February 6-9, 2015

We continued on values today and discussed common values each member of society has and talked about setting priorities. The students then answered a series of questions to rank their values in order of priority from the most important to the least. We also discussed how our values and priorities effect the goals we set and if we will be able to reach those goals or not. We are more likely to achieve goals that we value or that we see as a high priority.

February 5, 2015

Students started discussing values and focused on the differences between tangible and intangible values. They had to know and recognize the difference between the two types and they practiced by watching a few movie clips about children and their different types of values.

February 4, 2015

At the beginning of class, we read the story "You are special" and answered a journal entry question having to do with the book. Students learned about the differences in the terms self-concept, self-esteem, and self-image, as well as how they affect all areas of our life. We were in the middle of taking a questionnaire entitled "How strong is your self-concept" so we will finish it and discuss it tomorrow.

February 2-3, 2015

Students were assigned to create a vision board. They were given the instructions (see video at: http://youtu.be/bnCWD2K4lio) as to how to do this and had the rest of class to work on this. They were also provided with a grading rubric so they would know how they would be graded. These will be due on Thursday, February 5th at the beginning of class.

January 30, 2015

We finished discussing the five types of adolescent development, which we related to the acronym of Pepsi. We then moved on to discussing common roadblocks to development that teens may face and the challenges associated with each one.

January 29, 2015

Students finished discussing and watching movie clips about the eight stages of development. We also discussed another theory about stages of development which we nicknamed PEPSI for the first letter of each word.

January 28, 2015

Students were reminded about the three things due in two weeks (Class fee, Human Sexuality Instruction permission form, PG movie permission form). We started our discussion on the eight types of developmental stages during adolescences.

January 27, 2015

Students took a pre-test today over what we will be learning about this semester. Once they were done, we did an activity to review what students learned about yesterday about the class and classroom.

January 26, 2015

Students reviewed the class disclosure, human sexuality policy, PG video list, given hall passes and a late pass and reviewed the course content. They also have a $10.00 lab fee and two permission forms due in two weeks. Students were also shown the class website and blog, and provided information on how to sign up for text reminders. If a student is on a fee waiver, they need to contact the main office by February 5, 2015.

January 22, 2015

Students checked and finalized their grades and citizenship. We also had a final activity to finish up the class and read the book "Oh, the places you'll go."

January 21, 2015

Students took their final end of term test during class today. There are NO REDOS for this test. This will be placed on their grade and they will see their final grades tomorrow. If a student was absent today, they HAVE to take their test tomorrow, Thursday, January 22nd or I will not be able to get it on their final grade.

January 20, 2015

Today, students discussed the different types of child abuse, why it occurs and why it is more common when the parents are teens. We also discussed what shaken baby syndrome is, how it occurs and some of the most frequent reasons why. We also demonstrated to the students what happens when a baby is shaken by using our shaken baby syndrome simulator. They also watched a video on shaken baby syndrome which shows the aftereffects of this type of abuse.

January 16, 2015

Students learned about the effects of alcohol and drug use on an unborn baby. Afterward, we watched a video on Fetal Alcohol syndrome and Drug-effected infants and compared the physical symptoms of each of these syndromes to a healthy infant. They had an article to read and write abut the article. This will be due tomorrow in class.

January 14-15, 2015

Students watched a video on the importance of abstinence before marriage and monogamy after marriage titled "Sex still has a price tag." 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 13, 2015

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.

January 12, 2015

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