Teaching Guides

All of SafeBAE’s youth-led educational videos are paired with teaching guides designed to spark meaningful discussions and provide tools for deeper learning. Each guide offers structured prompts, classroom activities, and facilitation tips that help break down complex topics into conversations that feel relevant and accessible for young people.

Whether you’re an educator, facilitator, or youth leader, these resources make it easier to integrate critical conversations about consent, healthy relationships, and prevention into your work.

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Sexual Assault of Men

Supporting Male Survivors

This teaching guide helps educators address the stigma and myths surrounding male survivors of sexual assault. It provides discussion prompts and strategies to unpack masculinity norms, explore barriers to healing, and create supportive classroom dialogue that validates survivors of all genders. Paired with SafeBAE Board Member Theo Hutt’s video testimony, the guide opens space for challenging stereotypes and supporting male-identified survivors.

INTRODUCING

It’s Giving Red Flags

This teaching guide helps educators lead conversations about behaviors that are often normalized but may actually be unhealthy, coercive, or abusive. It provides a framework for distinguishing between “red flags” and true violations of consent, using discussion prompts, scenario analysis, and the pillars of consent to help students build a deeper understanding of healthy relationship dynamics.

 

Written and Directed by Cheyenne Tyler Jacobs

Intimacy and Dating After Sexual Assault

This teaching guide provides educators with tools to address the challenges of navigating intimacy and relationships after sexual assault. It includes structured discussion prompts, guidance for supporting survivors as they manage PTSD, boundaries, and healing, and strategies for partners to practice patience, communication, and respect. Reflection questions encourage students to build empathy and awareness, while practical tips highlight both self-care and healthy relational dynamics.

#knowB4Unude

One of SafeBAE’s most iconic PSAs on the risks of sharing intimate images online

In #knowB4Unude, youth explore the pressures, risks, and consequences of sending nudes — otherwise known as sexting — while challenging the oversimplified “just don’t do it” message often given by adults. Recognizing that sexting has continued to grow into a cultural norm, this PSA and its teaching guide provide a non-judgmental entry point for honest conversations about consent, digital safety, image-based harm, and how peers can support one another without shame.

Ending Online Harassment of Survivors

This teaching guide equips educators to address the realities of online harassment faced by sexual assault survivors. It includes discussion prompts, classroom strategies, and reflection questions that highlight the mental health toll of digital abuse, examine the role of victim-blaming and disbelief, and explore how peers can provide meaningful support.

Cyberbullying

#QuitThisSh*t

Rape Culture & How to Shift to a Culture of Respect

This teaching guide helps educators unpack how rape culture shows up in everyday life through victim-blaming, harmful media portrayals, and rigid gender norms. It provides discussion prompts and strategies for examining peer influence, challenging stereotypes, and promoting enthusiastic consent. Paired with Charlie Coleman’s video testimony, the guide encourages students to reflect critically on cultural norms and explore ways to build a culture of respect and accountability.

BAEcode: Teaching Bystander Intervention | Game On!

This teaching guide introduces students to practical bystander intervention strategies through a youth-created short film. It provides discussion prompts, activities, and scenarios that model how to recognize harmful behaviors, use distraction or de-escalation, and support peers in unsafe situations. By centering peer responsibility, the guide empowers students to practice safe, realistic ways of stepping in and preventing harassment or assault.

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