Grades 4, 5, and 6 Fact Sheet

F.L.A.S.H.

Seven lessons on the following topics

• Family
• Self-esteem
• Gender Roles/Friendship
• Decision-making
• Sexual Exploitation
• Puberty
• Reproduction System/Pregnancy
• HIV/AIDS

National Health Education Performance Indicators

1. Analyze strategies to improve or maintain personal/family health.
2. Describe the characteristics of a good friend and express a desire to have these characteristics.
3. Identify common gender stereotypes
4. Design a model for decision-making and problem solving.
5. Discuss appropriate and inappropriate touch and how to “say no”, and how to respond to inappropriate touch.
6. Explain maturation of the external and internal reproductive organs during puberty.
7. Identify who is at risk for HIV/AIDS and other STDs, and how disease transmission can be prevented, including abstinence and consistent, correct condom use.