Circles Curriculum, James Stanfield Company, Inc., 1991, 5+ hours (complete series), not rated.
Clip: https://youtu.be/pbAFX8TELU8
The Circles Curriculum teaches students about social boundaries and the relationship “circles” each person has in their life. This curriculum describes each circle by how you should act towards the people in that circle. The goal of this film series is to teach students how to act appropriately for each of the relationships that they’re in. Another goal of this series is to help students recognize what’s safe and what’s not, that way they can point out and stop abuse.
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This activity could be incorporated into writing by having students write an informative story about the different people in their “circles.” CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2
“Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.”
*For first grade*
HBO 1. Establish and maintain healthy relationships.
NHES 1.1.1. Identify the benefits of healthy family relationships.
NHES 1.1.2. Identify the benefits of healthy peer relationships.
NHES 4.1.1. Demonstrate how to effectively communicate needs, wants, and feelings in healthy ways to promote healthy family and peer relationships.
NHES 4.1.2. Demonstrate how to effectively communicate care and concern for others to promote healthy family and peer relationships.