UUA Religious Education Programs for Junior and Senior High

Junior High/Middle School:

About Your Sexuality
by deryck calderwood. Participants learn to make responsible decisions about their own sexual behavior in this multimedia curriculum. (1989) (UUA, rev. 1983)
Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring Stereotypes of Sexuality and Gender
by Tracey Robinson-Harris and Ritch C. Savin-Williams. This twelve session curriculum for ages 13-15 invites participants to examine cultural understandings of sexuality and gender roles, and the influence of gender stereotypes and prejudice. (UUA, 1994)
Coming of Age Programs
are available from the UUA Youth Office.
How Can I Know What to Believe?
by Charlene Brotman and Barbara Marshman. Twenty-seven sessions. Young people explore, formulate, and articulate their attitudes and beliefs about biblical figures, God, death, and Unitarian Universalism. (Brotman-Marshfield, rev. 1986)
How Others Worship
by B. June Hutchinson. Twenty-one sessions (plus visits to other places of worship). A study of the beliefs and practices of Judaism and several mainline Christian groups. (UU Christian Fellowship, 1978)
Life Journey
by Caroline Fenderson. Twenty-eight sessions. Participants in grades 7 - 8 explore the physical, emotional and social challenges of each life stage. (UUA, 1988)
Messages in Music
by Elizabeth May Strong. Twenty-three sessions. Introduces seventh to ninth graders to the seven principles of UUism and the sources of these principles through their own music. (Leaders do not need musical skills.) (UUA, 1993)
Race to Justice
by Robin Gray and Josi Ballester. Fifteen sessions. This curriculum for ages 12-15 explores racial justice and diversity through the use of role-plays, games and photography. (UUA, 1995)
Religion in Life: Boys
by Wayne Arnason. A program of study, reflection, and action for 12- to 18-year-olds and for UU Boy Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. For use by individuals or groups. (UUA, rev. 1989)
Religion in Life: Girls
by Grace F. Fakolt, Marjorie C. Skwire, and Elizabeth G. Sprague. Independent study program about Unitarian Universalism for junior high girls and Girl Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. (UUA, 1982)
Why Do Bad Things Happen?
by Charlene Brotman. Eleven sessions. This curriculum is based on the answers of the world`s religions and cultures to basic religious questions, including the issues of life and death. Ends with the question, "Why do good things happen?" (Brotman-Marshfield, 1975)
World Religions: A Year`s Curriculum for Junior High
by Frank Robertson and others. This interactive and experiential program engages participants as active learners of a rich variety of world religions. Includes games and filmstrips. (UUA,1988)
You the Creator
by Richard S. Kimball. Thirty-seven sessions. Participants and leaders explore together the power that everyone`s creativity has to shape the world. (Green Timber Publications, 1993)

Senior High:

About Sexual Abuse
by Fred and Betty Ward. Approximately ten sessions (flexible format). This program focuses on symptoms, kinds of abuse, reporting and prevention. (UUA, 1990)
Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring Stereotypes of Sexuality and Gender
by Tracey Robinson-Harris and Ritch C. Savin-Williams. This twelve session curriculum for ages 13-15 invites participants to examine cultural understandings of sexuality and gender roles, and the influence of gender stereotypes and prejudice. (UUA, 1994)
In Our Hands: Senior High
by Eleanor Hunting, Virginia Lane, and Harold Rosen. Twelve sessions. Young people explore the nature and meaning of peace and social justice. (UUA, 1990) (In Our Hands: Junior High, is out of print, but available in many congregations, district libraries and the UUA Curriculum Loan Library.)
Life Issues for Teenagers
by Wayne Arnason and Cheryl Markoff Powers. Twenty sessions. Older teens (15-18) probe ethical, social, and political issues and concerns that matter most to them. (UUA, 1985)
On the Path: Spirituality for Youth and Adults
by Arnason, et al. Seven-to-ten sessions exploring the nature and meaning of spirituality and the practice of various spiritual disciplines. (UUA, 1989)
Religion in Life: Boys
by Wayne Arnason. A program of study, reflection, and action for 12- to 18-year-olds and for UU Boy Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. For use by individuals or groups. (UUA, rev. 1989)
Religion in Life: Girls
by Grace F. Fakolt, Marjorie C. Skwire, and Elizabeth G. Sprague. Independent study program about Unitarian Universalism for junior high girls and Girl Scouts seeking the UUA Religion in Life emblem. (UUA, 1982)

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