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Teen Living
This course helps students understand and cope with personal, family, and social challenges. Emphasis is paced on communication, decision-making skills, and building stable relationships with family and peers. The course enables students to implement positive coping mechanisms and promotes understanding of self. It addresses issues that impact teenagers: self-concept, family and peer relationships, substance abuse, personal loss, dating and teenage pregnancy, and child abuse. Emphasis is placed on students taking personal responsibility for life. FCCLA may be an integral part of the course.

GENERAL INFORMATION

	COURSE STATE STANDARDS
	-Teen Living Standards - PDF
	SCOPE AND SEQUENCE/COURSE DISCLOSURE
	-9th Grade Course Disclosure - Word -Teen Living Scope and Sequence 1 - Word -Teen Living Scope and Sequence 2 - Word -Teen Living Scope and Sequence 3 - Word

STANDARD 1
Students will discuss and participate in activities to help them deal with teenage transitions.

	STANDARD 1 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
	Objective 1: Discuss how each person is unique, but alike, in the Havighurst developmental stages. -Development Tasks - PowerPoint -Teen Tater Resource - PDF
	Objective 2: Discuss and analyze the various emotions associated with the teenage transitions. -Developmental Tasks - PDF -The Difference in How Kids and Adults See Things - Word
	Objective 3: Identify and recognize personal communication styles and discuss the importance of quality communication skills as they relate to relationships. -Communication - PowerPoint
	Objective 4: Describe and practice critical thinking skills. -Critical Thinking and Good Judgment - PowerPoint
	Objective 5: Define the term “good judgment” and identify “responsible behavior." -Class Activity - Word -Not Everyone Hit By a Drunk Driver Dies - PDF -Teen Drinking - Word -Teen Living 4-Way Test - Word -Teen Slang - Word -Texting While Driving Video Link - Word
	Objective 6: Define the term “role model” and evaluate the importance of role models.
	Objective 7: Explain and participate in activities that deal with gender.
	STANDARD 1 TESTS OR QUIZZES

	STANDARD 1 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 2
Students will discuss the importance of families and the role each student plays in their family.

	STANDARD 2 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
	Objective 1: Discuss the student’s affect on his/her family. Explain how a teen’s responsibility, or lack of it, affects others. -Family - PowerPoint -Help with Family Unit - PDF
	Objective 2: Discuss and explore the relationships of teens and their parents/guardians.
	Objective 3: Discuss sibling relationships and how they affect the family (rivalry, friendship and support.)
	Objective 4: Discuss the importance of the teen relationship with senior/elderly adults.
	STANDARD 2 TESTS OR QUIZZES

	STANDARD 2 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 3
Students will discuss the dynamics of peers and friends.

	STANDARD 3 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
	Objective 1: Differentiate between peers and friends.
	Objective 2: Discuss and identify types of friendships (acquaintances, casual, close, and intimate.)
	Objective 3: Explore the dynamics of group associations. -The Buttercream Gang - Word
	Objective 4: Explore various types of refusal skills (stay calm, make eye contact, be assertive, repeat if necessary, walk away.)
	Objective 5: Explain the difference between feeling lonely, being alone and being rejected.
	STANDARD 3 TESTS OR QUIZZES

	STANDARD 3 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 4
Students will discuss adolescent attractions to the opposite sex.

	STANDARD 4 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
	Objective 1: Identify the avenues of adolescent attractions and explore the ways relationships begin, develop and grow.
	Objective 2: Identify the purposes and the importance of group socialization and examine why each adolescent is not ready to pair at the same time. -Dibble Training for Connections: Relationships and Marriage - PowerPoint
	Objective 3: Explain the difference between infatuation and love.
	Objective 4: Discuss reasons and motives for dating. -Dating - PowerPoint
	Objective 5: Analyze the importance of social etiquette and practice appropriate techniques.
	Objective 6: Determine appropriate behaviors related to physical intimacy.
	Objective 7: Discuss why teenagers are not ready for the demands and responsibilities associated with parenthood. -Baby Project Ideas - Word -Child Abuse - PowerPoint -Flour Baby - Word
	STANDARD 4 TESTS OR QUIZZES

	STANDARD 4 WEB RESOURCES

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
pearl [dot] hart [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov (Pearl Hart) , Specialist
Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Phone: 801>538-7890
Fax: 801>538-7868

tracy [dot] silcott [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov (Tracy Silcott) , Support Staff
Family & Consumer Sciences Education
Phone: 801>538-7863