Some people believe that using marijuana during pregnancy is safer than smoking tobacco, but studies show several negative impacts on babies whose mothers used marijuana while they were pregnant. Use a fact sheet to educate learners...

Students read an article about teenage pregnancy and the story, "A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love," making notes about how the pregnant teens are characterized. They then compare and contrast the views of pregnant teens in...

Students research an area that is relavent to their age level that concerns them. They work together to create a presentation to give to the faculty. They must use technology in their presentations.

Students investigate human sexuality by researching STD's. For this HIV lesson, students discuss the potential risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease such as HIV which can cause illness and death. Students assess their own...

Students research visual messages by completing a media quiz. In this television programming lesson, students identify the many programs and commercials which use sexual imagery to sell their program or product. Students discuss methods...

In this English worksheet, students read "Teenage Mothers Risk Premature Babies," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

After initially giving up her baby for adoption, Evie steals her back because she believes the baby is not being properly cared for. When the baby gets sick, Evie must make the difficult decision to get medical help and thus be...

Janet Bode wrote this article discussing why she writes, for whom she's writing, and the importance of non-fiction literature for young adults.