Healthy Relationships Dating amp Friendships 8 th grade Part One Discussion What do unhealthy relationships look like What are characteristics of a healthy relationship Objectives To create awareness of students own view of a healthy and unhealthy ID: 765737
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Healthy Relationships: Dating & Friendships 8th grade Part One
Discussion What do unhealthy relationships look like?What are characteristics of a healthy relationship?
Objectives To create awareness of student’s own view of a healthy and unhealthy relationships To inform students of the current dating violence issue To develop a course of action to take when personal boundaries are crossed
Quiz www.coolnotcoolquiz.org
Relationships are Everywhere Parents Boyfriends Girlfriends Friends Teachers Coaches Other parents/adults Co-workers A relationship is a connection
Define the Relationship (DTR) What does it mean to have a boyfriend or girlfriend? What does dating look like? ExpectationsBoundaries
Dating Violence Stats Stats from www.thatsnotcool.org
What is Dating Violence? “Teen dating abuse is a pattern of physically, sexually, verbally, and/or emotionally abusive or controlling behavior in a dating relationship. It can involve digital communications and technologies or real world communications and physical interactions.” (From Break the Cycle Curriculum High School) Verbal Physical Sexual Digital Sexting
Healthy relationships PAIR/SHAREFind a partner sitting next to you and discuss the following questions
What is a healthy relationship? Who are people in your life that make you feel good about being yourself and why? What are the characteristics or qualities you look for in a friend? Does it matter if the friend is a guy or girl? Should you look for the same qualities in a boyfriend or girlfriend as in a friend? How should you treat a boyfriend or girlfriend? How do you want to be treated by a girlfriend or boyfriend? Can you choose how you want to be treated in a dating relationship?
Graffiti Activity Divide into 4 groups30 seconds to draw/write on each posterPosters around room Healthy Relationships Look like Healthy Relationships Sound like Healthy Relationships feel like Unhealthy relationships look like/sound like
Warning Signs of Abusive Behavior Check yourself If I… f eel jealous often. I am jealous of other people in my partner’s life. I want them to only be with me constantly question them about whereabouts, phone calls, conversations feel I have the right to tell my partner what to do, who to talk to, where to go, what to wear give my partner ultimatums - I make them choose between me and other things take my anger out on things in front of the person I’m dating (i.e. I have broken , punched or thrown things when I’m angry have grabbed, pushed, slapped, or hit my partner when I’m angry blame others for my problems or my feelings If I hurt my partner, I blame them I make excuses for my reactions, especially if others are hurt by them believe I should be in control of the relationship I believe my partner is inferior to me – if I believe my partner is like my property
Healthy Relationships 8th grade Part Two
Objectives To create awareness of social/cultural influences on the student’s own view of a healthy relationship To develop a standard of personal boundaries based on values To identify appropriate responses to scenarios when personal boundaries are crossed To identify effective communication and refusal skills to use when confronted with an unhealthy or unsafe situation
Shout out Activity https://thatsnotcool.com/cyberbullying-online-abuse-callout-cards /
Who & What influences you? FamilyFriends Media Experiences
What are your values? Family valuesPersonal values Dating
Stick it/Solve it Activity 3 Scenarios, 3 post-it notes (Have them put initials in corner before explaining the activity)Read aloud scenario, have students run up and place answer on board There can be more than one right solution #1 Hannah #2 Will #3 Marissa
Communication/Refusal skills Being Assertive Verbals and non-verbals Refusal – be your own boss Helping others – don’t be a bystander
Role-play activity When the person I’m dating… calls me names, embarrasses me or makes me feel stupid continually questions my whereabouts, who I talk to, and/or why I want to be with my friends asks about or checks my phone to see if other people call me keeps making excuses for why they are mistreating meis really nice sometimes and really mean at other times blames me, says I provoked them, claims I know about their short temper, or says they have anger problem when we fight tells me that I am “making too big a deal” out of things or dismisses me when I try to talk about things pressures or forces me into being intimate makes promises to change When I am afraid or scared of him/her
Wrap-up Websites hand-out Any questions?