7th Grade Health Standards (Continued)
4.3.G Use healthy and respectful ways to express friendship, attraction, and
affection.
4.4.G Analyze the benefits of respecting individual differences in growth and
development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
4.5.G Demonstrate how to ask for help from parents, other trusted adults, or
friends when pressured to participate in sexual behavior.
Standard 5: Decision Making
5.1.G Analyze why abstinence is the most effective method for the prevention
of HIV, STDs, and pregnancy.
5.2.G Use a decision-making process to examine the characteristics of healthy
relationships.
5.3.G Use a decision-making process to evaluate individual differences in
growth and development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual
orientation.
5.4.G Analyze the responsibilities and privileges of becoming a young adult.
5.5.G Identify how good health practices in adolescence affect lifelong health
and the health of future children.
5.6.G Explain the immediate physical, social, and emotional risks and
consequences associated with sexual activity.
5.7.G Use a decision-making process to evaluate the value of using FDAapproved condoms for pregnancy and STD prevention.
Standard 6: Goal Setting
6.1.G Develop a plan to avoid HIV, AIDS, other STDs, and pregnancy.
6.2.G Describe how HIV, AIDS, other STDs, or pregnancy could impact life
goals.
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