Take Another Look
Taking Sides
Talk With Teens About Feelings, Family, Relationships, and the Future: 50 Guided Discussions for School and Counseling Groups
Teacher TV: Sexual Harassment and Schools
Teacher's Resource Kit: A Teacher's Lesson Plan Kit for the Prevention of Eating Disorders
Teaching Social Skills to Children and Youth: Innovative Approaches. 3rd ed.
Teen Contraception
Teen Grief Series
Teen Issues Series
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Library Series
Teen Pregnancy: Why Are Kids Having Babies?
Teen Suicide
Teenage Health Care: The First Comprehensive Family Guide for the Preteen to Young Adult Years
Teens and Gambling: Who Wins?
Teens Confronting Violence
Teens With Cancer
Tessa
Thanks...But No Thanks (Peer Pressure)
That's a Good Question: A Video About Teenage Pregnancy
Tobacco-Free...You & Me!
Tobacco-Free Youth: An Activity Guide!
Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being Together. New ed.
The Truth About Alcohol
Tuberculosis
Tuning in to Sexual Harassment
Take Another Look (Video). McNabb and Connolly (MGR), 1994. 22 min. Dup. order no. V2777.
This is a dramatic fantasy on self-esteem for young viewers. Its fresh approach encourages discussion on self-esteem, body image, the beauty and diet industries, self-respect, and the need for peer support. The show follows the adventures of Sarah, an average looking girl who is unhappy with her appearance. As she criticizes herself in the girls' washroom, she tumbles into Glamland and begins her journey toward self-acceptance.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Self-concept
Taking Sides (Print-Fiction). Gunnery, Sylvia. Scholastic Canada Ltd. (SCH), 1991. 154 p. ISBN 0-590-73655-8 ($3.60 pbk.).
(CAN) Lea's friendship with Jesse is threatened by the demeaning racial slurs spoken by Jesse's sister, who has been drinking. Lea, who is black, struggles with feelings of shock, embarrassment, and anger. Eventually, Lea realizes that she doesn't want to lose Jesse as a friend, and works to patch up their relationship. This novel explores issues of racism, drinking, and peer pressure.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 7 - Alcohol and Other Drugs; Peer Pressure
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
Talk With Teens About Feelings, Family, Relationships, and the Future: 50 Guided Discussions for School and Counseling Groups (Print-Non-Fiction). Peterson, Jean Sunde. Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. (LRDC), 1995. 203 p. Order no. 8469 ($40.70 pbk.).
This resource provides samples of guided discussions that help teenagers to understand and articulate their feelings, explore their relationships with others, gain awareness and self-esteem, feel more confident and in control of their lives, and more. These discussions could easily be adapted to fit the decision-making process of the Health Education Curriculum. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Teacher Reference
Teacher TV: Sexual Harassment and Schools (Video). NEA Professional Libraries (NEA), 1993. 22 min. Order no. 7777-6-00-V4 ($19.95 U.S.).
This video focuses on the need to address sexism at an early age. In the first part, it defines sexual harassment and discusses a program for Elementary and Middle Level students. In the second part, it focuses on using letter writing to deal with incidents of student-to-student harassment. In the third part, it provides guidelines for educators when dealing with sexual harassment.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Factors That Affect Decision Making in Relationships; Teacher Reference
Teacher's Resource Kit: A Teacher's Lesson Plan Kit for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (Print-Non-Fiction). Rice, Carla. National Eating Disorder Info Centre, The (NED), 1989. 34 p. No order number is required. ($15.00 spiral-bound).
(CAN) This easy-to-use, time-tested resource was developed to be used as a tool for helping to prevent eating disorders and preoccupation with weight. It focuses on anorexia and bulimia, the influence of family and friends, social pressures to be thin, healthy weights, healthy eating, and self-esteem. Each of the six lessons provides learning objectives and background information as well as practical suggestions for conducting the lesson. It also offers exercises and handouts that correspond to the information addressed in the lessons. The activities could easily be adapted to fit within the decision-making process of the Health Education Curriculum. Included are a table of contents and a list of resources.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Grade 8 - Eating Disorders; Teacher Reference
Teaching Social Skills to Children and Youth: Innovative Approaches. 3rd ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Cartledge, Gwendolyn and Milburn, JoAnne Fellows. Allyn & Bacon Canada (BBK), 1995. 396 p. ISBN 0-205-16507-9 ($59.95 pbk.).
This book very effectively blends theory and research concerning social skills development in children and youth with practical realistic ideas about how to develop those social skills. Many suggestions are given for assessment of student progress in social skills: rating scales, observation inventories, interview outlines, peer and self-assessment tools, and role-play assessment scales. It also offers sections on the development of social and leisure skills in children with severe disabilities. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Assertiveness Skills; Conflict Resolution; Teacher Reference
Other Use: Students With Challenging Behaviours
Teen Contraception (Video). Milner-Fenwick, Inc. (IMS), 1995. 14 min. Order no. T15-31-001 ($175.00).
This program dispels common myths about contraception and discusses various contraceptive options that are available, including abstinence. It emphasizes that abstinence is the only guaranteed way to avoid pregnancy. It also addresses the importance of using a condom in combination with other contraceptives to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Teen narrators present the information in an appealing, non-judgemental fashion.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Abstinence, STDs, Pregnancy, and Contraception
Teen Grief Series (Video). Please refer to the title: Climbing Back.
Teen Issues Series (Video). Please refer to the titles: Eating Disorders, Living With HIV and Teens With Cancer.
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Library Series (Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: In Control: Learning to Say No to Sexual Pressure, and Reality Check: Teenage Fathers Speak Out.
Teen Pregnancy: Why Are Kids Having Babies? 1st ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Rozakis, Laurie. (Issues of Our Time Series). Twenty First Century Bks. (VAN), 1993. 64 p. ISBN 0-8050-2569-3 ($27.40 hdc.).
In simply written language, this American book offers a discussion on teen pregnancy including the causes and what can be done to halt the epidemic. The author encourages readers to form their own conclusions and to pursue the subject further. The text is reinforced with numerous colour photographs, charts, and graphs. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Abstinence, STDs, Pregnancy, and Contraception
Teen Suicide (Video). Cambridge Educational (CMB), 1994. 35 min. Order no. CCP0182V-S ($89.00 U.S.).
In this excellent video, viewers hear the painful stories of three teenagers who attempted suicide. A director of a suicide prevention centre, a doctor, and a clinical psychologist offer pertinent information. Viewers learn how to recognize the warning signs, the importance of communication, what to do to prevent suicide, and where to go for help.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Tragic Death and Suicide
Other Use: Life Transitions 20/30
Teenage Health Care: The First Comprehensive Family Guide for the Preteen to Young Adult Years (Print-Non-Fiction). Slap, Gail B. and Jablow, Martha M. Pocket Books (DIS), 1994. 530 p. ISBN 0-671-75412-2 ($18.00 pbk.).
This comprehensive reference addresses a full range of medical and social issues of adolescence. It is divided into the following sections:
Included are a table of contents, a glossary, a list of resources, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Changes of Puberty; Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 7 - Alcohol and Other Drugs; Healthy Eating; Personal Hygiene; Grade 8 - Caring for Skin; Eating Disorders; Grade 9 - Chronic Illness; Tragic Death and Suicide; Teacher Reference
Teens and Gambling: Who Wins? (Print-Non-Fiction). Haddock, Patricia. (Issues in Focus Series). Enslow Pubs., Inc. (SBC), 1996. 112 p. ISBN 0-89490-719-0 ($29.95 hdc.).
(I/M) In an easy-to-read, matter-of-fact way, this book explores the benefits and risks involved in gambling. The book describes the behaviours related to gambling and makes clear distinctions between those behaviours that are healthy and those that are not. It addresses casinos on reservations and deals honestly with the laws governing them and the economic benefits the reservations experience. This is an American resource, therefore not all laws apply in Canada. This resource includes a table of contents, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 7 - Gambling; Grade 8 - Gambling; Grade 9 - Gambling
Other Use: Life Transitions 20/30
Teens Confronting Violence (Video). AIMS Education Foundation (CLC), 1995. 24 min. Order no. 1-8845 ($59.95). Circulating copy - Order no. 1-8845C ($275.00).
This video illustrates how teens should react if threatened on their way to school or if they are coerced into potentially dangerous situations by their peers. It demonstrates what young adults can do to protect themselves and what they can do to limit their chances of becoming a victim. Different kinds of situations are presented and explanations are provided as to how each situation should be handled. Although the location is American, the message and strategies apply anywhere.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Assertiveness Skills; Conflict Resolution; Grade 9 - Safety at School, Home, and in the Community
Other Use: Students With Challenging Behaviours
Teens With Cancer (Video). (Teen Issues Series). Altschul Group (MMP), 1996. 15 min. No order number is required. ($215.00).
This is the true story of a teenager who was diagnosed with leukemia when she was eight years old. It documents the struggles of Casey and her family as they attempted to learn more about cancer and endured Casey's chemotherapy. This touching program relates the emotional trauma experienced by this family and conveys much information about cancer and cancer treatment.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Chronic Illness
Tessa (Video). National Film Board of Canada (NFB), 1992. 8 min. Order no. B9192 116 ($29.95).
(CAN) This short, powerful video addresses questions of great relevance to pre-teenagers: How important is it that other people like you? Do you like yourself even when your friends do not seem to? What is a "perfect" body? How do we know when we love someone? What makes us like ourselves or not like ourselves? How important is the colour of our skin to ourselves and others? How do we define ourselves when we are "in-between" in skin colour? This video provides a starting point for a wide range of discussions with students.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Body Image and Nutrition; Self-concept
Other Use: Students With Challenging Behaviours
Thanks...But No Thanks (Peer Pressure) (Video). (Your Choice...Our Chance Series). Agency for Instructional Technology (MGR), 1990. 15 min. Dup. order no. V3503. Teacher's Guide for series - Order no. G3498 ($2.25 loose-leaf).
Lenora and her friend Karen, both 12, meet Karen's 14-year-old brother and his friends at the mall near the end of the summer before they leave the elementary school to enter junior high. Karen, particularly, is eager to seem cool and impress Robert and Michelle, who are popular class leaders. During their day at the mall, they discover that Michelle shoplifts, smokes, and tries to tease or belittle the others into joining her. Lenora is disturbed, but Karen persuades her to stay with the group. Soon they run into two 16-year-old boys, friends of Michelle's older bother. These boys invite the group to join them on the beach where they produce a bottle of vodka to "spike" everyone's orange drink. Lenora refuses, and after a moment so does Karen. Then, after some hesitation, Robert also hands back his drink, saying that he's "in training." Supporting print material is available from Media Group.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 7 - Alcohol and Other Drugs; Assertiveness Skills
That's a Good Question: A Video About Teenage Pregnancy (Video). Health and Welfare Canada (MGR), 1994. 28 min. Dup. order no. V9540.
(CAN) This fast-paced information program is intended to answer some of the most common questions teenagers have about teen pregnancy. Developed with the assistance of the Louise Dean Centre for Parenting Teens in Calgary, it gives audiences the chance to meet real teenage mothers and hear their stories. Honest, direct, and moving, this program allows us to hear firsthand, how pregnancy has impacted the lives of these remarkable young women.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Abstinence, STDs, Pregnancy, and Contraception
Tobacco-Free...You & Me! (Video). Durrin Productions (KIN), 1995. 19 min. Order no. 8918/0540 ($366.00).
In this upbeat video, students analyze tobacco advertisements and observe how the tobacco industry is actively targeting youth. They also discuss the dangers of second-hand smoke and smokeless tobacco, and suggest actions that students can take to increase awareness of the dangers of smoking. They talk to teen smokers, role play ways to refuse tobacco, and create their own advertisements.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 9 - Tobacco Industry
Tobacco-Free Youth: An Activity Guide! (Print-Non-Fiction). STAT Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT), 1997. 46 p. No order number is required. ($14.00 U.S. pbk.).
STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) produced this guide to provide suggestions for conducting tobacco prevention activities. Each of the 25 activities includes a purpose, a list of materials needed, information on the preparation needed, steps for carrying out the activity, and ideas for sharing results and further action. These activities could easily be adapted to fit the decision-making process of the Health Education Curriculum. The guide contains a table of contents and several appendices that provide such useful items as a sample petition, a sample tobacco use questionnaire, a sheet of facts about second-hand smoke, a list of magazines without tobacco advertisements, guidelines for an effective tobacco-free school policy, and more.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Chronic Illness
Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being Together. New ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Gibbs, Jeanne. Center-Source Publications (IRW), 1995. 432 p. ISBN 0-932762-09-3 ($56.25 pbk.).
This resource contains many good suggestions for building positive interactions among students. The activities are based upon cooperative learning. Each lesson is developed according to listed objectives facilitating the assessment of student progress. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Teacher Reference
Other Use: Students With Challenging Behaviours
The Truth About Alcohol (Video). Sunburst Communications (SUN), 1991. 18 min. Order no. 2362-03 ($149.95).
This program begins with a common scenario in which teens find themselves pressured to try alcohol. It addresses how alcohol affects the body and why adolescents are so vulnerable to its dangers. It also cites advertising's impact on teenage drinking habits. A second scenario shows how a young girl avoids riding home with the drunken father of the children she was babysitting. It then dramatizes an alcoholic family situation and explains the problems caused by other people's alcohol abuse. The program encourages viewers to think critically about the use of alcohol.
Suggested Use: Grade 6 - Drug Addictions and Gambling; Grade 7 - Alcohol and Other Drugs
Tuberculosis (Print-Non-Fiction). Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia, and Robert. (Diseases and People Series). Enslow Pubs., Inc. (SBC), 1994. 128 p. ISBN 0-89490-462-0 ($29.95 hdc.).
This book explains tuberculosis including causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. It offers insights from people who have the disease and describes the new research that could lead to faster and better cures. The text is interspersed with several black-and-white illustrations. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Grade 9 - Chronic Illness
Tuning in to Sexual Harassment (Video). Video Dialog (NDM), 1994. 14 min. No order number is required. ($295.00 U.S.).
This program provides real-life examples of sexual harassment of 11-13 year olds at school. It also offers positive ways to respond to unwanted comments, touching, and gestures.
Suggested Use: Grade 7 - Assertiveness Skills; Factors That Affect Decision Making in Relationships