Middle School Resources

Growing Bodies Active Consent Lessons | Sexual Harassment/Violence Lessons

Recommended Lessons

A curriculum resource provided by Planned Parenthood Northern California.

These five lessons are recommended for 6th grade students:

 6th grade – Planned Parenthood

• Lesson 1: All Bodies
• Lesson 2: Male Bodies
• Lesson 3: Female Bodies
• Lesson 4: Pregnancy, Birth & Safety
• Lesson 5: Healthy Relationships

Contact us to request copies of the lessons.

Substance Use  Lessons

Curriculum

SECOND STEP

SECOND STEP curriculum helps students learn the protective skills to make good choices and stay engaged in school despite the pitfalls of substance abuse, bullying, cyber bullying, and peer pressure. 

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 10: Problem Solving: Using The Action Steps
• Lesson 11: Problem Solving: Making a Plan
• Lesson 12: Substance Abuse Prevention: Tobacco and Marijuana
• Lesson 13: Substance Abuse Prevention: Alcohol and Inhalants
• Lesson 14: Substance Abuse Prevention: Identifying Hopes and Plans
• Lesson 15: Substance Abuse Prevention: Making a Commitment

Edible Marijuana: Is it safe?

In this 18 min. DVD, viewers learn how consuming marijuana in edible form affects the body and brain differently than smoking it. This film gives an overview of the types of edibles and how using edible marijuana can lead to addiction and impact different aspects of a user’s life.

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6 lessons on nutrition and physical activity

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Nutrition & Physical Activity

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

Recommended Lessons

Lesson 1: What are Nutrients
Lesson 2: What Should I Eat & How Much
Lesson 3: Assessing my Eating Habits
Lesson 9: What Influences My Food Choices?
Lesson 11: Body Image Basics
Lesson 15: Assessing My Physical Activity

Secondary Violence Lessons, Sexual Harassment Lessons Violence, Gun Violence Lessons

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Violence & Injury Prevention

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 1: Understanding Risks & Unintentional Injury
• Lesson 3: Safety Rules to Prevent Common Injury
• Lesson 6: Making Safe Decisions

Secondary Pride Resources

Curriculum

That’s a Family!

That’s a Family! is an entertaining documentary that breaks new ground in helping children in grades K-8 understand the different shapes families take today.

Recommended Lessons

Gay and Lesbian Parents, (Pg. 38 – 41)

Let’s Get Real

Let’s Get Real examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, and sexual harassment.

Recommended Lessons

Chapter 6 – Vocabulary, What are and Why not to use

Anti – Gay Slurs (Pg, 46 – 47)

A Place in the Middle

A Place in the Middle is the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula group at her school, and a teacher who empowers her through traditional culture. This kid-friendly educational film is a great way to get students thinking and talking about the values of diversity and inclusion, the power of knowing your heritage, and how to prevent bullying by creating a school climate of aloha – from their own point of view! Free video and guide.

Recommended Lessons

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Curriculum

Let’s Get Real

Let’s Get Real examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, and sexual harassment.

Recommended Lessons

• Chapter 5 – Sexual Harassment & Standing up as a group (Pg. 44 – 45)
• Activity, Flirting or Hurting (Pg. 76-78)

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life series asks “What is the place of digital media in our lives?” Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape.

Recommended Lessons

• Online Safety, Digital Life 101
  Students watch the video “Digital Life 101,” which shows the 24/7, social nature of digital media — a change from the media consumption culture of the past. They then make similes about their digital lives and learn that because media connects us in more social and interactive ways than ever before, it is important to carry out online relationships responsibly. This lesson also serves as an assessment baseline for teachers to gain a better understanding of their students’ familiarity with digital media and vocabulary associated with digital life.

Growing Bodies Active Consent Lessons | Sexual Harassment/Violence Lessons

Curriculum

San Francisco Unified School District’s
Healthy Me. Healthy Us.

Healthy Me. Healthy Us. is SFUSD’s comprehensive relationship and sexuality curriculum for 7th and 8th grade students. It is:

• Science informed
• Skill – based
• LGBTQ-inclusive
• Designed to meet the California Health Education Content Standards
• Designed to meet AB 329: CA Healthy Youth Act

The content of these lessons was created by School Health Programs with the support of community based organizations and classroom teachers. Some lessons were adapted from Advocates for Youth’s – Rights, Respect, Responsibility curriculum.

Full Information and Downloads

Substance Use  Lessons

Curriculum

Project ALERT

The Project ALERT curriculum was created and tested by RAND, the nation’s leading think tank on drug policy. Developed over a ten-year period, Project ALERT addresses the pro-drug mindset of today’s teens and effectively increases their likelihood to remain drug-free.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Project Alert
• Lesson 2: Consequences of Smoking Cigarettes and Marijuana
• Lesson 3: Drinking Consequences and Alternatives
• Lesson 4: Introduction to Pressures
• Lesson 5: Social Pressures to Use Drugs
• Lesson 6: Practicing Resistance Skills

Edible Marijuana: Is it safe?

In this 18 min. DVD, viewers learn how consuming marijuana in edible form affects the body and brain differently than smoking it. This film gives an overview of the types of edibles and how using edible marijuana can lead to addiction and impact different aspects of a user’s life.

View trailer

Secondary Nutrition Resources

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Nutrition & Physical Activity

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 4: Reading a Food Label
• Lesson 5: Eating Breakfast Every Day
• Lesson 6: Healthy Snacking
• Lesson 13: Dieting Dangers & Healthy Ways to Manage Weight
• Lesson 16: Staying Safe While Getting Fit
• Lesson 17: My Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Goal

 Secondary Violence Lessons, Sexual Harassment Lessons Violence, Gun Violence Lessons

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Violence & Injury Prevention

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

• Recommended Lessons
• Lesson 5: Resisting Dares
• Lesson 6: Making Safe Decisions
• Lesson 8: Understanding Violence

Secondary Pride Resources

Curriculum

Healthy Me. Healthy Us.

Is SFUSDs 7^th grade comprehensive sexuality curriculum

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 7: Being an Ally

A Place in the Middle

A Place in the Middle is the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula group at her school, and a teacher who empowers her through traditional culture. This kid-friendly educational film is a great way to get students thinking and talking about the values of diversity and inclusion, the power of knowing your heritage, and how to prevent bullying by creating a school climate of aloha – from their own point of view! Free video and guide.

Recommended Lessons

View website

1 lesson on other health content areas and relevant health issues based on students’ needs and concerns

Curriculum

Let’s Get Real

Let’s Get Real examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, and sexual harassment.

Recommended Lessons

• Chapter 5 – Sexual Harassment & Standing up as a group (Pg. 44 – 45)
• Activity, Flirting or Hurting (Pg. 76-78)

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life series asks “What is the place of digital media in our lives?” Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape.

Recommended Lessons

• Online Safety, Digital Life 101
  Students watch the video “Digital Life 101”,  which shows the 24/7, social nature of digital media — a change from the media consumption culture of the past. They then make similes about their digital lives and learn that because media connects us in more social and interactive ways than ever before, it is important to carry out online relationships responsibly. This lesson also serves as an assessment baseline for teachers to gain a better understanding of their students’ familiarity with digital media and vocabulary associated with digital life.

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media asks “What are gender stereotypes, and can they shape our experiences online? Students are introduced to the concept of gender stereotypes, in both an online and offline context.

Recommended Lessons

• Gender Stereotypes online
  Students first discuss stereotypes about boys and girls: where they come from, how we learn them, and why they can be restrictive. Students then identify and discuss gender stereotypes in the “Dress Up Your Avatar” feature of a virtual world for kids.

Growing Bodies Active Consent Lessons | Sexual Harassment/Violence Lessons

Curriculum

San Francisco Unified School District’s
Healthy Me. Healthy Us.

Healthy Me. Healthy Us. is SFUSD’s comprehensive relationship and sexuality curriculum for 7th and 8th grade students. It is:

• Science informed
• Skill – based
• LGBTQ-inclusive
• Designed to meet the California Health Education Content Standards
• Designed to meet AB 329: CA Healthy Youth Act

The content of these lessons was created by School Health Programs with the support of community based organizations and classroom teachers. Some lessons were adapted from Advocates for Youth’s – Rights, Respect, Responsibility curriculum.

Full Information and Downloads

Substance Use  Lessons

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Tobacco Alcohol & other Drug Prevention.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 2: Alcohol: What’s the Truth?
• Lesson 3: Tobacco: What’s the Truth?
• Lesson 4: Marijuana: What’s the Truth?
• Lesson 7: Consequences of Drugs Use: How Bad Could it Be?
• Lesson 12: Tobacco Companies are they Targeting Youth?
• Lesson 14: Tobacco and Alcohol Ads: What are they Really Saying

Edible Marijuana: Is it safe?

In this 18 min. DVD, viewers learn how consuming marijuana in edible form affects the body and brain differently than smoking it. This film gives an overview of the types of edibles and how using edible marijuana can lead to addiction and impact different aspects of a user’s life.

View trailer

Secondary Nutrition Resources

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Nutrition & Physical Activity

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 7: Eating Healthy at Fast-Food Restaurants
• Lesson 8: Keeping Food Safe to Eat
• Lesson 9: What influences My Food Choices?
• Lesson 11: Body Image Basics
• Lesson 14: Eating Disorders
• Lesson 18: Tracking My Progress

Secondary Violence Lessons, Sexual Harassment Lessons Violence, Gun Violence Lessons

Curriculum

Health Smart Middle School: Violence & Injury Prevention

ETR’s Health Smart program gives children and youth the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices and establish life-long healthy behaviors.

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 8: Understanding Violence
• Lesson 9: Causes of Violence
• Lesson 14: Feelings and Fights
• Lesson 15: Skills to Resolve Conflict
• Lesson 16: Conflict Resolution Roleplays

Curriculum

Be Ready!

Is SFUSDs 7^th grade comprehensive sexuality curriculum

Recommended Lessons

• Lesson 7: Being an Ally

A Place in the Middle

A Place in the Middle is the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula group at her school, and a teacher who empowers her through traditional culture. This kid-friendly educational film is a great way to get students thinking and talking about the values of diversity and inclusion, the power of knowing your heritage, and how to prevent bullying by creating a school climate of aloha – from their own point of view! Free video and guide.

Recommended Lessons

View website

Open the Door and Get Out and Explore | Get Out and Explore Flyer

Curriculum

Let’s Get Real

Let’s Get Real examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, and sexual harassment.

Recommended Lessons

• Chapter 5 – Sexual Harassment & Standing up as a group (Pg. 44 – 45)
• Activity, Flirting or Hurting (Pg. 76-78)

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life

Common Sense Media’s Digital Life series asks “What is the place of digital media in our lives?” Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape.

Recommended Lessons

• Online Safety, Digital Life 101
  Students watch the video “Digital Life 101”, which shows the 24/7, social nature of digital media — a change from the media consumption culture of the past. They then make similes about their digital lives and learn that because media connects us in more social and interactive ways than ever before, it is important to carry out online relationships responsibly. This lesson also serves as an assessment baseline for teachers to gain a better understanding of their students’ familiarity with digital media and vocabulary associated with digital life.

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media asks “What are gender stereotypes, and can they shape our experiences online? Students are introduced to the concept of gender stereotypes, in both an online and offline context.

Recommended Lessons

• Gender Stereotypes online
  Students first discuss stereotypes about boys and girls: where they come from, how we learn them, and why they can be restrictive. Students then identify and discuss gender stereotypes in the “Dress Up Your Avatar” feature of a virtual world for kids.