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Accompanies Lessons 4, 5

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Objectives

Students will:

  • Identify the changes that occur when growing from boy to man.
  • Recognize adolescence as a stage when one's body changes in many ways from boy to man.

Teacher Notes

This lesson provides an overview of development as a prelude to upcoming lessons on specific changes during adolescence. It provides another opportunity to reinforce the normalcy of growth and variations in the appearance and timing of such changes. Use the lesson to assess students' knowledge of vocabulary and anatomy and their comprehension of the process of maturation. Review ground rules for discussion.

Teaching Questions

Can you name the 4 stages of a man's life that are shown here? (Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood/manhood) What stage are you in now? How can you tell? How do these stages differ? (The child is small, undeveloped. Every year he grows a few inches and gains 5 or more pounds. The adolescent is not a child, but he is not an adult. He is taller and more muscular, beginning to be an adult. The adult is fully grown, physically and mentally.) What important things happen in adolescence? (Voice, hair, feelings, size and shape, sex organs, strength, ability to cause a pregnancy)

LifeFacts Assessment

Point and Ask: What do you call this part of the body? (Begin with non-sexual body parts before assessing the student's knowledge of sexual body parts.) Do you know other words for that part of the body? How do bodies change as people get older?

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Important: These Teaching Questions reflect only part of the instructional content presented in the LifeFacts: Sexuality Teaching Guide. Please, carefully read the corresponding lessons) in the guide prior to instruction. We recommend that teachers develop their own discussion questions to fit the functioning levels of specific student audiences and supplement them with other materials as appropriate. Only heterosexual intercourse is illustrated in this manual. Bring in other resources as necessary to supplement your instruction for gay and lesbian students.