UUA Religious Education Programs for Junior and Senior High
Junior High/Middle School:
- About Your Sexuality
- by deryck calderwood. Participants
learn to make responsible decisions about their own sexual behavior in
this multimedia curriculum. (1989) (UUA, rev. 1983)
- Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring Stereotypes of Sexuality and
Gender
- by Tracey Robinson-Harris and Ritch C. Savin-Williams.
This twelve session curriculum for ages 13-15 invites participants to
examine cultural understandings of sexuality and gender roles, and the
influence of gender stereotypes and prejudice. (UUA, 1994)
- Coming of Age Programs
- are available from the UUA Youth
Office.
- How Can I Know What to Believe?
- by Charlene Brotman and
Barbara Marshman. Twenty-seven sessions. Young people explore,
formulate, and articulate their attitudes and beliefs about biblical
figures, God, death, and Unitarian Universalism. (Brotman-Marshfield, rev.
1986)
- How Others Worship
- by B. June Hutchinson. Twenty-one
sessions (plus visits to other places of worship). A study of the beliefs
and practices of Judaism and several mainline Christian groups. (UU
Christian Fellowship, 1978)
- Life Journey
- by Caroline Fenderson. Twenty-eight
sessions. Participants in grades 7 - 8 explore the physical, emotional and
social challenges of each life stage. (UUA, 1988)
- Messages in Music
- by Elizabeth May Strong. Twenty-three
sessions. Introduces seventh to ninth graders to the seven principles of
UUism and the sources of these principles through their own music.
(Leaders do not need musical skills.) (UUA, 1993)
- Race to Justice
- by Robin Gray and Josi Ballester. Fifteen
sessions. This curriculum for ages 12-15 explores racial justice and
diversity through the use of role-plays, games and photography. (UUA,
1995)
- Religion in Life: Boys
- by Wayne Arnason. A program of
study, reflection, and action for 12- to 18-year-olds and for UU Boy
Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. For use by individuals or
groups. (UUA, rev. 1989)
- Religion in Life: Girls
- by Grace F. Fakolt, Marjorie C.
Skwire, and Elizabeth G. Sprague. Independent study program about
Unitarian Universalism for junior high girls and Girl Scouts seeking the
UUA Religion in Life emblem. (UUA, 1982)
- Why Do Bad Things Happen?
- by Charlene Brotman. Eleven
sessions. This curriculum is based on the answers of the world`s
religions and cultures to basic religious questions, including the issues of
life and death. Ends with the question, "Why do good things happen?"
(Brotman-Marshfield, 1975)
- World Religions: A Year`s Curriculum for Junior High
- by
Frank Robertson and others. This interactive and experiential program
engages participants as active learners of a rich variety of world
religions. Includes games and filmstrips. (UUA,1988)
- You the Creator
- by Richard S. Kimball. Thirty-seven
sessions. Participants and leaders explore together the power that
everyone`s creativity has to shape the world. (Green Timber Publications,
1993)
Senior High:
- About Sexual Abuse
- by Fred and Betty Ward. Approximately
ten sessions (flexible format). This program focuses on symptoms, kinds
of abuse, reporting and prevention. (UUA, 1990)
- Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring Stereotypes of Sexuality and
Gender
- by Tracey Robinson-Harris and Ritch C. Savin-Williams.
This twelve session curriculum for ages 13-15 invites participants to
examine cultural understandings of sexuality and gender roles, and the
influence of gender stereotypes and prejudice. (UUA, 1994)
- In Our Hands: Senior High
- by Eleanor Hunting, Virginia Lane,
and Harold Rosen. Twelve sessions. Young people explore the nature and
meaning of peace and social justice. (UUA, 1990) (In Our Hands: Junior
High, is out of print, but available in many congregations, district
libraries and the UUA Curriculum Loan Library.)
- Life Issues for Teenagers
- by Wayne Arnason and Cheryl
Markoff Powers. Twenty sessions. Older teens (15-18) probe ethical,
social, and political issues and concerns that matter most to them. (UUA,
1985)
- On the Path: Spirituality for Youth and Adults
- by Arnason,
et al. Seven-to-ten sessions exploring the nature and meaning of
spirituality and the practice of various spiritual disciplines. (UUA, 1989)
- Religion in Life: Boys
- by Wayne Arnason. A program of
study, reflection, and action for 12- to 18-year-olds and for UU Boy
Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. For use by individuals or
groups. (UUA, rev. 1989)
- Religion in Life: Girls
- by Grace F. Fakolt, Marjorie C.
Skwire, and Elizabeth G. Sprague. Independent study program about
Unitarian Universalism for junior high girls and Girl Scouts seeking the
UUA Religion in Life emblem. (UUA, 1982)
Last uploaded on June 16, 1996.
(c) 1996 Alan Hamilton <alan@spdcc.com>
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