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Rights, Respect, Responsibility: Sex Trafficking (High School Lesson Information)
Overview
Young people are often targeted for sex trafficking, and the physical and psychological abuse they endure can have lifelong consequences, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder. This informational page outlines a supplemental lesson from Advocates for Youth's Rights, Respect, Responsibility curriculum, designed to educate high school students about sex trafficking. The lesson explores the recruitment tactics used by traffickers and provides strategies to help reduce the risk of exploitation.
Rights, Respect, Responsibility | Sex Trafficking Lesson Plan (High School)
Purpose
Rights, Respect, Responsibility is a K-12 sexuality education curriculum from Advocates for Youth, comprised of more than 130 lessons.In 2021, supplemental lessons were added to Rights, Respect, Responsibility to align with the National Sex Education Standards, Second Edition, 2020. These lessons cover topics that did not explicitly exist in the original 3Rs. This lesson on sex trafficking is one of those supplements.
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Define sex trafficking
- Explain at least two recruitment tactics sex traffickers/ exploiters use
- Identify at least two ways to reduce risk related to sex trafficking
- Recall at least two credible resources related to sex trafficking and sexual violence prevention and intervention
Information about Developer of Rights, Respect, Responsibility Instructional Materials
Advocates for Youth partners with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations to advocate for policies and champion programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth.
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Instructional Materials Review
Review Detail and Comments from Reviewers
The 2022 Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Instructional Materials Review of selected instructional materials was a joint project of the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Washington Department of Health (DOH). The review was conducted by OSPI’s Sexual Health Education Instructional Materials Review Panel. Rights, Respect, Responsibility was found in that review to be consistent with Washington requirements for comprehensive sexual health education.
Comments
Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum is available for free download from the Advocates for Youth website. An email and physical address are required to download materials on the individual supplemental lesson plan pages linked below (English and Spanish versions)..
Additionally, on the curriculum download page, you'll find bulk download options for the full curriculum, teacher's guide, adaptations, and other resources. Select the Washington Lessons box to be directed to a Google drive that is organized into grade band folders. You may select any lesson, including the additional supplemental lessons, from those folders for download.
Important note: These materials are not under an open license; however, they are intended for free educational use.