Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.4A Grade 12 CPI 4

 

Standard: 2.4 - Human Relationships & Sexuality

 

Strand: A - Relationship

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  4 - The student will compare and contrast adolescent and adult dating practices.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       DATING: A THING OF THE PAST? - Students interview two individuals between the ages of 45 and 55 who are currently married or have been married. Students obtain as precise and specific answers as possible to the questions below and develop a written account of the interview, reporting the answers to the questions and summarizing the information obtained.

DATING INTERVIEW
1. How did you meet the person you eventually married?

       2. At what age did you meet?
3. Who typically initiated dates? Who paid?
4. How did you prepare for your dates? Were the preparations extensive or minimal? Did you go dressed up or go casual? If casual, as casual as today?
5. Were you chaperoned in any way? If yes, who served as chaperone?
6. How important were automobiles to your dating?
7. What did you do on dates? Did you do things alone or with other couples?
8. What was your engagement like? Was it formally announced in the newspapers? Was a party given to celebrate the engagement?
9. Did the groom ask the bride’s father for permission to marry? Were both sets of parents informed before the wedding?
10. How long did you date before you were married? At what ages were you married?
11. What was the wedding like? Was there a civil or a religious ceremony? Was there a reception afterwards? If so, how elaborate was it? How many guests came and what sorts of food and beverages were served? What special traditions were observed?
12. Did you go on a honeymoon? If so, where and for how long?

Variation: Students research marriage rules, customs, and traditions in a variety of cultures and religions and compare the information, looking for advantages and disadvantages. Discuss what might happen when immigrant families assimilate. Do children lose track of the marriage customs?

Variation: Students visit a multigenerational historical homestead and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in a multigenerational family. Why is this less common today?