Source for Students – National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens Description:This website is the best resource for teens in my classroom to get information on substance abuse, complete objectives in the classroom, or just have free time in the classroom. The website has many pages of drug facts on a wide variety of drugs. Each … Continue reading Internet Resources for Substance Abuse
Site name: Real Life Teens- Sexual Responsibility Produced by: TMW Media Group in 2005 Runtime: 20 minutes Not Rated This documentary has real-life teens discuss real stories about sexual well-being. They discuss and educate teens about sexual activity, unprotected sex, transmitted diseases, and teen pregnancy and the impact it has on people physically and emotionally. This is the best video because it has real teens talk about the responsibly of sex, as well as making students think about the consequences and impact of their decisions. This documentary educates the watchers about sexual … Continue reading Media Resources for Sexual Health: Real Life Teens- Documentary
Title: If You Loved Me Author: Marilyn Reynolds. Publisher and year:New Wind Publishing, 2014 This book is about a high school student and her long-term boyfriend. The main character, Lauren, is working through life as a teenager and experiencing pressure from her boyfriend to have sex. This book covers topics from sex, relationships, drugs, race, and dealing with all of those at one … Continue reading Sexual Health Literature Resources “If You Loved Me”
Site Name: Teaching Sexual Health Reason for choosing this website: This website has plenty of internet resources for families and teaching sexual health to their children. The first link I found on this website is a ‘parent workbook’ where they can download a learning guide to help them start a sexual health conversation with their child. There is … Continue reading Sexual Health Internet Resources for Families
Site name: Sex Etc. Reason for choosing this website: This website is all about sexual health and was created by teens for teens! I also liked all of the resources on this website. It has an info center with different resources for students, a sex ed dictionary, a forum where students can ask questions and get … Continue reading Sexual Health Internet Resources for Students
Student Resource (http://teenmentalhealth.org/) Teen Mental Health This website is a great resource for students to refer to when learning about depression. Students can use this website for a project on how depression affects learning and being a student. There are tons of resources and information on this website about not only depression, but other … Continue reading Integrated Internet Resources- Mental Health: Depression
Documentary Confessions of a Depressed Comic Producer: Ted Talk Year: 2013 Length: 11 minutes Rating: (Not Rated) Snippet(Watch from the beginning to 1:51) In this Ted Talk, we listen to the stand up comedian, Kevin Breel, discuss his experience with depression. Breel explains how he felt as though he lived a double life; the life … Continue reading Media Resources for Teaching about Mental Health
Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down is a Young Adult fiction novel, that recounts the story of Aza Holmes, whom is trying to navigate the world of being a teenager while also living with severe anxiety. I thought this book would be the best choice, because it gives a first person … Continue reading Literature Integrated Resources