Practice of using power point in Technology Class

1. History of Sex Education in
America

2. 1830s…
1830s
• 1st Message about “Self pollution” or Masturbation by
Graham
1935
• The 1st popular “Student’s Manual” created by the
Reverend John Todd’s to encourage young men to
overcome the secret vice
1892
• The National Education Association had the 1st
Classroom instruction.
• “Moral education in the School”

3. 1900s…
1913
• 1st Sex Ed in the High School in Chicago
• Catholic Church against the initiative
1918
• “The Chamberlain Kahn Act” voted by the Congress to
give money to educate Soldiers about Syphilis and
Gonorrhea.
• Sex Ed became on of Public Health Issues
1920
• Schools began to integrate Sex Ed into their
Curriculum

4. 1940s…
1940s -1950s
• Courses in Human Sexuality began to appear on
College Campuses
1964
• SIECUS or (Sexuality Information and Education
Council of the U.S) founded.
1960s – 1970s
• Conflict between SIECUS and some group
• “Is the School House the proper place to teach raw
sex?”

5. 1980s to Present
 HIV/AIDs pandemic began (1980s)
 Every State had passed mandates for AIDs education
(1990s)
 United Nations 1st Conference on AID (1996)

6. Sources
 The daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/
10/27/the-sin-of-yielding-to-impure-desire.html
 http://www.dosomething.org/cause/sex-and-
relationships)