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Here is information for leaders of the Our Whole Lives human sexuality curriculum. Please don't post anything that's copyrighted. This information has not been reviewed or sanctioned by the UUA.
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Here is information for leaders of the Our Whole Lives human sexuality curricula.  
  
== General ==
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This information comes from members of the OWL-L mailing list, which is open only to trained OWL leaders. Anyone OWL-L list subscriber or other trained OWL leader can create and edit pages linked from this page. (Contact Margy Levine Young, margy@gurus.org, UU co-author of ''The Internet For Dummies,'' for help.) Please don't post anything that's copyrighted, including material from the printed OWL curricula. This material has not been reviewed or sanctioned by the [http://www.uua.org/ UUA].
  
* [http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/ UUA OWL site]
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* '''[[OWL material for all age groups]]'''
* OWL-L email mailing list: Trained OWL leaders can subscribe to the OWL-L list by emailing owl @ uua.org
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* '''[[OWL for Grades 7-9]]'''
* [http://siecus.org/ Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.]
 
  
== Gender Identification and Roles ==
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When we have material for other age groups, we can make pages for them.
  
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSjh52fGTg Dove Body image] - video
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* [http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/owl-l OWL-L mailing list]
 
 
== Sexual Orientation ==
 
 
 
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html Coming out in Middle School] - NY Times, 9/23/2009
 
 
 
== Contraception ==
 
 
 
* [http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ Planned Parenthood]
 
 
 
=== Signs for Condom Obstacle Course ===
 
 
 
1. “You can’t feel anything through a condom.” Oh, yeah?
 
 
 
Place a condom on your fist. Close your eyes.
 
 
 
Have someone touch your fist lightly with a finger. Can you feel it?
 
 
 
Have someone touch your fist with a feather. Can you feel it?
 
 
 
Have someone blow on your fist. Can you feel it?
 
 
2. “Condoms are too small for me.”
 
 
 
Oh, yeah?
 
 
 
Stretch it. Put it on your fist. Put it on your foot. Blow it up.
 
 
 
Measure the length.
 
 
 
Measure the circumference.
 
 
 
You do the math!
 
 
3. “Condoms are too hard to use.”
 
 
 
Oh, yeah?
 
 
 
Check the condom. See Condom Checklist.
 
 
 
Open the package. (Duh.)
 
 
 
Pinch the reservoir tip to save space for semen.
 
 
 
Roll the condom on all the way up.
 
 
 
Afterwards:
 
 
 
Remove penis without disturbing semen.
 
 
Condom Checklist
 
 
 
Check:
 
 
 
1. Expiration date isn’t past
 
 
 
2. Latex
 
 
 
3. Lubricated with nonoxynol-9
 
 
 
4. No rips or tears
 
 
 
== STDs ==
 
 
 
== Safety and Abuse ==
 
 
 
== Recommended Books and Movies ==
 
 
 
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tW8zrK-ipBW48Ef3TQgfClg List of Movies for OWL Groups]. This is a spreadsheet of the movie recommendations that have passed through the OWL-L listserv, which leaders have found to be helpful in facilitating discussion inside and outside of the classroom lessons.
 
* [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/159.DCPL_s_Teen_GLBT_Booklist_for_OWL Elissa Webber's list of recommended GBLT books]
 
* [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/165.DCPL_s_Teen_Love_Sex_Some_Romance_Booklist_for_OWL Elissa Webber's list of recommended love and sex books]
 
* [http://laidthebook.com/ Laid: The Book], reviewed by [http://karenrayne.com/2009/10/05/laid/ Karen Rayne]
 

Latest revision as of 03:35, 4 January 2010

Here is information for leaders of the Our Whole Lives human sexuality curricula.

This information comes from members of the OWL-L mailing list, which is open only to trained OWL leaders. Anyone OWL-L list subscriber or other trained OWL leader can create and edit pages linked from this page. (Contact Margy Levine Young, margy@gurus.org, UU co-author of The Internet For Dummies, for help.) Please don't post anything that's copyrighted, including material from the printed OWL curricula. This material has not been reviewed or sanctioned by the UUA.

When we have material for other age groups, we can make pages for them.