1. Focus: Students will identify ways to prevent pregnancy.
Goal: To understand family planning.
Standard: NHES #1- Health Promotion
Warm-up: Interview your peers, record answers, be prepared to report back to whole class.
What do you know about preventing pregnancy? Explain.
Who do you feel is responsible for birth control and why?
Create your own critical thinking question.

2. Notes:
Women can get pregnant the first time they have sexual intercourse.
Women can get pregnant during her menstrual cycle (period).
Women can get pregnant right after a baby and while breast feeding.
Birth control is the responsibility of both partners.

3. 5. By discussing and sharing this responsibility, partners show respect an caring for each other. 6. Being knowledgeable about birth control means that a person wants to be responsible and avoid pregnancy. 7. If you are sexually active, you must use some form of birth control. 8. Safe, effective birth control is available to anyone who wants it in the United States.

4. 9. Teens can get birth control. 10
9. Teens can get birth control. 10. There are no laws against using contraceptives in most states. 11. Some contraceptives require a doctor’s prescription and other inexpensive contraceptives are available in drugstores, supermarkets, and from vending machines. 12. Above all else, abstinence is a responsible choice. It gives you more freedom to plan your future.

5. Life: An Odyssey

6. Group Work – Understanding Abstinence.
Abstinence, or refraining from sexual intercourse, is the most effective and risk-free method of avoiding pregnancy and STD/HIV infection. Most adolescents decide that not having intercourse is the best decision for them. In addition to avoiding pregnancy and STD/HIV, abstinence protects against emotional and social risks that may accompany sexual intercourse.
People who choose not to have intercourse are still free to express affection in a variety of ways. Ways to show affection without intercourse include talking, hugging, massaging, smiling, holding hands, touching, sending notes, taking walks, doing things together, and kissing. An advantage of abstinence is that refraining from sexual intercourse allows a couple to get to know and trust each other gradually before facing the emotions and stresses brought about by intense levels of physical intimacy.

7. _____________________________________ 2. Emotional reasons
Directions: Abstinence means choosing not to have sexual intercourse. List at least three reasons why abstinence is a good choice for adolescents.
Physical reasons
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2. Emotional reasons
3. Social reasons