January 4 and 7, 2013

Students watched a video on the importance of abstinence before marriage and monogamy after marriage titled "Sex still has a price tag." They will finish the second part on Monday. Any parent who is worried about the content of this or any other video or lesson is free to come in to ask questions. Feel free to contact me if you would like to view anything. The video is district approved and meets state and district guidelines.

January 3, 2013

Students watched a video on dating/domestic violence, which gave tips on preventing violence, as well as warning signs and legal information pertaining to domestic violence.

January 2, 2013

Students discussed the warning signs of abusive relationships and how to prevent dating violence from occurring. Students were given ideas of ways to date more safely and people to contact if something does occur. Also, students were notified that the last day to turn in late or missing assignments and extra credit is January 11th DURING class. No assignments or extra credit will be accepted after this day.

December 21, 2012

Students discussed how and why people break-up and how students can handle break-ups better. We also discussed how relationships leave their mark on our personalities and will affect our future relationships.

December 20, 2012

Students learned about what rights they have as they date and what responsibilities they have when dating.

December 19, 2012

Today, we discussed and learned about the differences between love and infatuation. We watched a short video clip from called "Fanny's Dream" and used questions and role plays as examples for the students to decide if it is love or infatuation.

December 18, 2012

Students wrote about what qualities they are looking for in the people they date. We also watched "CinderEdna" which is a book about two princesses who made different choices about the people they married based on how well they knew the other person and what kind of life they wanted to live.

December 17, 2012

We finished the stages of adolescent attractions and read an example called "The class ring" about someone who was dating for the wrong reasons.

December 14, 2012

Students learned about what rights they have as they date and what responsibilities they have when dating. They also watched a video called "Stop the Violence" on dating violence, which we will discuss next week.

December 13, 2012

Students learned about the stages of adolescent attraction by discussing each stage and by using examples. They took notes while we discussed and video clips were used to identify the different stages. We will finish these on Monday.

December 12, 2012

Students had a mid-term test today on the Relationships unit. We discussed and reviewed for this test yesterday and what they would be tested on and needed to study. We will start the Responsible Dating unit tomorrow.

December 11, 2012

Students spent class playing a review game for their Teen Living Mid-term test, which will be tomorrow!

December 10, 2012

Students finished watching "The teachings of Jon and we discussed why students tend to steer away from others who are different, especially in Middle school.