Lesson 10
Initial Post Prompt:
According to Erickson’s theory, establishing a coherent sense of identity is a key developmental task of adolescence. Other theoretical work by Crocetti and others suggests that resolving identity crisis occurs through exploring different identities, making commitments, and reconsidering them (p.231 of your textbook). Do you agree or disagree with these theories? How do the videos presented above or your personal experiences support or refute these conclusions?
Initial/Original Post
Please post what you view as the appropriate responses to the above prompts. Your initial post should be 150-200 words. Please provide response with a clear, well-formulated thesis; sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling count. Support ALL posts with appropriate rationale and citations from readings; document sources using APA format.
Lesson 11
Initial Post Prompt:
After reading the chapter and watching the two TED talks, choose one piece of advice for healthy relationships with friends and/or romantic partners and develop a social media campaign targeted at adolescents. Please be sure to address the following points as a part of your response:
Age ranges and reasons for focusing on them (e.g., middle school vs. high school)
What behavior or type of social interaction you aim to increase or decrease (e.g., decrease jealousy)
Among whom (Boys? Girls? All? Other gender identity youth?) and what kind of social relationships (e.g., friends, romantic partners)
Why it is important for adolescents to implement this advice (i.e., what kind of behavior, emotions, or outcomes does it increase or decrease?)
Finally, post a link to social media content that illustrates either
the advice you are promoting, OR
the behavior you are trying to change, and briefly describe the relevance of this content to your social media campaign.
Initial/Original Post
Please post what you view as the appropriate responses to the above prompts. Your initial post should be 150-200 words. Please provide response with a clear, well-formulated thesis; sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling count. Support ALL posts with appropriate rationale and citations from readings; document sources using APA format.
Lesson 12
https://hls.ted.com/project_masters/2818/manifest.m3u8?intro_master_id=2346
Podcast: https://www.wbur.org/npr/794182826/boys-sex-reveals-that-young-men-feel-cut-off-from-their-hearts
Introduction to Lesson 12 Assignment:
Having read the chapter and watched any two or all of TED Talks and podcasts, your task is to devise a sex education program for adolescents.
Review the Guttmacher Institute Factsheet (see Factsheet attached above) about sexual health resources for a review of the current state of sex education and then address the prompts below in this assignment.
Your tasks:
Below are some questions you should address when creating your program:
What is the goal of your program (e.g., to increase contraceptive use, to improve knowledge about STDs, promote sex positive and inclusive perspective)?
Who is the program’s target population (e.g., what grade will they start their program in)?
How will the program respond to parental concerns or objections?
How will you present the information (lecture, video, topics for parent-teen conversation, etc.)?
What visual aids or video will you include to promote your messaging and increase student engagement?
Instructions
In order to complete this assignment you must complete the aforementioned steps and then, you must upload your completed assignment to Blackboard.
Please submit this assignment as a Word document.
Your answers should be brief, 4-7 sentences for each question.
