From ten to fourteen years of age, children become adolescents. Their worlds are turned upside down as they develop feelings for the opposite sex and their bodies go through enormous changes, often creating tumultuous challenges. The Discovering the Real Me textbooks for this age use realistic life situations and utilize moral dilemmas and decision-making in order to lead the students to make better choices in their lives. Paramount in this period of discovery is a need to find purpose and meaning in life and to develop a positive identity.
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The world of a ten-to-eleven-year-old is an exciting place. They have a newfound ability in perspective-taking, a strong personal sense of right and wrong, a capacity for self-doubt, a growing awareness of the importance of peers, new insights into family relationships, and burgeoning physical abilities... Family and Friends / Student Textbook 5 / Teacher's Manual 5 / Ages 10 to 11 |
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Dawning adolescence is a time when both the inner and outer world of the child are rapidly changing. Childhood friends are not as good a “fit” as they used to be, new interests are sparking new friendships, the desire to belong may mean succumbing to peer pressure to do things one doesn’t believe in, or else to stand up to the crowd with courage and integrity. Then there are those friendships with the opposite sex that suddenly have some new feelings in them... Who Will I Be? / Student Textbook 7 / Teacher's Manual 7 / Ages 12 to 13 |
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Brian discovers a “voice” within that rebukes him when he makes wrong choices; Tommy shows his friends that choosing to work hard pays off; Melodie chooses to tell her best friend that she won’t help her cheat; Jacinta, the new kid in school, chooses to tell on some boys she saw stealing; Robert chooses to keep losing his temper—and loses everyone’s respect as a result... A World of Choices / Student Textbook 6 / Teacher's Manual 6 / Ages 11 to 12 |
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The title says it all: firmly entrenched in adolescence, the thirteen to fourteen year old is definitely going through changes! As the characters in the stories of this book find out, the adolescent urge for independence is sometimes at odds with parental concerns about safety and sexuality, childhood friendships change and are subject to scrutiny from other peers; sibling rivalry may reach new heights on the athletic field, and belonging means something more than being part of a group of friends one’s own age... Going Through Changes / Student Textbook 8 / Teacher's Manual 8 / Ages 13 to 14 Years |
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