CURRICULA IN USE
6th Grade Teen Aid:
Teen-Aid recognizes that teens need the freedom to learn ways to develop maturity and depth in their relationships with family and friends, without short-circuiting the maturation process with involvement in risk behaviors. Teen-Aid focuses on decision-making skills based on legal, moral, and ethical values, in line with authority and keeping future life goals in mind. The curriculum avoids explicit discussions of sexual behaviors. A healthy lifestyle of abstinence is promoted in positive, life-affirming ways. A "Parent Gram" section is available which includes take home activities that facilitate parent/child discussion about the topics being covered.
www.teen-aid.org
| Ch. 1 |
Valuing Self |
| Ch. 2 |
Physical Changes of Adolescence (medical professionals in gender seperated classes) |
| Ch. 3 |
Family |
| Ch. 4 |
Friendship & Caring (Skip Dating) |
| Ch. 5 |
Making Decisions |
| Ch. 6 |
Right To Say No (Peer Pressure) |
| Ch. 7 |
Right to Be Free (Advantages of Abstinence) |
7th Grade Game Plan:
Project Reality and former NBA basketball star A.C. Green developed this sports-themed curriculum. Students are taught that the choices they make today have a significant impact on their future. It encourages students to think about a "game plan" for their own lives. The curriculum contains a workbook with interactive lessons so that students can discover for themselves that abstinence until marriage is the safest, healthiest lifestyle.
www.projectreality.org
| Ch. 1 |
Making a Game Plan for Your Life |
| Ch. 2 |
What's Up with Sex in the Media? |
| Ch. 3 |
Why Boundaries Matter |
| Ch. 4 |
The Risks & Consequences of Sex Before Marriage / Reproductive Anatomy & STD Slides |
| Ch. 5 |
It's Never Too Late to Start Over Again |
| Ch. 6 |
The Importance of Choosing Your Friends |
| Ch. 7 |
Looking At Marriage as a Goal |
| Ch. 8 |
Making It Work |
8th Grade Choosing the Best Life:
Choosing the Best Life promotes abstinence until marriage through the use of eight video vignettes designed to be used as eight fifty-minute lessons. Videos of real life teens struggling with the challenges of sexual activity engage students in focused discussions that lead to motivational teaching and application of the abstinence until marriage message. Students discuss the video, using lessons from a workbook.
www.choosingthebest.com
| Ch. 1 |
Sex, Emotions & Self Respect |
| Ch. 2 |
Sex, Alcohol & Respect |
| Ch. 3 |
Sex, STD's & Honesty |
| Ch. 4 |
Sex, Teen Pregnancy & Responsibility |
| Ch. 5 |
Sex, HIV/AIDS & Compassion |
| Ch. 6 |
Sex, Love & Choices |
| Ch. 7 |
Sex, Limits & Self-Discipline |
| Ch. 8 |
Sex, Saying "NO" & Courage |
| Ch. 9 |
Pregnancy & Fetal Development |
The Abstinence and Relationship Training Center's Wait Training:
Recommended for health classes, grades 9-12, Why Am I Tempted (WAIT) Training is a directive, abstinence-only curricula that promotes abstinence until marriage as the healthiest and preferred lifestyle. It is a fun, interactive, and high-energy approach to teaching teens how to have the best sex by waiting until marriage. Character traits such as respect, integrity, and self-control are clearly presented as necessary parts of building healthy relationships.
www.waittraining.com
| Ch. 1 |
Learning About Yourself and Others |
| Ch. 2 |
Friendship, Love, and Dating |
| Ch. 3 |
Cultural Influences |
| Ch. 4 |
Differences Between Men and Women |
| Ch. 5 |
Consequences of Teen Sex |
| Ch. 6 |
Dealing Effectively With Conflict |
| Ch. 7 |
Commitment and Marriage |
| Ch. 8 |
Concluding Activities/Evaluation |
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Supplemental Materials:
For our after school mentoring programs, WTW uses WAIT Training: Rites of Passage for Latino youth for middle school students and Choosing the Best Soul Mate for high school students.
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Description
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The Art of Loving Well is an anthology of 41 selected short stories, poems, essays, dramas, and folk tales from classical literature and contemporary teen literature. Developed at Boston University, this literature-based character education curriculum addresses the rich complexities, challenges, and joys of a wide variety of relationships, including friendships and family, infatuation and first romances, and enduring commitments and marriage. Writing assignments, role-playing ideas, discussion prompts, drawing, interviewing, and music projects accompany the stories. Readings from literature about love, intimacy and human sexuality that promote discussions about abstinence and character education are included. English teachers may use The Art of Loving Well as a main text, or integrate certain selections into their language arts classes. Teachers of health, family life or sex education classes supplement their courses with the stories and activities from the anthology.
Medical Institute's, "Sexual Health Today" slide presentation
begins with a historical and epidemiological background of sexually
transmitted diseases. Symptoms, treatments and results of the
major STDs are described and shown, providing a powerful visual
impact. All data referenced are from the Centers for Disease
Control, National Institutes of Health, and medical and scientific
journals. The Texas Department of Health has also endorsed this
slide presentation for use in abstinence education. Abstinence
until marriage in a mutually monogamous relationship is presented
as the only absolute way to avoid STDs and teen pregnancy. For
grades 7 and above. www.medinstitute.org
Medical Institute's, "just thought you ought to know". This video features teens talking to teens in their own language about the risk of any sexual contact.
Human Development Council's, "Preview of A Birth". This video is about fetal development and pregnancy. For grades 9 and above. |
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