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Touch and Abstinence

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FLASH has put together another good lesson about touch and abstinence. Humans need human touch, yet many confuse this need for touch, and their desire for sex. Discuss the four types of touch with your health or teen issues class. There are a couple of activities and lots of questions to guide your lesson. Adapt it as you need, but have this talk with your classes.

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communication, abstinence, safe sex, consequences, making decisions, relationships, responsibility, sexuality, sense of touch, the five senses

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abstinence, communication, healthy bodies, healthy relationships, responsibility, sexuality, consequences, decision-making, sexual, touch, violent, affectionate, nurturing, health
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2006

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