F.Y.I
Variety of Topics
The purpose of this module is to allow students the opportunity to explore issues that are of interest to youth in various communities
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At the time of publication, these are some of the issues identified by Saskatchewan youth as being of interest or concern to them:
- casinos, gambling
- crime and the law (i.e., alcohol, tobacco, youth, vendors and the law)
- drinking and driving
- eating disorders
- employment/unemployment
- environment (i.e., environmental tobacco smoke ETS)
- family (i.e., dysfunctional families and changes in family structure)
- future, fast changing world, future of rural Saskatchewan
- harassment
- lack of direction and guidance among youth
- parenting (i.e., teen parenting, older siblings parenting younger siblings because the actual parents are not doing the job)
- relationships
- school
- sexuality
- smoking as the leading cause of premature death
- suicide
- teen pregnancy
- violence (i.e., dating, school, spousal).
If you and your students studied module 9, Human Sexuality, prior to this module, sexuality is not likely to be chosen by many of your students. Parenting is an optional module in Life Transitions 30, but certainly may be a topic selected by students in your 20 level class.
Resources such as the Issues Collection and the Opposing Viewpoints series are very useful in this module. |
