TURNING POINTS (Grades 9 & 10)

Moral Development/Formation of Conscience

Growing in Christian Morality (morality of childhood, adolescence, adulthood) Teacher Resource (TR) p.36   Student Book (SB) p. 81
Right or Wrong: How Can I Know?  (effect of good choices) TR p. 37 SB p. 86


Statement on Formation of Conscience  (formation of conscience/religious belief) Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops    TR p. 37    SB p. 90

Sexual Attraction


Becoming a Woman (infatuation) TR p. 74 SB p. 217


Understanding Homosexuality (facts/myths about homosexuality)TR p. 75 SB p. 219

Chastity and Decision-Making


Intimacy and Sexuality (deals with the virtue of chastity) TR p. 78 SB p. 233 (Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops)


Responsible Sex: What Every Teen Should Know (deals with pregnancy, STDs and the use of condoms) TR p. 79 SB p. 235


There is no Safe Sex (deals with STDs, AIDS and the use of condoms)  TR p. 79   SB p. 239


Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions (deals with the meaning of sexual intercourse, the biological responses of male and female to sexual activity and the need for self control) TR p. 80 SB p. 242

Substance Use and Abuse

All I Cared About Was Getting Stronger (use of steroids) TR p. 49   SB p.136


Degrassi Talks: Alcohol (facts about alcohol use) TR. 50    SB p.184


Battling NHLer Becomes a Hero (effects of alcohol on personal growth/self acceptance) TR p. 64  SB p. 184


Sobering Pressure on a 19 Year Old (decision not to drink) TR p. 71 SB p. 206


Teenagers and Eating Disorders: Looking Good (bulimia/anorexia) TR p. 51  SB p.142


She's Not Heavy; She's My Sister (reaction to societal messages that female beauty depends on being thin)
TR p. 55   SB p. 158


What Drugs Did to Our Family (substance abuse and the need for family reconciliation) TR p. 63 SB p. 181

Abuse in Relationships

Boyfriend Abuse: Troubled Love (story of a young girl who breaks free of an abusive relationship)  TR p. 77
SB p. 229

Peer Pressure

You and Your Adolescent (facts and myths about peer pressure) TR p. 70  SB p. 201


On The Bridge (story about the effects of peer pressure) TR p. 70   SB p. 203


Letting Go of the Gang (interview with former gang member) TR p. 68  SB p.196

Coping with Death

Cherish Fathers Gone, But Not Lost (death of a father)
TR p.10    SB p. 30


The One I Would Never See Again (death of a brother) TR p. 52   SB p.147


Just Being There (death of a baby)  TR p. 59  SB p.165

Effects of Divorce/Remarriage

Picturing Happiness  (memories about the effects of divorce)  TR p. 11  SB p. 32


The Children Are Not OK (effects of divorce on children/adolescents) TR p. 11 SB p. 34


Talking About Stepfamilies (challenges of remarriage and living with a new stepparent) TR P. 12 SB p. 36

Feelings of Depression/Suicide

Teen Troubles (facts about serious depression/thoughts of suicide) TR p. 34   SB p. 74


Encore! More Winning Monologs for Young Actors (need to take seriously any statements that suggest a person is thinking about suicide) TR p. 68   SB p.198

Coping with Serious Illness/Disability/Disfigurement


It Takes Courage (coping with leukemia)   TR p. 38   
SB p. 93


I'm Making It (coping with cerebral palsy)   TR p. 41 
SB p.106


Being Seventeen, Bright and Unable to Read  (challenges of being a non-reader)  TR p. 29    SB p. 47
Mirrors   (coping with a deformity of the jaw)  TR p. 50     SB p.137


Importance of Self Esteem

Coping Through Self Esteem (story about self consciousness) TR p. 48   SB p.129


Unique People Make Impossible Dream Come True (belief in self) TR p. 54   SB
p.152


I Went Back (student returns to school after dropping out)   TR p. 54   SB p.157

REACHING OUT (Grades 11 & 12)

 

Moral Choices/Formation of Conscience

Should Catholics Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide? (important concepts about conscience)  Teacher Resource (TR) p. 32     Student Book (SB) p. 109

Statement on the Formation of Conscience (factors affecting formation of conscience) Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops   TR p. 33  SB p. 114

What Does a Christian Do? Moral Problems (meaning of being human) TR p. 35  SB p.121

Becoming a Woman (process of moral decision-making)  TR p. 36  SB p.126

A Man For All Seasons (actions of Thomas More)
TR p. 36    SB p. 129

Choosing Life

Therefore Choose Life (Catholic teaching on sanctity of life) TR p. 40  SB p. 143 Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops


A Time to Choose Life: Women, Abortion and Human Rights (societal influences on abortion)  TR p. 41   
SB p. 148


Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions (teenager chooses adoption)  TR p. 51    SB p.179

Sexual Decision Making

Intimacy and Sexuality:  A Letter to the Catholic Youth of Ontario (virtue of chastity)  Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops TR p. 49  SB p. 170


Sex and the Teenager:  Choices and Decisions (15 risks connected with teenage sexual activity)  TR p. 50
SB p. 172

Becoming a Man (commitment in adolescent relationships)     TR p. 50   SB p. 174


Homosexuality: What's a Christian to Think?  (Church teaching on homosexuality/Christian response to homosexuals)     TR p. 52   SB p. 182

Cohabitation

Shacking Up Is Hard To Do (stability of cohabitation/marriage)  TR p. 55   SB p. 193


Living Together: What's a Pastor To Do? (Church response to living together before marriage)   TR p. 55   SB p. 195

Substance Use and Abuse

Children of Alcoholics (effects of alcoholism on family members)  TR p. 22   SB p. 83


Children of Alcoholics (coping and healing strategies)
TR p. 24   SB p.90

Relationships

The Three Faces of Love (explores intimacy, passion, commitment) TR p.45 SB p.155
How Do I Trust Thee? 
(importance of trust in relationships) TR p. 44  SB p.154

Abusive Relationships

Wife Abuse (facts about wife abuse)   TR p. 23  SB p. 86

The Scars of Emotional Abuse  (patterns of emotional abuse by parents) TR p. 23   SB p. 87

To Live Without Fear: A Statement on Violence Against Women (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)
TR p. 47  SB p. 160

Dating Violence (characteristics of abusive dating relationships) TR p. 48  SB p.163

From Becoming a Man (date rape a crime and serious moral offence) TR p. 48  SB p.167

Coping and Healing from Abuse

Wife Abuse   Health and Welfare Canada   TR p. 24 
SB p. 86


The Scars of Emotional Abuse   TR p. 24     SB p.87


Marriage

Bradshaw on: The Family (qualities of a healthy marriage) TR p. 18   SB p. 67


Christian Marriage: A Sacrament of Love (importance of compatability)  TR p. 53    SB p.187


When Opposites Attract and Then Wed  (role of personality in marriage relationships)  TR p. 54  SB p. 189


Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions  (characteristics of real love)  TR p. 54    SB p. 191


Before We Say Forever  (essential characteristics of a Christian sacramental marriage)  TR p. 60   SB p. 208


Lasting Marriages (factors that contribute to a lasting marriage) TR p. 62  SB p. 215

Marriage and Children

Humanae Vitae (excerpt from Pope Paul VI's encyclical on married love)  TR p. 64 SB p. 225


A Marriage in the Lord (Church teaching about Natural Family Planning) TR P. 64 SB p. 226


Ever Since Eve (coping with infertility and subsequent adoption of children) TR p. 64 SB p. 226


Fathers Are An Essential Part of the Human Environment  (important role of fathers in the life of children)  TR p. 66  SB p. 236


Love is the Measure by Which We Are Judged (challenges/rewards of being a parent) TR p. 66  SB p. 234


Facing Fatherhood (challenges of being a teenage father) TR p. 51  SB p.176


Living Out Loud  (influence of parents) TR p. 67  SB p. 239

Family

Through the Eyes of Faith  (profound influence of family)   TR p. 2   SB p. 2


What is a Family?  (images of family)    TR p. 2   SB p. 3


The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World (relationship of family and society) TR p. 5   SB p. 16


Charter of Rights of the Family    TR p. 5    SB p. 18


Discerning the Signs of the Times  (positive and negative signs of the times related to families)   TR p. 6   SB p. 22


What is a Family?  (definitions and descriptions of family) TR p. 8   SB p. 31


Child Care: A New Feminist Perspective (societal attitudes toward parents who stay home to raise children) TR p. 8    SB p. 32


Why Don't I Feel at Home (father stays home to care for family) TR p.15  SB p.57


The Mother Zone (difficulties of balancing child care and career) TR p. 9   SB p. 34


Parenting: Dad-Style vs. Mom-Style (difference of parenting styles) TR p.14  SB p. 55


Finding God at Home: Family Life as Spiritual Discipline (role of older relatives in handing on their faith) TR p. 13   SB p. 51


The Jade Peony  (influence of family member even after death) TR p. 4   SB p.10


Trapped Between Two Worlds
(cultural tensions faced by some families) TR p.15   SB p. 58


Discerning the Signs of the Times (media influence on cultural values) TR p.16   SB p.61


The Big Picture (future changes/challenges for family life in Canada)  TR p.16  SB p. 63


Traits of a Healthy Family (identify traits of a healthy family)  TR p.19   SB p.71


Nicholls Puts Family Ahead of Hockey.... (important role of husband/father) TR p.18   SB p. 70


No Family's Perfect (balancing independence with connectedness) TR p. 20  SB p. 74

Single Parent Families

What Real Choices do Single Moms Have?  (difficulties of raising children alone) TR p. 10    SB p. 37


Living With a Single Parent (challenges of growing up in a single parent family)  TR p.12   SB p. 43


Super Dad  (challenges of being a single father) TR p.12  SB p. 46

Divorce/Remarriage

Divorced in America (effects of divorce on both parents and children) TR p. 62   SB p.221
A Case of the Suitcase Blues (challenges of joint custody)  TR p. 63   SB p. 222
Talking About Stepfamilies (challenges of adjusting to new parent because of remarriage)   TR p. 12    SB p. 48