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6th Grade RHASE
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Essential Standard
Apply strategies and skills for developing and maintaining healthy relationships.
Clarifying Objective
The impact of early sexual activity on physical, mental, emotional and social health.
Horrors and Wonders of Adolescence
All of the variablility in changes is normal. Individual students begin the changes associated with puberty at different times. It is normal for you to wonder if you are normal. You and these changes are normal. Just as there are changes you may not enjoy, some of these changes will be exciting.
Developmental Characteristics for Middle School Students
Puberty
Adolescence
the time of life between childhood and adulthood.
described as the period of time during which reproductive capacity begins. Secondary sex characteristics include girls experiencing physical changes that make them look more like adult women (hips broaden, breasts develop). Boys begin to look like adult men including broader shoulders, deeper voices, and facial hair.
Agree or Disagree?
Read each statement and decide if you agree or disagree with it, then explain your answer!
1. It is normal for teenagers to care about how they look.
It is normal for teenagers to want more freedom or independence
It is normal for teens to go against what their friends are doing
It is normal for teenagers to have girlfriends/boyfriends
Is it normal for teenagers to want to spend time with their friends?
What are some of the changes you have experienced so far?
Have some of your relationships changed? If they have, explain how they have changed.
What do you think is the biggest challenge you will have during your teen years?
Write a letter (1 page) to a younger student who has not experienced the changes associated with puberty. Give this student advice or suggestions on how to deal with these changes.
Statement Objective
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Today we will be discussing some of the challenges and changes in relationships that you may experience as you go through puberty and adolescence. By the end of the lesson, you will be able to describe transitions and challenges and how to dealwith them in a positive way.
Puberty Walk
Journal Writing
6th Grade RHASE
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Lesson 1