Lesson Plans and Activities

OPHEA (Gr. 1-8)

• Lesson plans, teaching supplements and activities to help implement the 2015 H&PE Curriculum

Teaching Sexual Health: Teacher Portal (Alberta-based resource)

• Lesson plans, demonstration videos, PPT presentations, classroom tips and strategies, parent packages, print resources, etc.

Curriculum Supports

Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit

• Resource package with a manual/guide and DVD available on loan
• Consultation and resource provision for staff
• No longer able to offer classroom presentations to teach the curriculum
  • After curriculum has been taught by teacher, PHN will come in for a Q&A class if needed/desired

Always Changing (Gr. 5-9) (update)

• Free Teacher’s Guides with lesson plans, Student Manuals and downloadable worksheets for Gr. 5-6 and Gr. 7+
• ‘Always Changing and Growing Up’ 16-26 minute puberty education videos available online, offered in boys, girls, or co-ed versions

Human Development and Sexual Health: Teaching tips and strategies (Gr. 1-8)

Sexuality and U

• Teaching Sexual Health Education Manual: A Primer for New Teachers, A Refresher for Experienced Teachers
• Teaching Sex Ed for Youth with Disabilities
• Managing Controversy
• Classroom Presentations
• Information on birth control and STIs

Teaching Puberty: You Can Do It

• Training videos for grade 4-6 teachers, created by Toronto Public Health
• PPT presentations on contraception, STIs, hygiene, puberty, etc.

The Genderbread Person

• A youth-friendly visual that explains the difference between gender identity, gender expression and biological sex

Supplemental Resources for Fully Alive to support Catholic teachers with the 2015 Ontario Health & Physical Education curriculum, Grades 1-8

• Developed by the Institute for Catholic Education (ICE)

Sexual health education in the schools: Questions & Answers – updated for 2015 Ontario curriculum

• Developed by the Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)

Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) factsheets and the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education

Additional Resources 

Ontario Ministry of Education Parent Guides for 2015 Health & Physical Education

It Starts With You. It Stays With Him: Working with boys to promote gender equality in our schools (Grades 6-9)

• E-learning modules for both students and teachers, developed in partnership with ETFO and OSSTF