CURRICULUM SUMMARIES/ Table of Contents
Author/Publisher: Richard Panzer, Center for Educational Media/Free Teens USA, Inc.
66 Palisade Avenue, Westwood, NJ 07675
All of the listed curricula is medically accurate and referenced and complies with all A-H elements of the Title V, Section 510 definition of abstinence-until-marriage education.
Curriculum Outline
Free Teens Part 1: Living in the Age of AIDS (Juventud Libre: Viviendo en la era del SIDA)
1. Basics of HIV/AIDS
1. “Just one sexual partner?” map of sexual contacts
2. Map of sexual relationships at HS from Ad Health study
3. AIDS impact on children
4. STD review- Genital Herpes, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, PID, Syphilis, HPV
5. Sexual activities that spread STDs
6. Who has most STDs?
7. People w/ HIV/AIDS infected as teenagers- Doug Kamens, Krista Blake, Kaye Brown
8. Study: monogamous couples have lowest risk
9. Ali Gertz, AIDS victim: “It’s okay to be abstinent!”
10. Alcohol/drug use connected to uncommitted sex & STDs
11. Uganda reduces HIV infections through youth abstinence, adult fidelity
12. Faithful, married couples have best sex
Free Teens part two: Deciding your Future (Juventud Libre: Decidiendo su Futuro)
Limits of “safer sex”- partial risk reduction not “safety”
Review E. Koop quote on teen abstinence, adult monogamy
Goalsetting activity
Teen Sex & Related Risk Behaviors
Emotional risks of Teen Sexual Involvement
Reality of Sexual Abuse
Teen Sex & Sexual Abuse, Depression
10 emotional consequences of teen sex
Love = feelings? Importance of loving actions
Love = honesty, unselfishness
Bonding of “act of love” & expectations of commitment
Uncommitted sex damages hearts, ability to trust
Ethical to have uncommitted sex?
Marriage in every culture as way to demonstrate commitment
Fertilization and prenatal development
Becoming parents- deepest fulfillment/responsibility
Fatherless children/What does it mean to be a man?
Obligations of child support & downside of absentee fatherhood
Most teens abstinent
Already had sex? 2/3 regretted it. Many choose to stop
Celebrities who saved sex until marriage
Male/female differences/setting boundaries
Refusal skills activity
Understanding media messages & motivation
Sex & early dating
Giving a future child the gift of two committed parents
Connection between present actions & future children
Abstainers more likely to graduate from HS, college, make more $
Personal Declaration of Freedom pledge
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Free Teens Student Workbook
Spanish Version: Juventud Libre Cuaderno de Trabajo
4th edition, 2006
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, both genders.
Curriculum Activities Outline
1. Different Types of Relationships: Attraction, Infatuation, Marital Commitment
2. Power of Goal-Setting
3. Guarding Your Future: Effects of Teen Pregnancy or HIV/AIDS on Future Goals
4. Are You Ready to be a Parent?
5. Give Advice to a Future Child
6. Dating Boundaries
7. Refusal Skills
8. Abstinence Ad campaign
9. Abstinence Billboard campaign
10. Analyzing TV Messages about Married/Unmarried Sex
11. Community Service Planning
12. Interview your Parents about sex, love, & marriage
13. Write to Future Husband or Wife
14. Personal Declaration of Freedom pledge
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Relationship Intelligence powerpoint presentation series
Spanish Version: Relaciones de Inteligencia
7th edition, 2006
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
Relationship Intelligence Powerpoint presentation-part one “Self-Leadership”
1. 6 gifts: health, mind, heart, conscience, will power, sexuality
2. Taking Shortcuts
3. The “Right Way” Challenge
4. Why self-destructive behavior? Often driven by anger
5. Nelson Mandela’s example of Victory over Resentment
6. Public Self, Emotions & Thoughts, and Core Self
7. Human freedom to choose our response
8. 3 Stages of Life: Childhood, Teenagehood, Adulthood
9. Anger Styles: Escalators, Stuffers, and Directors
10. Conflict Resolution strategies
11. Confrontation Styles: Aggressive vs. Assertive
12. You can change negative family patterns
13. Domestic violence success story
Relationship Intelligence Powerpoint presentation-part two “Seeking Love, Making It Last”
14. Good character most important for successful marriage
15. Story of 14 year-old pregnant girl
16. Meanings of “I love you”
17. Mature vs. Immature Love
18. Five dimensions of sexuality
19. Media Messages
20. Stages of Intimacy
21. Romance must ebb for real love to begin
22. Why marriage is important
23. Healthy relationships have boundaries
24. Meaning of the Marital Promise
25. Mature manhood = committed fathers
26. “Quiet heroism” of parental love
27. Tragedy of fatherless children
28. Marital covenants vs. marital contracts
29. Physical intimacy & bonding – Desmond Morris research
30. Full cycle mature love vs. “shortcircuited” cycle immature love
31. 4 walls of “House of love” = passion, communication, commitment, compatibility
32. 5 Languages of Love
33. “Lovesmarts” test activity
Relationship Intelligence Powerpoint presentation-part three “Creating Positive Relationships”
1. Qualities of positive relationships
2. Relationship “bank” account- making deposits & withdrawals
3. Relationship Myths
4. Smart Relationships
5. Teen Pregnancy and Poverty
6. Fatherless Boys and “Hypermasculinity”
7. Why Girls need their Fathers
8. Fraudulent Research of Alfred Kinsey
9. Pornography & sexual conditioning – impact on marital intimacy
10. Stages Porn Addiction, Desensitization, Escalation, & Acting Out
11. Healthy Sexuality according to World’s Cultures
12. Porn and the Internet
13. Living together- not preparation for marriage: higher rates of alcohol, drug use, depression,
14. Cohabiting couples- less romance
15. Married men who cohabited less committed
16. Married couples less victimized by violence
17. Single men less healthy
18. Married men & women have better physical, mental health
19. Faithful, married couples have more sexual fulfillment
20. Married couples more faithful than cohabitors
21. Women who wait until marriage report more romance, less divorce
22. 3 Rules to Avoid Poverty: 1) Graduate from HS, 2)Don’t have baby until married, 3) Don’t marry while
teenager.
23. Predictors of marital success
24. Physical intimacy & bonding – Desmond Morris research
The importance of virtue in relationships, marriage
Free Teens Leadership Training part one
2. Meaning and qualities of leadership
3. False or destructive paths to maturity
4. Growing up the right way
5. Mature Manhood & Committed Fathers
6. Success in life takes timing, self-control
7. Immature vs. Mature Love
8. Goalsetting activity
9. The realities of teen pregnancy
10. Reality of Sexual Abuse
11. Overview of STDs- Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
12. 10,000 sexually active teens infected with STD every day in U.S.
13. Basics of HIV/AIDS & Impact on Children
14. People with HIV/AIDS infected as teenagers- Doug Kamens, Krista Blake, Kaye Brown
15. Ali Gertz, AIDS victim: “It’s okay to be abstinent!”
16. Alcohol/drug use connected to uncommitted sex & STDs
17. Everett Koop quote on teen abstinence, adult monogamy
18. Most U.S. teens are abstinent
19. Dating & Sexual Activity
20. Faithful, married couples have best sex
21. Sexual messages in Popular Media
22. “Lovesmarts” Quiz activity
Free Teens Leadership Training part two
1 . Attractions, risks of taking “shortcuts” in life
2. Challenge, benefits of “The Right Way” Challenge
3. Mature vs. Immature Love
4. Goal setting activity
5. Review of HIV/AIDS facts, impact with new examples
6. CDC slide series of growth of AIDS in U.S., 1983 – 1997
7. “Just one sexual partner?” map of sexual contacts
8. Map of sexual relationships at HS from Ad Health study
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. AIDS impact on children
10. Success story of Uganda in reducing HIV infections through youth abstinence, adult fidelity
11. STD review- PID, Syphilis, HPV
12. Sexual activities that spread STDs
13. Who has most STDs?
14. Limits of “safer sex”- partial risk reduction not “safety”
15. Monogamous men & women have lowest HIV, STD risk
16. Review alcohol/drug connection to STDs- ex. Christina Lewis
17. Alcohol impact on brain development, car accidents, STDs
18. Review E. Koop quote on teen abstinence, adult monogamy
19. Refusal skill practice activity
20. PORN Harmless?
21. Media Messages
Free Teens Leadership Training part three
1. Good character most important for successful marriage
2. Sex = Love?
3. Story of 14 year-old pregnant girl
4. Teen Sex & Related Risk Behaviors
5. Emotional risks of Teen Sexual Involvement
6. Teen Sex & Sexual Abuse, Depression
7. 10 emotional consequences of teen sex
8. 5 dimensions of sexuality-
9. Love = feelings? Importance of loving actions
10. Love = honesty, unselfishness
11. Bonding of “act of love” & expectations of commitment
12. Uncommitted sex damages hearts, ability to trust
13. Ethical to have uncommitted sex?
14. Marriage in every culture as way to demonstrate commitment
15. Healthy relationships have boundaries
16. Meaning of the Marital Promise
17. Faithful Married Enjoy Sex Most
18. Fertilization and prenatal development
19. Becoming parents- deepest fulfillment/responsibility
20. Fatherless children/What does it mean to be a man?
21. Obligations of child support & downside of absentee fatherhood
22. Most teens abstinent
23. Already had sex? 2/3 regretted it. Many choose to stop
24. Celebrities who saved sex until marriage
25. Male/female differences/setting boundaries
26. Refusal skills activity
27. Understanding media messages & motivation
28. Sex & early dating
29. Giving a future child the gift of two committed parents
30. Connection between present actions & future children
Free Teens Leadership Training part four
25. Qualities of positive relationships
26. Relationship “bank” account- making deposits & withdrawals
27. Relationship Myths
28. Smart Relationships
29. Stages of Intimacy
30. Romance must ebb for real love to begin
31. Why marriage is important
32. Mature manhood = committed fathers
33. “Quiet heroism” of parental love
34. Tragedy of fatherless children
35. Marital covenants vs. marital contracts
36. Full cycle mature love vs. “shortcircuited” cycle immature love
37. 4 walls “House of love” = passion, communication, commitment, compatibility
38. 5 Languages of Love
39. Pornography & sexual conditioning
40. Living together- not preparation for marriage: higher rates of alcohol, drug use, depression,
41. Cohabiting couples- less romance
42. Married men who cohabited less committed
43. Married couples less victimized by violence
44. Single men less healthy
45. Married men & women have better physical, mental health
46. Faithful, married couples have more sexual fulfillment
47. Married couples more faithful than cohabitors
48. Women who wait until marriage report more romance, less divorce
49. Predictors of marital success
50. Physical intimacy & bonding – Desmond Morris research
51. The importance of virtue in relationships, marriage
52. 3 Rules to Avoid Poverty: 1) Graduate from HS, 2)Don’t have baby until married, 3) Don’t marry while teenager
Free Teens Leadership Training part five “Self-Leadership”
34. 6 gifts: health, mind, heart, conscience, will power, sexuality
35. Why self-destructive behavior? Often driven by anger
36. Nelson Mandela’s example of Victory over Resentment
37. Public Self, Emotions & Thoughts, and Core Self
38. Human freedom to choose our response
39. Anger Styles: Escalators, Stuffers, and Directors
40. Conflict Resolution strategies
41. Confrontation Styles: Aggressive vs. Assertive
42. You can change negative family patterns
43. Domestic violence success story
44. Media Literacy
45. Pornography & sexual conditioning – impact on marital intimacy
46. Media Literacy
47. Stages Porn Addiction, Desensitization, Escalation, & Acting Out
48. Healthy Sexuality according to World’s Cultures
49. Porn and the Internet
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Free Teens Student Workbook
Spanish Version: Juventud Libre Cuaderno de Trabajo
4th edition, 2006
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, both genders.
Curriculum Activities Outline
15. Different Types of Relationships: Attraction, Infatuation, Marital Commitment
16. Power of Goal-Setting G1
17. Guarding Your Future: Effects of Teen Pregnancy or HIV/AIDS on Future Goals
18. Are You Ready to be a Parent?
19. Give Advice to a Future Child
20. Dating Boundaries
21. Refusal Skills
22. Abstinence Ad campaign
23. Abstinence Billboard campaign
24. Analyzing TV Messages about Married/Unmarried Sex
25. Community Service Planning
26. Interview your Parents about sex, love, & marriage
27. Write to Future Husband or Wife
28. Personal Declaration of Freedom pledge
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Relationship Intelligence
8th edition, 2006 (190 pages)
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
Section I: Relationships
Chapter 1- Friendship Key Concepts: What is healthy friendship?
Chapter 2- Exploring (Family) Relationships Activities include: drawing family tree, writing family mission statement, “relationship bank accounts”)
Chapter 3- Initiation Rites Key Concepts: Meanings of mature manhood or womanhood in various cultures. Activities: creating one’s “Life Map.” Real life stories of uncommitted sex, couple choosing to wait & “saying no to dates she didn’t want.”
Section II: Personal Leadership
Chapter 4- Understanding Your Core Identity Key Concepts: core self and core principles.
Chapter 5- Luck, Fate or Choice? Key Concepts: Discussion of man’s freedom to choose his response to life’s challenges and avoiding fatalistic attitudes.
Chapter 6- Attitude, Habits and Character = Destiny Key Concepts: Further discussion of man’s freedom to choose his response to life’s challenges. “True You Self-Test” measuring fatalistic or mastery attitudes and “React or Choose Your Response? Activity.
Chapter 7- Dealing with Anger and other Emotions Key Concepts: “Emotional volcano” that comes with repressing one’s negative emotions, “dirty fighting” or destructive communication habits and “fair fighting.”
Section III: Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 8: Male and Female Key Concepts: Research on differences in male and female communication patterns.
Chapter 9: Five Star Sexuality Key Concepts: intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and physical dimensions of the male-female relationship, importance of setting boundaries in relationships, benefits of abstinent lifestyle and assertiveness skills.
Chapter 10: Stages of Intimacy: Attraction and Infatuation Key Concepts: what happens inside the human brain when people experience sexual attraction or “fall in love”. Real life stories- Josh Harris’ decision to stop dating and engaged couple who chose to wait until marriage.
Chapter 11: The Third Stage of Intimacy- Connection Key Concepts: A third, deeper and more lasting type of love
Chapter 12: The Fourth Stage of Intimacy: Caretaking Key Concepts: sacrificial/ parental love. The tragedy if people enter parenthood before achieving this mature kind of love.
Chapter 13: What’s Your Price Tag? Key Concepts: importance of self-respect, dealing with sexual feelings, spotting a potential abuser.
Chapter 14: Marriage Key Concepts: personal and social benefits of marriage for men and for women, bad reasons to get married, the House of Love (passion, intimacy, commitment, and compatibility), Contracts vs. Covenants.
Section IV: Community Relationships
Chapter 15: Comprehending the Culture Key Concepts: 20th century views of sexuality and impact of economic and technological changes, media impact.
Chapter 16: Synergy Key Concepts: scarcity versus abundance mentalities, synergy, bullies
Chapter 17: Community Leadership discusses the role of the family in the larger community and importance of acting on one’s ideals to serve others.
Appendix A: Adolescent Anatomy and Development
Appendix B: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Appendix C: How Safe is “Safer Sex?”
Appendix D: Are You a Target? Minding Your Digital Diet
Appendix E: Teen Stories
Appendix F: Money and Relationships
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Relationship Intelligence Student Workbook
Spanish Version: Relaciones de Inteligencia Cuaderno de Trabajo
1st edition, 2007
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, both genders.
Curriculum Activities Outline
1. Friendship Assessment
2. Girl regrets having sex at 16
3. Girl who was sexually abused
4. 15 year-old girl has sex after 3 months dating
5. One-week fling yields an unexpected dividend”
6. They’re in love, but not ready for sex
7. When it comes to dating, he answers “No”
8. True You Self-Test
9. React or Choose Your Response
10. Write a Eulogy
11. What’s Your Love IQ?
12. Are You a Good Match?
13. Interviewing for Marriage
14. Write a Wedding Vow
15. Interview a Married Couple
16. Making Good Decisions
17. Write “Last Letter”
18. Relationship Bank Account
19. Personal Declaration of Freedom Abstinence Pledge
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title: Free Teens Introduction powerpoint presentation
Spanish Version: Juventud Libre Introducción
3th edition, 2006
Curriculum Target Audience: parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
1. Era of teen confusion about love & sex- contradictory messages from adults
2. Transition stage of child dependency to adult independence
3. Rapid increase in unmarried births in U.S. linked to high rates of poverty, domestic violence, drug use & juvenile delinquency for children
4. Explosive growth of STDs since 1960s, some incurable or fatal, condoms=limited risk reduction
5. Effects of STDS- natal deformities, stillbirth or sterility, teen STD statistics
6. Viral STDs include genital herpes & HPV incurable, teen girls more susceptible
7. Cases of AIDS among young adults who were infected as teenagers
8. Higher rates of depression, suicide among sexually active HS females
9. Higher rates of depression, suicide among sexually active HS males E1
10. Highly Sexualized Media Messages send Norm of Unmarried Sex to teens
11. Risk factors for teen sex: belief in “safe sex,” alcohol & drug use
12. Description of Free Teens program
13. School presentations include Free Teens Leadership Training powerpoint presentations
14. Central themes: Consequences (physical, emotional, social) & Character
15. 5 dimensions of sexuality/relationships: physical, mental, emotional, moral, & social
16. School presentations include group discussions and refusal skills roleplaying
17. “Abstinence Works” programs empower parents
18. Research demonstrates power of parental guidance- Jaccard study of Philadelphia moms
19. Research demonstrates power of parental guidance- 2002 update Ad Health study
20. Parental Strictness & Teen Sex
21. Initiation of sex & teen dating- need for parental limits
22. Weekly club meetings
23. Club activities include education, outings, community service
24. Teen Leader Councils
25. Media Education
26. Free Teens Media Outreach
27. 53% of U.S. teens have never had sex
28. Married people have best sex
29. Delaying sex initiation reduces number of lifetime sexual partners reducing STDs, unwed pregnancies
30. Independent evaluation of Free Teens program by NJ Health Dept.
31. Abstinence/monogamy message (ABc model) in Uganda reduced HIV/AIDS
32.
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title:
The Real Deal about Love, Relationships and Marriage DVD/Video Series
1st edition, 2005
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 14-18, parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
“Healthy Relationships” Chapter-
“What is Love?” Chapter-
“Why is Marriage Important?” Chapter-
“Yvonne Harvey’s Personal Story” Chapter-
“Danger Signs of an Abusive Relationship” Chapter-
“Is Living Together a Good Choice?” Chapter-
“Choosing a Marriage Partner?” Chapter-
“How to Prepare for Marriage?” Chapter-
“Is Divorce the Best Solution to a Difficult Marriage?” Chapter-
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title:
LoveSmart Volume One DVD
1st edition, 2007
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
Part One, Choices & Consequences: CBAE themes:
Part Two, Sex, More than Physical: CBAE themes:
Part Three, Fatherhood & Marriage: CBAE themes:
Part Four, Teen Advice for Parents: CBAE themes
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Curriculum Title:
CultureMachine iMagazine
1st edition, 2007
Curriculum Target Audience: adolescents 12-18, parents, community. Both genders.
Curriculum Outline
Video segments included in the CultureMachine iMagazine
LoveSmart Video Selections
Part One, Choices & Consequences:
(included in Spring-Fall 2007 iMagazine)
Part Two, Sex, More than Physical:
(included in the Winter 2008 iMagazine)
Part Three, Fatherhood & Marriage:
(included in the Fall 2008 iMagazine)
Part Four, Teen Advice for Parents:
(included in all 2007 and 2008 editions of iMagazine)
The Real Deal Video Selections
“Yvonne Harvey’s Personal Story”
(included in Spring-Fall 2007 iMagazine)
“Benefits & Challenges of Marriage”-
(included in the Winter 2008 iMagazine)
“What to Look for in a Marital Partner?”
(included in the Fall 2008 iMagazine)
“Jenny’s Choice” CD-ROM Video Preview
(included in 2007 and 2008 editions of iMagazine)
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