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Lesson 22: Summary and Review

Objectives:

Students will:

  • Recognize that good decision-making is often very difficult but that it does lead to good health; personal safety and happiness.
  • Describe the changes of puberty as positive, healthy and normal.
  • Recognize that it's OK to continue asking questions even though the formal class on this topic is ending.

Vocabulary: No new vocabulary introduced.

Materials: Picture Cards 38 and 39

tests, Picture Cards 2-7, 10, 13, 19, 26, 28, paper to make signs, worksheet #9

Procedure:

  1. Read Picture Cards 38 and 39 and go over discussion questions.

    2. Activities to review the whole unit:

  2. Give review test. See Appendix pages 106-117.
  3. Give each student or group of students Picture cards # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 19, 26 and 28 shuffled up. Ask them to sort the cards into 2 piles. One pile should represent changes that everyone can see and talk about and the other pile should be the private changes of puberty.
  4. Decision Walk. Hang two signs on opposite walls in the classroom. One sign should say "Normal" and the other should say "Tell Someone". In this activity, students decide whether the following experiences are a normal part of puberty or if they are concerns that need to be reported.
    1. A 12-year-old girl has not grown tall yet like all of her friends.(N)
    2. A 12-year-old girl grows 4 inches in just 6 months. (N)
    3. A girl has her period for 2 weeks. (T)
    4. A teenager begins to grow hair in her armpits. (N)
    5. A girl has her period once a month but she bleeds a little bit during other times during the month. (T)
    6. A girl notices that when she is nervous her feet and hands sweat almost as much as under her arms. (N)
    7. A girl bleeds so much during her period that she uses 10 pads in one day. (T)
    8. A girl still has a few pimples even though she washes her face and eats healthy foods. (N)
    9. A girl's acne covers her face and it never seems to get any better. She also has it on her chest and back. (T)
    10. A girl feels grouchy and upset and she doesn't know why. (N)
    11. A girl feels sad and depressed all the time. She hates her life. (T)
    12. A girl's breasts are beginning to grow and they feel sore. (N)
    13. When a girl goes to the bathroom and urinates (pees) it burns. (T)
    14. A girl notices that one breast seems larger than the other. (N)
    15. A girl has her period for 7 days every month. (N)
    16. A girl just got a new bra a couple of months ago but now it feels tight and uncomfortable. (T - Normal but she needs to report this so she can get a new bra.)
    17. A girl's breasts have started growing and she thinks she needs a bra. (T- Normal but she needs to tell someone so she can buy a bra.)
    18. During her period a girl has cramps that seem to come and go.(N)
    19. A girl has terrible cramps and stays home and sleeps all day. (T)
    20. A girl's vulva is very itchy. (T)
    21. A girl has a discharge (unusual white or yellow liquid) from her vagina that looks and smells different. (T)
  5. Advice Column. Divide students into pairs or small groups. Have students respond to the letters on worksheet #9 which are written by girls their age who have not taken this class and who want their advice. Teacher can read each letter and give students an opportunity to decide together how they would respond to the girl's question. Answers can be shared orally or in writing depending on students' written language abilities.
  6. Private Talk Show. (The purpose of this activity is to reassure students that others have gone through and survived the same experiences that they are having now.) Invite a few mothers or the school nurse or counselor in as guests. With the teacher as the host of the program and the students as the audience, simulate a TV talk show. (Guests should have the opportunity to see the interview questions in advance.)

      7. The host should ask questions such as:

    1. How old were you when you went through puberty? How did you feel about going through it at that age?
    2. How did you feel when you started your first period?
    3. Were you ever worried that you weren't normal during puberty?
    4. Did you have cramps? What did you do when you had cramps?
    5. Do you remember having strong moods and feelings during puberty? What was that like?
    6. Can you remember any embarrassing moments when you were going through puberty?

      7. Students may have other ideas for questions. Students can be al- lowed to submit ideas for questions but they should be screened ahead of time in order to keep within the ground rules for the class.