Outcome Objectives and Session Overview

1. Students will be able to compare and contrast the risks and consequences of sexual activity outside of marriage and the physical and mental health benefits of abstinence.
   1. Define abstinence and secondary virginity.
   2. Lead students in activities that help them personalize how the risks of sex outside of marriage will harm their values and goals.
   3. Reproductive anatomy and how reproduction works
   4. "Preview of a Birth" video that describes fetal development.
2. Students will be able to describe the qualities that distinguish marriage as the appropriate and expected standard of human sexual activity.
   1. Marriage defined as the appropriate boundary for sex
   2. Benefits of marriage and what sets it apart from other relationships
3. Students will be able to justify abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the most effective means of protecting and promoting their physical and mental health.
   1. Medical Institute of Sexual Health power point presentation that explains the STD epidemic, specific STDs, and why teens are at risks.
   2. Identify and discuss wrong and inadequate reasons for having sex.
4. Students will be able to describe how qualities of good character aid in the achievement of their goals, emotional health and healthy relationships.
   1. Distinguish between lust, love, and infatuation.
   2. Define steps to forming healthy relationships.
   3. Outline real manhood and womanhood.
5. Students will demonstrate interpersonal communication skills for avoiding sexual activity outside of marriage, including refusal and negotiation skills.
   1. Introduction of the S.A.F.E. Plan for abstinence
   2. Role-playing resistance skills
   3. Wedding day scenario
   4. Commitment Cards