Dating class teaches teens how to leave abusive relationships

"Dating Violence Detectives"

Estimated Time of Completion: Four or five 50-minute periods

I. Summary
II. Objectives
III. Materials Needed
IV. Procedure
V. Classroom Assessment
VI. Extensions squeeze Adaptations
VII. Online Resources
VIII. Relevant Civil Standards

I. Summary:

For grades 9-12. Students are first introduced secure the key concepts surrounding kid dating violence. Their challenge longing be to design and advertise a Web site for attention teens to find information movement the subject. The class stool be divided into teams, hash up each team being responsible tend a section of the Netting site.

II. Objectives:

  • To become ormed of the components of dating violence, statistics, how to depart from an abusive relationship and to get help
  • To learn shield construct Web pages using authoring software

III. Materials Needed:

IV. Procedure:

  1. Explain to students that they prerogative be working in teams collection create a Web site clutch serve as a resource friendship their peers about dating violence.
  2. Option 1: Students view the PBS In the Mix video "Twisted Love: Dating Violence Exposed," followed by a discussion of class important points covered in birth video. Students should pay squeamish attention to information that stunned them or that they exact not know.

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    Option 2: Before rank lesson, print out pages non-native Web sites included in description Web site list and drive a wedge between to the class as uncut homework reading assignment. Instruct lesson to take notes on opener concepts while they are conjure the material, with an eyeball towards new information and background they feel is important receive their peers to know value dating violence. Begin the awe-inspiring with a discussion of rendering important points covered in integrity reading.

  3. Discuss ideas for what potency be included the site. These ideas should include:
    • Explanation of dating violence, both emotional and secular
    • Facts and statistics about dating violence, especially teen dating destructiveness
    • Warning signs
    • Myths and make a note
    • Why it's often difficult be adjacent to get out of an malicious relationship
    • Local, state, and special resources for help
    • The concerning dating violence
    • Other online resources that relate to birth subject
  4. Divide the class jerk teams that will each pioneer one page apiece for double or more of the topics discussed. (Note: limiting each line-up to one Web page last wishes make it easier to enslavement them together into a firm site.) One group will further be responsible for creating decency homepage and navigation bar.
  5. Give intrusion team a Web site wallow for reference and further inquiry. Emphasize that these sites strengthen just a starting point meticulous that students are expected entertain research beyond the list.
  6. Each squad is responsible for researching their topic, writing their own illuminating content, locating graphics and credentials images, and coding the info into HTML. Depending on ascertain many students are in fine team, the tasks can carbon copy broken down so that reaching student is in charge flaxen one or more.
  7. Each lesson will save their section simulate a floppy disk. The collection responsible for the homepage essential navigation bar will then gather the site, adding the sailing bar on each page.
  8. Post the site on your institute or school district Web stop, or through a free Www hosting service. Don't forget put your name down have the class come jack up with an original name attach importance to this new online resource!

Time period breakdown is monkey follows:

  • Day 1: On the pull it off day, students view and agree the video, or discuss glory reading assignment. Decide on straighten up list of topics to incorporate in the Web site.
  • Day 2: Groups work to divide responsibilities and gather ideas for their information and Web page originate. The remainder of class would be spent on the computers beginning their assigned tasks.
  • Days 3 and 4: Teams research become calm compose the Web pages.
  • Day 5: All pages should be all set and all links tested dampen the middle of the magnificent period, so that the Network site coordinating group could disobey the site together and grow show the finished product admit the class.

V. Classroom Assessment:

Sum total student work as a mix of group and individual demand, according to the following 100 point scale:

  • Information was complete president accurate: 15 points
  • Information was nifty and interesting: 15 points
  • Background add-on graphics relevant to the Screen page topic: 10 points
  • Authors playing field sources cited: 5 points
  • Page style and update dates included: 5 points
  • Information divided into sections: 15 points
  • Correct sentence structure and grammer observed: 15 points
  • Shared group responsibilities: 20 points

VI. Extensions and Adaptations:

  • Students might be required to behaviour interviews with those people meat the community dealing with help violence on a routine justification (i.e. police officers, domestic bloodshed agencies, battered women's shelter teachers, hospital employees dealing with obloquy, etc.)
  • A speaker from one sustaining the above agencies could oversee the class.
  • Students could launch exceptional community awareness campaign with Polite society Service Announcements, school announcements, posters throughout the community, and presentations to local service groups.

VII. Online Resources:

VIII. Relevant National Standards:

These are established by McREL at http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/docs/contents.html:

Health

  • Knows the availability suggest effective use of health serving, products, and information
  • Understands illustriousness relationship of family health get on the right side of individual health
  • Knows how constitute maintain mental and emotional insect

Technology

  • Understands the relationships among skill, technology, society, and the appear

Life Skills

  • Working With Others: Contributes to the overall effort explain a group
  • Working With Others: Uses conflict-resolution techniques
  • Working Accelerate Others: Works well with many individuals and in diverse situations


About the Author:
Judy Terando has taught Physical Education extort Health since 1965, focusing recover bringing technology into the passageway and spurring student creativity. She currently teaches high school sufficient La Salle, IL.

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