Curriculum and Learning Resources

Love - All That and More
Reviewed by, Rev. Pat Hoertdoerfer
Children, Family and Intergenerational Programs Director
Lifespan Faith Development, UUA, Boston, MA

A Six-Session Curriculum and Three-Video Series On Healthy Relationships for Youth and Young Adults
Produced by the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence Seattle, WA (206) 634-1903 www.cpsdv.org

Contents:
Series of three videos:
Part 1: What Do You Want?
Part 2: Let's Talk About Sex
Part 3: Putting It All Together

Six-Session Curriculum:
Part 4: Wanted - A Great Relationship
Part 5: Dating - Proceed With Caution
Part 6: Take Action!

Facilitator's Guide for Work with Jewish Youth
Facilitator's Guide for Work with Christian Youth
Packet of 20 Pocket Notebook Dividers and Resource Lists for Youth Participants

Overview:
This educational videotape series and curriculum is for use with youth and young adults in classrooms, religious groups, and community settings. The primary goals of this resource are:

• To inform young people about elements that make up healthy relationships;
• To increase awareness and understanding about violence and abuse; and
• To motivate youth and young adults to seek relationships based on equality and mutual respect.

This program challenges the unwritten rules for men and women and illustrates the high price paid when dating partners sacrifice their true selves in exchange for stereotypic male and female roles.

The three-part videotape series uses pop-culture imagery (movies, TV, song lyrics), documentary interviews, and dramatic vignettes to help participants recognize gender stereotypes and their influence on dating relationships. In each video young people of diverse identity discuss their real-life dating experiences and show how old gender stereotypes are giving way to new expectations for equality and mutual respect.

Each of the six sessions in the curriculum is designed for an hour. Sessions One through Three include the videos followed by a guided discussion of the main themes of that session's video. Sessions Four through Six include learning activities, small group discussions, role-plays, and action planning to reinforce program goals and expand skills in related areas.

Suggested Use:
These resources would be excellent components for a senior high religious education program, youth group program, and/or youth/young adult group program. Your program could include the three video sessions or the total six-session curriculum. I would recommend that you use these resources before engaging participants in an Our Whole Lives program. To order these resources contact the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence.