-old children a green light to intimate touching.
 
Grade 5 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1 - Puberty                           
RED This lesson introduces the terms "sex assigned at birth" and "gender identity" to teach ten-year-olds that biological sex is arbitrary and subject to change. Although this lesson is taught separately to boys and girls, some students may be uncomfortable working in pairs when learning reproductive organs. Includes a video: Just Around the Corner. Accurate, but graphic, information on sexual reproduction may be age-inappropriate for some children.
 
Lesson 2 - The Reproductive System 
YELLOW Some parents may consider this age-inappropriate for their child. Material is factually correct. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 3 - Human Reproduction     
YELLOW  Describes human sexual organs, intercourse, and reproduction in detail, including graphic illustrations. Some parents may consider this age-inappropriate for 10-year-olds. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 4 - Abstinence and Refusal Skills   
GREEN Reviews reproductive definitions taught in previous lessons. Students work in groups to discuss the benefits of abstinence which is repeatedly emphasized and shown to be advantageous physically, emotionally, financially, intellectually, socially, and spiritually. Lesson teaches children how to say and mean “No.”  Although this lesson contains good information about abstinence which most parents would approve of, it may be age inappropriate for some students. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 5 - Sexually Transmitted Infections    
RED  Although this lesson has extensive, accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and how they are transmitted, the extensive, disturbing details about STDs (rashes, warts, cancer, herpes, HPV, HIV), and the consequences of untreated STDs (blindness, paralysis, dementia, death) are age-inappropriate for 10-year-olds. Teachers are cautioned “Condoms cannot, according to School Board regulations, be discussed as a method of birth control.” This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Grade 6 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 – Consent
YELLOW  Lesson covers the concepts of consent and bodily autonomy, emphasizing that consent must be freely given, clear, and without pressure or coercion. “(You) get to decide who touches you, how you are touched, and when.” Lesson includes 3 scenarios in which students practice consent and refusal skills.
 
Lesson 2 –Child Abuse and Neglect  
RED  Students are introduced to the topics of sexual abuse and neglect. Lesson plan suggests that children discuss and sort the definitions of different types of child abuse with their peers. A video Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking about sex trafficking, rape, and prostitution is too intense for 11-year-olds whose childhood innocence may still be intact. Parents may be uncomfortable with the fact that 11-year-old boys and girls are told to engage in shoulder partner exercises with each other to discuss a video about rape, prostitution, and “servicing 30 customers” a day.
 
Lesson 3 –Community Health Care Agencies  
GREEN  Students are taught about government and community health care organizations that could be called upon for various needs ranging from fires, flu shots, mental illness, abuse, and addiction. This promises to be a valuable source of information especially for families who have recently arrived in Fairfax County.
 
Lesson 4 – Internet and Social Media Safety  
GREEN.  Good lesson on Internet safety which also covers the serious consequences and emotional harm inflicted by cyberbullying, harassment, and sexting.
 
 
Grade 6 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1 – Puberty, Personal Hygiene, and the Male Reproductive System 
YELLOW  This lesson is about the physical and emotional changes of puberty for boys and girls and includes illustrations of reproductive organs. A “shoulder partner” exercise in which students discuss emotional and social changes that occur during puberty could prove uncomfortable for some.  Teacher’s notes state “Students may choose which lesson they participate in based on their gender identity.” This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 2 – Puberty, Personal Hygiene, and the Female Reproductive System  
YELLOW  This lesson teaches about the physical and emotional changes of puberty for boys and girls. Illustrations are used to teach about reproductive organs, pregnancy, and childbirth. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 3 –Human Reproduction    
YELLOW  Lesson begins by asking the students to divide into pairs to match cards with male and female reproductive organs. The lesson is mostly about biological information and describes sexual intercourse, fertilization, growth of a baby and childbirth. Depending on maturity level, the information could be too early for some students. Although page 4 states: “At 4 months, the fetus is about 2 inches long” WebMD states “By the end of the fourth month, your baby is about 6 inches long.” This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 4 –Sexually Transmitted Infections    
YELLOW  STIs are discussed along with the hazards of needle sharing and drug use. The students are asked to work with a partner to create a list of ways to keep from getting an STI. “Condoms cannot, according to School Board regulations, be discussed as a method of birth control.” This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 5 –Abstinence and Refusal Skills    
GREEN  Students separate into groups and develop a table listing the consequences of abstaining or not abstaining from sex before marriage vs a decision to have sex before marriage. “The benefits of
abstinence from sexual activity in supporting healthy adolescent development are emphasized
and students identify reasons adolescents may choose abstinence.” Students are asked to role play refusal skills with each other for everyday situations. “Remember, sexual abstinence is the only way to completely avoid an
unwanted pregnancy, and the most effective way of avoiding sexually transmitted infections, and the negative emotional, social, academic, spiritual, and financial consequences …” This lesson contains good advice on sexual abstinence. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Grade 7 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 – Middle School Changes   
RED  Lesson examines students’ emotions and feelings. Students are provided definitions of heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender. “… gender identity refers to a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female.” Students are taught that their biological sex might not align with their personal perception of gender and that male or female sex is “assigned at birth," essentially arbitrary and can change. Students are taught that not affirming another’s sexual orientation or perceived gender identity is to display a negative bias. This lesson serves to indoctrinate students into the transgender mindset. “Gender identity may be the same as sex assigned at birth or it may not be.” 
 
 
 
Lesson 2 – Friendships   
GREEN This lesson talks about the increasing importance of peer relationships and how to maintain friendships. Lesson emphasizes “adolescents tend to place more value on the thoughts and opinions of their friends rather than their family members.” 
 
Lesson 3 – Family Relationships   
YELLOW This lesson on family relationships focuses on how roles and responsibilities change during adolescence. Using a graphic titled, “Family Trait Tree” students are asked to describe the traits that would make their ideal family. Students are paired to create scripts for role play on family communication scenarios and encouraged to share personal information about their families which could prove embarrassing: “… what are some of your wishes about your family relationships, things you would like to change or make better.”
 
Lesson 4 – Internet and Technology Safety
YELLOW  Students are encouraged to identify appropriate and inappropriate personal and social use of technology. There is sound advice on avoiding Internet predators. Discussion of sexting and teen sex trafficking in this lesson warrant parental review and discussion with their children.
 
Lesson 5 – Developing Positive Self-image and Self-Esteem   
GREEN  Students work in teams to evaluate several situations which involve making a decision.  Video Get a Winning Attitude has a series of scenarios which teach that persistence and effort are required in order to be successful in school, sports, and life.
                                                                                                           
Lesson 6 – Appropriate Use of Technology 
YELLOW  Students are encouraged to identify appropriate and inappropriate personal and social use of technology. Lesson discusses pornography and sexting; students are taught “Sexting can be prosecuted as child pornography, which is a felony that can result in large fines and prison time.” A worthwhile lesson that parents are encouraged to read and discuss with their children.
 
Lesson 7 – Consent and Sexual Harassment
YELLOW  This lesson gives students numerous good reasons for requiring consent for sex, yet the focus on giving or denying consent implies that sex is OK as long as consent is obtained. Missing from this lesson is that consent for sexual activity is consent for sexually transmitted disease, consent for pregnancy, consent for single motherhood, consent for 18 years raising a child alone, and consent for the personal and societal consequences of fatherless sons and daughters.
 
Grade 7 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1 – Changes of Puberty 
GREEN This is the first of a five-day unit about Human Growth and Development. Lesson discusses puberty and is thorough and accurate. “We’ll talk about reproduction, the process by which new life is made, and learn about sexually transmitted infections as well as reasons it is important to abstain from sexual activity
until marriage.” Students are encouraged to ask teachers questions. Parents are encouraged to follow up and be available to answer questions. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 2 - Reproductive Systems  
GREEN Students view slides of male and female reproductive organs and asked to explain the structure and function of reproductive organs. Both boys and girls learn about menstruation, sexual intercourse, and fertilization of the ovum. Parents should review and decide if a classroom setting is appropriate for their child to have this discussion. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 3 – Sexually Transmitted Infections  
YELLOW  Students are taught three categories of sexually transmitted infections: bacterial, parasitic, and viral and ways in which they are transmitted. Lesson is detailed about symptoms and methods of transmission and is presented in a manner that may suggest students are sexually active: “When a person is diagnosed with a viral STI, they must let all of their sex partners know so that they can be evaluated, tested, and treated.” On the other hand, the lesson also encourages waiting until marriage: “Wait to have sex until you are married, a long-term faithful monogamous relationship.”
 
Lesson 4 – Abstinence 
GREEN  Students are taught the benefits of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage in a manner that is thorough, realistic, and persuasive. “Abstaining from sexual activity until marriage can benefit academic goals, short- and long-term goals, as well as your overall health and wellness.” Refusal skills and how to say “No” are discussed.  This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Grade 8 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - Adolescent Development and Decision Making   
GREEN.  Lesson covers brain development in adolescence, noting that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t develop fully until the mid-20s and that this delay can impair youthful decision making. Students view several hypothetical decision-making scenarios and discuss with peers. Parents may want to discuss the scenarios with their children.
 
Lesson 2 - Individual Identity   
RED  Students are taught that the development of individual identity occurs over a lifetime and can be described as having four parts – sex assigned at birth, gender identity (includes transgender), gender role, and sexual orientation (includes heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual). “Gender identity describes a person’s internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female.” 
 
Lesson 3 - Dating Relationships    
GREEN  Students explore personal and family expectations of dating and learn how mass media and peers influence decision making. Lesson encourages parents to work with their child on Dating Expectations homework assignment. 
 
Lesson 4 - Exploitation   
YELLOW   This is a two-part lesson. In Part 1, students are taught to identify various types of physical, emotional, and sexual exploitation and are introduced to prevention and coping skills to fight exploitation along with resources that can help prevent exploitation. Part 2 focuses on sexting and includes the video Teen Voices: Sexting, Relationships, and Risks which shows students how to avoid sexting. Due to intensity of sexual exploitation as a subject matter, parental review is recommended.
 
Lesson 5 – Sexual Abuse   
YELLOW  Students will define sexual abuse, dating violence, and discuss prevention strategies, coping strategies, and sources of help. Emphasis is placed on telling a trusted adult. Date rape and teen sex trafficking are discussed; extensive information on how to avoid trafficking is provided. Recommend that parents review lesson and watch videos beforehand as some students may find information too intense. 
 
 
 
 
Lesson 6 – Sexual Harassment
GREEN. Lesson defines and gives examples of sexual harassment, including unwelcome sexual advances and requests, verbal or physical conduct, and other unwanted conduct or speech and explains how flirting is distinct from sexual harassment.
 
Grade 8 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1  Anatomy and Reproduction   
GREEN This lesson, the first in 5-day unit, is a thorough presentation of human reproduction, male and female reproductive systems, pregnancy, and childbirth with accompanying graphic illustrations in the PowerPoint briefing and video. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 2  Sexually Transmitted Infections  
RED  Students learn to describe causes, effects, modes of transmission, treatment, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Community resources for testing and treatment are presented. Students are instructed to share what they know about STIs with other students. This lesson is graded RED because it normalizes and fails to give sufficient warnings about the hazards of anal sex. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Lesson 3 – Abstinence  
GREEN “Students will describe the consequences of teen sexual activity and explore the benefits of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage.” Students use preprinted cards with various terms associated with abstinence and participate in an exercise demonstrating boundaries and refusal skills. Teacher Note: “Keep in mind that students will be giving both positive and negative consequences for both abstinence and engaging in sexual activity.” There is valuable information in this lesson and several sections which encourage abstinence and give sound reasons why abstinence is important.  Parents are encouraged to discuss this lesson with their children in advance. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls. 
 
Lesson 4 – Contraception 
RED  Contraception is defined and students are given information about barrier and hormonal methods of contraception including specific examples of each method, how the methods work, how they are obtained, and their relationship to disease prevention. Abstinence is presented as the only 100% effective method of preventing pregnancy. Lesson encourages abstaining from sexual activity until in a “faithful, monogamous relationship” which could be marriage, cohabitation or a short-term relationship. Although abstinence is cited as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, the next sentence tells students how to obtain and use contraceptives. One exercise has students examine different forms of contraception in detail and become experts in one form of contraception. The Student Fact Sheet on the Pill and other forms of hormonal contraception fails to list serious side effects of the Pill. This lesson is taught separately to boys and girls.
 
Grade 9 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 - Family Foundations    
YELLOW The statement in slide 5: “Families in the United States include married or unmarried couples,” suggests to 14-year-olds that marriage and cohabitation are equal. Students develop a graphic illustration showing their relationships to other family members (e.g., daughter, niece, sister), and reflect on changes that result from different family events that occur over time. This lesson intrudes on students’ right to privacy by asking for details about their families and family relationships: “Create a slide or document that shares photos of who you consider to be family and explain why you added them to your family story” (slide 8) could be embarrassing or emotionally triggering to children whose families have experienced difficulties or losses.
 
 
Lesson 2 - Healthy Relationships and Consent   
RED This lesson teaches 14-year-olds how to give and revoke consent to sexual activity. While emphasizing the necessity of obtaining mutual consent, it implies that once consent is obtained, sex is part of a “healthy relationship.” “Affirmative consent means ‘yes mean yes and no means no.’ A knowing, voluntary, and mutual decision among all participants must be present,” (emphasis added) suggests sexual activity may involve multiple people.
 
Lesson 3 - Unhealthy Relationships
YELLOW This lesson teaches students how to end a relationship. “Now that we discussed some red flags in relationships, we are going to discuss how you can respectfully and safely end a relationship.” Students practice skills and methods that can be used to end a dating relationship or a friendship. “We will also talk about sexual violence and safety from sexual violence.” 
 
Lesson 4 - Sexual Violence Prevention
YELLOW Lesson defines and discusses recognition and prevention of sexual violence. “Students will identify examples and effects of sexual violence and identify skills to promote safety and situational awareness. Resources for help and reporting sexual violence will be provided.” A detailed, thorough list of types of sexual violence is reviewed. A list of date rape drugs is included in this lesson. Students form pairs and ask each other “What do you think are the emotional and social effects/impacts of sexual violence on a victim?” Lesson includes video “Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking,” which reveals the serious and widespread problem of gang-related sexual exploitation of minors in Fairfax County.
 
Lesson 5 - Exploitation       
YELLOW  This lesson deals with sexual exploitation, teaching students how to avoid online predators and to go to their parents if problems arise. Lesson includes precautions on using social media and avoiding common pitfalls such as poorly chosen screen names that can lead to revealing personal information to online predators. Lesson shows the serious consequences of sexting.
 
Lesson 6 - Pornography  
YELLOW This is a matter-of-fact look at what constitutes pornography, the social and emotional consequences of viewing pornography, and a sobering warning that sexting/exchanging nude pictures of anyone under 18 carries serious legal ramifications for teens. The slides make it clear that children cannot give their consent to be featured in pornography. “Because sexting may include minors under the age of 18, it can be considered child pornography. Child pornography convictions are felonies”
 
Lesson 7 - Human Sexuality  
RED  Transgender and gender identity are discussed. Sexuality includes “an individual’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of being male or female.” Uses the term “sex assigned at birth” to assert that an individual’s gender identity is unrelated to biological sex. “Gender identity – Refers to one’s internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female.” Sexuality in the context of marriage and having children is absent from this lesson. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together. 
 
Grade 9  Human Growth and Development
Lesson 1 - Human Reproduction    
GREEN  Lesson includes approximately a dozen slides of male and female reproductive systems. Active Learning exercise: “Divide the class into groups of 4-6 students. Each group will be assigned one topic – female reproductive anatomy, male reproductive anatomy, menstrual cycle, or fertilization. Possible review activities include card sort, labeling, matching, or game. Students will trade with other groups to review information learned in this lesson.”  This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 2 - Pregnancy and Childbirth         
GREEN  Thorough, accurate information about conception, fetal development and birth, including detailed illustrations of stages of pregnancy. Asks “What are some healthful behaviors that a woman should follow before conception and during pregnancy?” “What are some healthful behaviors that a man should follow before conception and during the mother’s pregnancy?” This lesson is taught to boys and girls together in the same classroom. 
 
Lesson 3 - Abstinence           
YELLOW  Although this lesson gives a number of sound reasons for abstaining from sex until marriage, it does more to encourage sexual activity than abstinence. The lesson recommends abstaining from “engaging in sexual activity before one is ready” giving a green light to sex once 14-year-olds are“ready.” Lesson includes an exercise in which boys and girls pair up to list reasons for engaging and not engaging in sexual activity. “Before choosing to be sexually active you should carefully consider what you are really comfortable doing,” again opens the door to sexual activity. The statement “The decision to postpone sexual activity until being involved in a committed, monogamous adult relationship …” further erodes the abstinence message since “a committed, monogamous adult relationship” encompasses a wide range of sexual relationships outside of marriage.  This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 4 - Contraception   
RED  Students work on "Myth and Fact" sheet which states that “Teens can get prescription birth control without a parent,” undercutting parental involvement in a fundamental aspect of their children’s lives. “Most teens will not be sexually active as 9th graders but it is ok to start thinking about what might be the right choice for you in the future,” invites vulnerable 14-year-olds to consider sex. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 5 - Sexually Transmitted Infections    
RED  Discusses types of sex and the hazards of needle sharing. Greenlights casual sex by repeated references to sexual partners, “How will you tell your sexual partner (about your incurable herpes)?” “If you choose to be sexually active, what contraception should be used to reduce the risk of disease transmission?” This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Grade 10 Emotional and Social Health
 
Lesson 1 – Relationships      
RED This lesson teaches 15-year-olds that sex is OK and healthy as long as consent is freely given. “Instruction will include elements of healthy relationships including affirmative consent.” It fails to note that consent for sex is also consent for pregnancy, single motherhood, STIs, emotional distress, and a host of other consequences. Lesson lists the many forms of sexual abuse and includes an extensive discussion on the dangers of sexual strangulation, including brain, neurological, and psychological consequences.  This lesson is taught to boys and girls together, and includes the exercise “Turn to a shoulder partner and discuss what affirmative consent means to you.” 
 
 
 
Lesson 2 Human Sexuality
RED Lesson discusses sexual orientation, gender identity, and how sexuality “encompasses attitudes, values, and behaviors” throughout life and how media, advertising, books, and other forms of communication shape one’s views of sexuality. “Some individuals’ assigned the sex of male have a gender identity of female – they feel their core identity is female. The same is true for some people assigned the biological sex of female – they feel their core identity is male.” Missing from this lesson is the concept that human sexuality is biologically, emotionally, and spiritually fulfilled in marriage and procreation.
 
 
Grade 10 Human Growth and Development
 
Lesson 1 - Health Awareness and Self Examinations  
GREEN  Students are given instruction on early detection and identification of various sexual diseases, including breast and testicular exams.  This lesson is taught to boys and girls together. “Use of oral contraceptives may increase the risk of breast cancer.”
 
Lesson 2 – Contraception 
YELLOW   Lesson includes group discussions among students about various contraceptive methods. Includes reference to natural family planning. Instruction on abstinence and refusal skills is presented.  “Sexual abstinence will be identified as the appropriate choice for adolescents.” This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 3 – Unintended Pregnancy  
RED  Students discuss three options available in the event of an unplanned pregnancy: Keep and parent the baby, adoption, or abortion. Girls are taught they can get an abortion without their parents knowledge or approval: “A young woman who feels she cannot tell her parents about her decision may go before a judge who will decide whether she can have an abortion without notification and consent from one of her parents/guardians.” Teacher's notes add that minors can get free legal services to bypass parents. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 4 - Sexually Transmitted Infections          
RED  Students learn about the most common bacterial, viral, and parasitic STIs. Transmission of STI’s through sex is discussed. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is presented as a means of HIV prevention. Students are given writing prompts of scenarios of how to tell a partner about being infected with an STD. A list of community health resources is distributed to students. Lesson states “The best choice for teenagers, in order to avoid the consequences of premarital sexual activity, is to practice abstinence from sexual activity until they are in a mutually monogamous relationship,” which actually encourages teenagers to engage in sexual activity under the illusion that a monogamous relationship will be free of consequences. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Grade 11 Family Life Education     

Lesson 1 - Prevention of Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections   
RED  Abstinence is mentioned on several occasions as the only 100% way to prevent STIs and pregnancy, but a major part of the lesson discusses what to do if a student is sexually active. Students are told about PrEP (to prevent HIV), IUDs, LARC, the morning after pill, and other ways to prevent pregnancy. This lesson covers condom use by 8^th, 10^th, and 12th graders. Such statements as “When a couple decides to become sexually active, it is important that they discuss the risks and make an informed decision about contraception” contradicts the abstinence message. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together and includes shoulder partner exercises discussing intercourse, STIs, and condom use.
 
Lesson 2 - Sexual Violence   
RED The discussion on consent implies that anything a couple agree to is acceptable. The statement “clear consent is given for each sexual activity that the parties participate in” contradicts the Fairfax County School Board’s (FCSB’s) stated policy of encouraging abstinence. Lesson exposes dangers of sexual strangulation. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
 
Grade 12 Family Life Education     
            
Lesson 1 - The Family in Virginia Law  
YELLOW  This lesson covers Virginia laws on divorce, adoption, child pornography and other subjects and while providing useful information also includes graphic descriptions of myriad sexual offenses (the victim statement near the end is particularly graphic) which may be too intense for some students, especially those who have been victims of sexual assault themselves. As the lesson itself points out: “The CDC estimates 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before age 18” (p. 3). The lesson implies that as long as consent is given by both parties, any sexual activity is unobjectionable: “Clear consent is given for each sexual activity that the parties participate in” contradicts the abstinence message. Lesson includes case studies on adoption, child neglect due to parental drug abuse and sexual assault along with a video Tricked: Inside the World of Teen Sex Trafficking.   This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.
 
Lesson 2  - Sexually Transmitted Infections          
RED This lesson covers Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily medication which, if taken properly, is 70% to 90% effective in preventing HIV infection. Long-term use can cause nausea, kidney, liver, and bone damage. The difficulty of adolescents adhering to such a demanding regimen not only lessens its effectiveness but may induce a false sense of security. This lesson is taught to boys and girls together. “Almost 100% of sexually active individuals will contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in their lifetime.”
 
Lesson 3 - Contraception   
RED  Despite several references to abstinence, including “… abstinence is the only method that is 100% effective at preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,” this lesson implies casual sex throughout: “Deciding whether or not to be sexually active is a very personal decision.” and “Tell students that there is a family planning walk-in clinic which can assist teens in obtaining contraception …” This lesson is taught to boys and girls together.