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Health - Grade 8
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Quarter 1 –Module 1: Gender and Human Sexuality
First Edition, 2020

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Quarter 1 - Module 1
Family Health
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 Table of Contents

What This Learning Package is About...................................................................................................i

What I Need to Know...................................................................................................................................i
How to Learn from this Learning Package............................................................................................i
Icons of this Learning Package................................................................................................................ii

What I Know...................................................................................................................................................iii

Lesson 1:
Identifying Basic Terms in Sexuality and Discussing Sexuality as an Important
Component of One’s Personality ................................................................................................1
What I Need to Know..................................................................................1
What’s New................................................................................................1
Activity 1: Pick and Select .................................................................1
Activity 2: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down............................................2
What Is It....................................................................................................2
What’s More...............................................................................................3
Activity 3: Name Me ..........................................................................3
What’s New….............................................................................................3
Activity 4: Your Strength is My Weakness ........................................3
What Is It....................................................................................................4
What’s More...............................................................................................4
Activity 5: There’s a Boy/Girl in My Mirror .........................................4

What I Have Learned..................................................................................5

Activity 6: Generalization ..................................................................5
What I Can Do............................................................................................5
Activity 7: Personalized Your Wallpaper ...........................................3
Lesson 2:
Explaining the Dimensions of Human Sexuality ...............................................................6
What’s In.....................................................................................................6
What I Need to Know..................................................................................6
What’s New................................................................................................6
Activity 1: Man vs. Woman ...............................................................6
Activity 2: YOUnique .........................................................................7
What Is It....................................................................................................7
What’s More................................................................................................8
Activity 3: Fill My Cup .......................................................................8
What I Have Learned …………………………………………………………...9
Activity 4: Generalization ..................................................................9
What I Can Do............................................................................................9
Activity 5: Personal Brand .................................................................9
Lesson 3:
Analyzing the Factors that Affects One’s Attitudes and Practices Related to
Sexuality and Sexual Behaviors ..................................................................................................10
What’s In.....................................................................................................10
What I Need to Know..................................................................................10
What’s New................................................................................................10
Activity 1: I Am Who I Am .................................................................10
Activity 2: Within My Circle ...............................................................11
What Is It....................................................................................................11
What’s More................................................................................................13
Activity 3: Say Something About This ...............................................13
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………………13
Activity 4: Analyze Media Message ..................................................13
What I Can Do............................................................................................14
Activity 5: Double Standard Morality .................................................14
Lesson 4:
Assessing Personal Health Attitudes that May Influence Sexual Behavior ....15
What’s In.....................................................................................................15
What I Need to Know..................................................................................15
What’s New................................................................................................15
Activity 1: Society Labels Them! .......................................................15
Activity 2: Changes in Me! ................................................................16
What Is It....................................................................................................16
What’s More................................................................................................18
Activity 3: Let’s Evaluate! ..................................................................18
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………………18
Activity 4: In Your Spectrum ..............................................................18
What I Can Do............................................................................................19
Activity 5: Circles of Life ....................................................................19
Lesson 5:
Relating the Importance of Sexuality to Family Health .................................................20
What’s In.....................................................................................................20
What I Need to Know..................................................................................20
What’s New................................................................................................20
Activity 1: Labelling My Family ..........................................................20
Activity 2: Openness of Feelings! ......................................................21
What Is It....................................................................................................21
What’s More................................................................................................23
Activity 3: My Role At Home! ............................................................23
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………………23
Activity 4: Generalization ..................................................................23
What I Can Do............................................................................................23
Activity 5: Family Ties .......................................................................23
Lesson 6:
Identifying the Issues and Concerns of Teenagers and the Need for Support
and Understanding of the Family ...............................................................................................24
What’s In.....................................................................................................24
What I Need to Know..................................................................................24
What’s New................................................................................................24
Activity 1: Am I Aware of These? ......................................................24
Activity 2: Refrain and Train Your Brain ............................................25
What Is It....................................................................................................25
What’s More................................................................................................27
Activity 3: Let’s Check Your Presumptions? .....................................27
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………………28
Activity 4: Thoughts of Abstinence ....................................................28
What I Can Do............................................................................................29
Activity 5: Stop Being Bullied and Speak Up! ....................................29
Lesson 7:
Applying Decision-Making Skills in Managing Sexuality-Related Issues .........30
What’s In.....................................................................................................30
What I Need to Know..................................................................................30
What’s New................................................................................................30
Activity 1: On My Own ......................................................................30
Activity 2: Puzzle Perfect ..................................................................31
What Is It....................................................................................................31
What’s More................................................................................................33
Activity 3: Decision-Making Worksheet ..............................................33
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………………34
Activity 4: Should I or Shouldn’t I? .....................................................34
What I Can Do.............................................................................................34
Activity 5: STEP Up! ..........................................................................34
Summary ..........................................................................................................................35
Assessment: (Post-Test) ..............................................................................................35
Key to Answers....................................................................................................................... .. 38
References................................................................................................................................ ...42
What This Module is About
When an individual reaches to puberty the interest in sexual activity typically
increases. Teenagers like you become more attracted to opposite or same sex and bonds to
others through expressing profound feelings through physical manifestation of love, care and
trust. As you continue to grow it is important to know how to manage and develop your
personality.
On this module, you will learn about Human Sexuality that will surely help you better
understand yourself, assess your personal health attitudes and practices, and apply good
decision-making skills in managing sexuality-related issues for you to grow as a mature man
and mature woman.

What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Identifies basic terms in sexuality (Sex, Sexuality, Gender, etc.) (H8FH-Ia-16);

2. Discusses sexuality as an important component of one’s personality (H8FH-Ia-17);
3. Explains the dimensions of human sexuality (H8FH-Ia-18);
4. Analyzes the factors that affects one’s attitudes and practices related to sexuality
and sexual behaviours (H8FH-Ib-19);
5. Assess personal health attitudes that may influence sexual behaviour
(H8FH-Ic-d-20);
6. Relates the importance of sexuality to family health (H8FH-Ic-d-21);
7. Identifies the different issues/concerns of teenagers (i.e., identity crisis) and the
need for support and understanding of the family (H8FH-Ie-g-22); and
8. Applies decision-making skills in managing sexuality-related issues (H8FH-Ih-23).

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are encouraged to do the following:

• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.

• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know

Test I - Multiple Choice

Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Encircle the letter of your answer
from the given choices.
1. What term refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male,
female or intersex?
a. sex c. gender
b. sexuality d. primary sex characteristics

2. Which term refers to individual differences in terms of thinking feeling and behaving?
a. gender c. sex
b. personality d. behaviors

3. How “ethical self” is viewed in human sexuality?

a. the way you look as a man or a woman
b. the way you interact with others
c. the way you feel about yourself and others
d. the way you value relationships

4. Which statement refers to psychological dimension of human sexuality?

a. our attitudes and feelings towards ourselves and other people
b. skills and values from people around us
c. our growth and development in general
d. our ability to reproduce or control fertility

5. Which of the following are the dimensions of sexuality?

a. mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions
b. physical, social, and moral dimensions
c. biological, socio-cultural and psychological dimensions
d. emotional, biological and social dimensions

6. Which factor of sexuality that involves questioning on the way we treat ourselves and
other people?
a. media c. politics
b. ethics d. religion

7. Why politics affects our sexual behavior?

a. it create policies that recognizes our human rights
b. help shapes public attitudes
c. influence feelings about morality
d. it grants awareness of the existing problems in the society

8. Which life skill that requires practice in learning to say “no” to something that you don’t
want to do.?
a. practicing wellness c. refusal skill
b. setting goals d. evaluating media messages

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9. Which statement that best describe “identity crisis”?
 a. unsure of your role in life
b. form of aggressive behavior
c. serious condition related to eating
d. act of taking one’s own life

10. What is the term “choosing possible solutions to the problem” means?
a. gut feeling
b. intuition
c. decision
d. problem solving

Test II – Matching Type

Direction: Match Column A with Column B. Write only the letter of your answer in the
space provided before each number.
Column A Column B
_______ 1. people’s sexual interest in and attraction to
others, capacity to have erotic experiences A. Suicide
and responses
_______ 2. the sum of the cultural and social influences
that affect our thoughts and actions B. Religion

_______ 3. spiritual beliefs influence feelings about

morality, and sexual behavior C. Family Health

_______ 4. women are socially judged and legally

penalized for adultery and for having children D. Socio-cultural Dimension
out of wedlock

_______ 5. aiming for something that will give you a sense

of accomplishment E. Practicing Wellness

_______ 6. ability of the family to maintain wellness,

prevent, control, or resolve problems in order
to achieve health and well-being among its F. Bullying
members

_______ 7. form of aggressive behavior in which someone

intentionally and repeatedly causes another
G. Double Standard Morality
person or discomfort

_______ 8. our sense of being and learned aspect of

sexuality H. Sexuality

_______ 9. a life skill that can be accomplished through

information about good sexuality I. Setting Goals

_______ 10. the act or an instance of taking one’s own life J. Decision-Making Skills
voluntarily and intentionally due to loneliness,
depression, family problems, and substance K. Psychological Dimension
abuse

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 Identifying Basic Terms in
Lesson Sexuality and
1 Discussing Sexuality as an
Important Component of One’s
Personality

What I Need to Know

Human Sexuality
It refers to people’s sexual interest and attraction to others. Sexuality often shapes
through emotional and sexual attraction to particular genders or sexes. It can also be
experienced and expressed in many different ways like desires, fantasies, values,
behaviours, beliefs, roles, attitudes and relationships. It is a natural and healthy part of life of
being a male or a female and is an important aspect in masculine and feminine identification.
Sexuality involves your name given at birth, the toys you played in childhood, the
friends you play with, the preference of your clothes you wear, and the roles and
responsibilities you play in your own home. Your family, peers, community and the society
you live with helps shape your personality. When you have a positive sexual understanding
of yourself, self-worth also improves and increases.

What’s New

Activity 1: Pick and Select

Directions: Loop at least ten words that describe sexuality.

E M O T I O N V F E M A L E T H
S A B I T S T H A K I E N Q S I
T S Q W E R T Y N H I O S D F L
N H Z V H C S D T X D C D B N R
K A V M A L E N A G A C E R N E
R J H F B L R S S E X E S B J M
O I Y D B D U T I N S F I R X P
L E L E I S B E E D P D R A V D
E S D A E R N T S E T S E A N N
S E X U A L A T T R A C T I O N

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Activity 2: Thumbs Up  or Thumbs Down
 Directions: Write check () on the activities and preferences you do in your
childhood.

Thumbs Up Thumbs Down

Childhood Activities/Preferences
 
1. Plays water guns
2. Plays dolls
3. Wears Polo shirt and pants
4. Wears blouse and skirts
5. Likes to be with boy playmates
6. Likes to be with girl playmates
7. Likes to have a short haircut
8. Likes to put ribbons and clips in the hair

What Is It
Activity 1 shows the different activities and preferences you do in your childhood. As
you grow older your choices, activities and preferences may also vary in different ways.
Sexual development is a continuous developmental process throughout life. It contributes
the major aspect of our personality for it begins from birth to adulthood. To fully understand
what sexuality is, let us define the basic terms for sex, sexuality and gender.

Sex
It refers to physiological differences found among male, female and various intersex
bodies on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions. It has two characteristics;
1. Primary Sex Characteristics – those related to the reproductive system
2. Secondary Sex Characteristics- those that are not directly related to the
reproductive system, such as breasts and facial hair.

Sexuality
It refers to people’s sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their
capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. It is experienced and expressed in
thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles and
relationships. Sexuality is influenced by the interaction of biological, psychological, social,
economic, political, cultural, legal, historical, religious and spiritual factors. (WHO, 2006a,
updated 2010)

Gender
It is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male,
female, or intersex. It does not exist naturally because it was generally regarded as a social
construct where the concept is created by cultural and societal norms.

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Key Points:

Sex is entered on the biological basis of being a male or female which gender is
socially determined based on a person’s role and behavior. Take for example; babies born
with male sex characteristics (sex) are assigned as boys (gender); babies born with female
sex characteristics (sex) are assigned as girls (gender). Sexuality on the other hand is an
integral part of what we do and who we are and the way in which we experience and
express ourselves as sexual beings.

What’s More

Activity 3: Name Me!

Directions: Identify the words/phrases in column A, whether it is sex, sexuality, and
gender. Write your answers on column B.

Column B
Column A
(sex, sexuality, gender)
1. male/female
2. girl/boy
3. fantasize as a Disney princess
4. feminine/masculine
5. LGBTQIA+

What’s New
Activity 4: Your Strength is My Weakness!
Directions: Write in the illustration your strengths and weaknesses as a person. List
at least 5 of each.

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 What Is It
Sexuality as an Important Component of One’s Personality
According to the American Psychological Association, personality refers to individual
differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. It is how the various
parts of a person come together as a whole.
Human Sexuality is part of our overall personality. It is something that is natural and
biological that develops into personality when growing up.

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Sexuality is an important component of one’s personality because it helps a person

define and determine who he/she is that can affect his/her future choices and life decisions.
It is vital to have a positive outlook of yourself. Focus on your strengths and improve your
weaknesses. If you fully understand and accept yourself, you will know what you must do to
stay healthy.

What’s More
Activity 5: There’s a Boy/Girl in My Mirror!
Directions: Pretend you’re talking to yourself. What will you tell to the person in the
mirror on how to overcome his/her weaknesses?

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 What I Have Learned
Activity 6: Generalization
Directions: Write your answers on the Concept Map containing some questions on
how you perceived yourself and on how others perceived you.

How do you express yourself? How do you see yourself?

YOU
How much do you know yourself? How much do others know you?

What I Can Do
Activity 7: Personalized Your Wallpaper!
Directions: On the illustration, write/draw on the cellphone screen of your favorite
quotations, sayings and slogans that will describe and reveal your likes, passions and
aspects of your personality.

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