See also: Choosing the Best SOUL MATE, Choosing the Best JOURNEY, Choosing the Best LIFE, Choosing the Best PATH, Cómo escoger lo mejor EL CAMINO

Curricula Updates

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Choosing the Best WAY: a complete, easy-to-use program - Leader guide (see picture below) details teaching objectives, outline, plan, and alternative activities. Conveniently features student curriculum on each page. - Video vignettes for each lesson - Student manual with interactive exercises and parent-student interviews - Colorful posters to reinforce healthy choices and positive behavior - Handy binder for easy storage - Title V approved See how each Choosing the Best curriculum meets Title V requirements A-H (in Acrobat PDF format): CTB-Title V Correlation See how each Choosing the Best curriculum meets all themes required in CBAE grant proposals (in Acrobat PDF format): CTB-CBAE Themes

[Lower Middle School — 6th Grade]

Down-to-earth and hands-on, these 6 sessions keep students involved through self-discovery and interviews with friends, parents or guardians, and class partners. Videos that open each lesson lead naturally to discussion. This lively curriculum creates the foundation for an informed commitment to healthy relationships and the Abstinence Pledge. The 50-minute sessions cover:

• Deciding on Your Future
  Students watch teens talk about the importance of making smart decisions. Students then discover how decisions help them reach their goals, especially when linked with determination.

• Figuring Out Friendships and Relationships
  This lesson begins by looking at the qualities of a good friend, then progresses to understanding crushes, infatuations and true love through a fun-filled activity. Learning respect for the other person is part of this lively session.

• Avoiding Unhealthy Relationships
  Students discover how emotional needs may leave them vulnerable to unhealthy relationships. Included is an honest, but discreet, discussion about sexual abuse. An engaging activity helps students discover their personal uniqueness.

• Identifying the Risks
  Students may know about some risks associated with sexual activity, but this session presents a frank examination of teen pregnancy and STDs, as well as the emotional effects often not discussed. From this study, students see the need for compassion.

• Choosing the Best Way
  Risks provide reasons why students should avoid sexual activity. This session’s study of abstinence offers the positive benefits of waiting until marriage. At the end of this session students have a chance to make the healthy choice to sign the Abstinence Pledge.

• Learning How to Say NO
  Once students choose abstinence, they need tools to help them stick with their decision. First, they see how alcohol can destroy their abstinence pledge. Then, students try out different ways to say NO and keep a friendship. Students learn that courage helps them stand up and stick with their decisions.
  

Items included in the Choosing the Best WAY program. (click image for larger view)		Sample spreads from the leader guide (front) and student guide. (click image for larger view)