In separate discussion groups, guys and girls discover what members of the opposite sex look for in dating relationships and how to know the difference between infatuation and love. Students role play specific pressure situations and learn how to apply their assertiveness skills in a real life context. To order Choosing the Best Middle School Curriculum or your 30-day preview click below. Each lesson begins with a powerful vdeo vignette of real teans facing and dealing with the challenges of teen sexuality. Discussions, teaching components, excercises and role-plays maximize personal application in the life of each student.
Teens tell their stories of the danger of mixing alcohol and sex.
Students learn about the effect of alcohol and why 80 percent of all first sexual experiences and 90 percent of all sexual assaults occur when teens are under the influence of alcohol. Teens learn that sex and alcohol don't mix. Students hear from teens and young adults who have chosen to be abstinent. Teens discuss why some choose abstinence and others do not. At the end of Lesson Six students have the opportunity to make a commitment to abstinence until marriage.