Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education Standards
Building
upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 8, students will:
Standard 2.4
(Human
Relationships and Sexuality) All students will
learn the physical, emotional, and social aspects
of human relationships and sexuality and apply
these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Standard 2.4.8.A
Relationships
Standard 2.4.8.A.1
Compare
and contrast the current and historical role of
marriage and the family in community and society.
Standard 2.4.8.A.2
Discuss
changes in family structures and the forces that
influence change.
Standard 2.4.8.A.3
Analyze
how relationships evolve over time, focusing on
changes in friendships, family, dating relationships,
and lifetime commitments such as marriage.
Standard 2.4.8.A.4
Discuss
factors that enhance and sustain loving, healthy
relationships.
Standard 2.4.8.A.5
Describe
how various cultures date or select life partners.
Standard 2.4.8.A.6
Differentiate
among affection, love, commitment, and sexual
attraction.
Standard 2.4.8.A.7
Describe
the signs of an unhealthy relationship and develop
strategies to end it.
Standard 2.4.8.A.8
Develop standards for dating situations, such
as dating in groups, setting limits, or only dating
someone of the same age.
Standard 2.4.8.B
Sexuality
Standard 2.4.8.B.1
Discuss
the influence of hormones, heredity, nutrition,
and the environment on the physical, social, and
emotional changes that occur at puberty.
Standard 2.4.8.B.2
Analyze internal and external pressures to become
sexually active.
Standard 2.4.8.B.3
Describe
the physical, emotional, and social benefits of
sexual abstinence and develop strategies to resist
pressures to become sexually active.
Standard 2.4.8.B.4
Discuss the potential short- and long-term physical,
emotional, and social impacts of adolescent sexual
activity.
Standard 2.4.8.B.5
Analyze
how certain behaviors place one at greater risk
for HIV/AIDS, STDs, and unintended pregnancy.
Standard 2.4.8.B.6
Compare and contrast methods of contraception,
risk reduction, and risk elimination and explain
how reliability, religious beliefs, age, gender,
health history, and cost may influence their use.
Standard 2.4.8.B.7
Discuss
topics regarding sexual orientation.
Standard 2.4.8.B.8
Discuss
the importance of routine healthcare procedures
such as breast self examination and testicular
examination.
Standard 2.4.8.C
Pregnancy
and Parenting
Standard 2.4.8.C.1
Describe
fertilization and each stage of embryonic and
fetal development.
Standard 2.4.8.C.2
Discuss
the signs and symptoms of pregnancy and explain
how pregnancy is confirmed.
Standard 2.4.8.C.3
Analyze
the physical and emotional changes that occur
during each stage of pregnancy, including the
stages of labor and childbirth.
Standard 2.4.8.C.4
Discuss
the importance of regular prenatal care to help
prevent complications that may occur during pregnancy
and childbirth.
Standard 2.4.8.C.5
Describe
the potential impact of alcohol, tobacco, other
drugs, medicines, diseases, and environmental
hazards on pre-natal and post-natal development.
Standard 2.4.8.C.6
Describe
the physical, economic, emotional, social, cultural
and intellectual responsibilities of parenthood.
Standard 2.4.8.C.7
Describe
effective parenting strategies and resources for
help with parenting.
Standard 2.4.8.C.8
Analyze
the challenges and responsibilities of being a teen
mother and/or teen father.
