Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.4C Grade 6 CPI 5

 

Standard: 2.4 - Human Relationships & Sexuality

 

Strand: C - Pregnancy and Parenting

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  5 -  The student will recommend sources of information and help for parents.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        SAYING WHAT YOU MEAN - Provide students with a list of famous parental sayings. (Parade Magazine is a good source for these quotes.) In small groups, students analyze the sayings and then discuss them as part of the entire class. Sample sayings appear below.

FAMOUS PARENTAL SAYINGS
-        When I was your age...
-        If your friends all jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
-        If I talked to my father like that...
-        Back in my day...
-        Why can’t you be more like your brother/sister?
-        Turn down that music!
-        You are incredibly lazy!
-        I don’t care what everyone else says—I’m the boss and you’ll do what I say!

Variation: Ask students: “What do parents and kids talk about?” Students develop examples of the most common parent-child conversations and role-play examples of the interactions, playing both parts. Students discuss playing both roles.