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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.  
  
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== 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].
  
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* '''[[OWL material for all age groups]]'''
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* '''[[OWL for Grades 7-9]]'''
  
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* [http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/ UUA OWL site]
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When we have material for other age groups, we can make pages for them.  
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* OWL-L email mailing list: Trained OWL leaders can subscribe to the OWL-L list by emailing owl @ uua.org
 
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* [http://siecus.org/ Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.]: SIECUS is headed by a really cool UU woman named Debra Haffner who attends the Westport UU congregregation in CT & is preparing for the UU ministry. Be sure to click on their "Religion & Sexuality" section.
 
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* [http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/default.asp Our Bodies Ourselves: Women's Health and Information Resource Center]
 
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* [http://www.sexuality.org Society for Human Sexuality] out of the University of Washington
 
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* [http://www.ejhs.org/ Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality]
 
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* [http://answer.rutgers.edu/page/online_professionals_development/ Rutgers Answer Online]
 
  
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Administration:
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* [http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/owl-l OWL-L mailing list]
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* [[OWL-L Contract with Youth and Parents]]
 
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* [[OWL-L Ordering Changing Bodies Changing Lives Book]]
 
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== Anatomy and Puberty ==
 
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Male anatomy:
 
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* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Human_Physiology/The_male_reproductive_system Male reproductive system] (Wikibooks)
 
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* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/10016.jpg Image 1]
 
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* [http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063547//images/malereproductivesystem.jpg Image 2]
 
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* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Male_reproductive_system.png Image 3] (no labels)
 
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Female Anatomy:
 
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* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Human_Physiology/The_female_reproductive_system Female reproductive system] (Wikibooks)
 
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* [http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/gompers/HealthScience/BodySystems/FemaleReproductiveSystem.gif Image 1]
 
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* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Female_reproductive_system_lateral.png Image 2]
 
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* [http://www.dhmc.org/dhmc-internet-upload/file_collection/adam_gyn_0902.jpg Image 3]
 
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* [http://www.mum.org Museum of Menstruation (MUM)]
 
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSjh52fGTg Dove Body image] (video)
 
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== Gender Identification and Roles ==
 
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Identification:
 
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* [http://www.ejhs.org/Volume12/Gender.htm Language and gender variance: Constructing gender beyond the male/female binary] (article)
 
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Roles:
 
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== Disability and Sexuality ==
 
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== Sexual Orientation ==
 
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html Coming out in Middle School] - NY Times, 9/23/2009
 
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* ''Coming Out, Coming In:  Nurturing the Well-Being & Inclusion of Gay Youth
 
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in Mainstream Society ''(2008), by Linda Goldman. Routledge: NY. Linda is a social worker who gives talks on issues of LGBT youth.
 
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== Lovemaking and Masturbation ==
 
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== Contraception ==
 
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* [http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control-4211.htm Planned Parenthood on Birth Control]
 
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* [http://www.femalehealth.com/images/FC2_Information_Sheet.pdf FC2 Female Condom]
 
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* [[OWL-L Condom Obstacle Course]]
 
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== STDs ==
 
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* [http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/factsheet/FSHIVAID.HTM Fact sheet on HIV & AIDS]
 
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* [http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/FACTSHET.HTM Listing of all fact sheets]
 
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* [http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sti-safesex/itcant_page1.html "It Can't Happen to Me! True Stories About Kids and AIDS"]
 
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* [http://www.plannedparenthood.org/articles/AIDS.html "The State of AIDS Today"] by Christina Tourigny
 
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== Safety and Abuse ==
 
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== Decision-making ==
 
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=== Questions to ask before getting involved in intercourse ===
 
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* How do I feel about intercourse?  When would it be right for me?  Under what conditions and with what kind of person?
 
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* How does the other person feel?  How do those feelings fit with my own?
 
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* What makes me feel I want to have intercourse right now?  Is there any chance I am pressuring or exploiting them?  Are they pressuring or exploiting me?
 
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* What do I expect it to be like?  What if it’s bad and I don’t enjoy it?  How would I feel about myself?  About my partner?
 
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* How would we feel if others found out about our relationship?
 
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* Do I really TRUST my partner completely?
 
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* What if this turns in to a strictly sexual relationship and that’s all we ever do?  Is that OK?
 
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* What extra strains might come up in our relationship once we’ve had intercourse?
 
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* How would I feel if we broke up?
 
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== Books and Movies ==
 
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Books:
 
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* [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/159.DCPL_s_Teen_GLBT_Booklist_for_OWL Elissa Webber's list of recommended GBLT books]
 
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* [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]
 
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* [http://laidthebook.com/ Laid: The Book], reviewed by [http://karenrayne.com/2009/10/05/laid/ Karen Rayne]
 
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* ''Sexpertise:  Real Answers to Real Questions about Sex'' (2008),  by Robin
 
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Sawyer.  He's a University of Maryland professor who teaches a  very popular
 
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Human Sexuality course.  Book is Q & A format, based on  questions his
 
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students asked & what he taught, very funny & factual  & conversational all at once.
 
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* [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.
 
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* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/georgia/isolated/blum.html Lost Children or Lost Parents of Rockdale County] (PBS)
 
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== Celebration and Gifts ==
 
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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.

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