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Genuine Yes or Reluctant Compliance?

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About this MicroSim

Genuine Yes or Reluctant Compliance? is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students analyze short described interactions (verbal response, body language, tone, and context together) and

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Bloom's Taxonomy level: Analyze (L4) — differentiate, distinguish, examine

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grades 9-12. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students analyze short described interactions (verbal response, body language, tone, and context together) and

This activity targets Bloom's Analyze (L4) (differentiate, distinguish, examine).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Analyze-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 3: Consent and Boundaries.

Type: microsim

**sim-id:** genuine-consent-signal-sorter<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy Level: Analyze (L4)
Bloom Verb: differentiate, distinguish, examine

Learning objective: Students analyze short described interactions
(verbal response, body language, tone, and context together) and
distinguish genuine, enthusiastic consent from reluctant compliance,
silence, or a freeze response.

Canvas layout:
- Top: a scenario card describing a brief interaction with four
  observable signals (verbal response, body language, tone, context)
- Bottom: two drop zones, "Genuine Yes" and "Not Genuine Consent"

Interactive controls:
- Drag-and-drop each scenario card into the correct zone
- Button: "Check My Sorting"
- Button: "Next Scenario"
- Button: "Show Reasoning" — reveals which specific signal(s) indicated
  the correct classification

Default parameters: 12 preloaded scenarios spanning physical affection,
sharing images, and sharing personal information contexts, including at
least three "freeze or silence mistaken for agreement" examples and three
"pressure preceded the answer" examples

Behavior: correct placements highlight green with the deciding signal
underlined; incorrect placements highlight red with the correct signal
explained; running score displayed

Instructional Rationale: This is an Analyze-level objective requiring
students to examine multiple simultaneous signals and distinguish subtle
categories (genuine yes vs. freeze vs. reluctant compliance) rather than
recall a single rule. Sorting realistic multi-signal scenarios builds
that discrimination skill better than a static list of examples would.

Implementation notes: p5.js drag-and-drop; store each scenario as a JSON
object with four signal fields, correct classification, and explanation
text.

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